ammonia

OK. I cycled my planted 12 gallon via fishless cycle, did a complete water change, and was ready for two live shipments. The 10 Nerites made it and are in the tank with an algae wafer in case there's not enough to clean yet. The Betta was DOA. Now I only have the snails for livestock in there...

I've been in the hobby for many years and have kept numerous tanks, but I started to get interested in maximizing plant growth and obtaining better algae control about a year ago. I assume many people followed a similar path as I did and started with Flourish and occasional root tabs before...