New planted 8x2x2 - new pics 07/08/06 - BW warning
#1
Posted 16 July 2006 - 04:55 PM
Thanks to all who donated some plants - ignore the pot on top of the log - the bugger decided to float & needed a bit of extra weight :roll:
I've got two 150 wt MH lights over the centre with the high light plants here, the left & right have low light plants. Full auto CO2 / PH control.
Fish still to come; school of lemon tetras, school of sterbai corys, bristlenose, ottos plus a dozen or so discus.
Have a nasty bout of hair algae around the high light areas, going to need to try & get nutrients in balance.
Opinions appreciated.
Whole tank shot
Going left to right
#2
Posted 16 July 2006 - 05:24 PM
Mike
#3
Posted 16 July 2006 - 05:50 PM
They aren't actually planted - they are just weighted down to sit along the edge of the log - i'm not a huge fan of anubias tied to the wood.
I'm amazed how quickly everything is growing in there.....
#4
Posted 16 July 2006 - 05:59 PM
#5
Posted 16 July 2006 - 06:54 PM
hair algae is a right pain.
have you got any Sae,s you can put in there?
Graeme
#6
Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:15 PM
Fishlist is in the first post
Graeme - I don't have any SAEs as yet - but I may add a couple if I can't get the hair algae under control....
Dave
#7
Posted 16 July 2006 - 09:32 PM
Love those pieces of wood, even with the pot hat, lol
Cheers
Brett
#8
Posted 07 August 2006 - 09:43 AM
The val isn't too happy with the low light - probably too low, so am going to get a couple of flouros for that end, something a bit more subdued than MH.
In the tank atm is my 14 lemon tetras, 9 rosy barbs, a bristlenose plus 3 juvi discus guinea pigs I added yesterday before adding some show adults.
The brown hair algae is all gone now - good ol rosy barbs.
Now I have green hair algae forming which is a bugger to remove. The rosy barbs are slowing getting on top of it tho...
Whole tank
Left to right again
#9
Posted 07 August 2006 - 05:07 PM
Are you adding CO2 to the tank? What substrate are you using?
Rudy
#10
Posted 07 August 2006 - 08:42 PM
Andrea
#11
Posted 08 August 2006 - 09:01 AM
Andrea : Yeah I'm really happy with the look - except for the 'pothat' - the darn thing STILL wants to float - I'm adding about 5 litres of water a day to offset evaporation / wood soaking !
Once I get the rest of the fish & plants sorted, hopefully this week, I'll be able to put the front back on the hood so you won't see it tho.
Dave
#12
Posted 08 August 2006 - 01:35 PM
Very nice,But i noticed you still have thread algea,You might to try adding a little more K and PO4 with in reason.
#13
Posted 08 August 2006 - 02:27 PM
Yeah the green hair/thread/whatever it is called algae is kind of annoying.
I've been dosing a bit of KNO4 as amm/nitrite/nitrate are all at 0. It disappears as fast as I can add it at the moment due to really low fish load.
My phosphates are sitting at about 0.5 currently do you think I need higher than that ?
Dave
#14
Posted 08 August 2006 - 03:03 PM
You have increase the plant mass therefore increase your fert's.
Your PO4 can be bit higher try atleast 1ppm,
And get some extra K to add
Just don't over do it
Do you add anything else?
#15
Posted 08 August 2006 - 03:24 PM
The PO4 was reading about 2, so I added some phosphate reducer to the sump to get it down a bit due to lack of other nutrients - geez it is fun trying to get everything in check
I've got some liquid K/Fe mix I add as directed on the bottle - can't remember the same of it - it came from a PCS raffle.
Only other thing I'm currently adding is the dry KNO3 - currently adding a heaped teaspoon every couple of days, was every day but cut back to every 2nd day coz I'm adding more fish, plus I'm running out of it - hence the post in the planted forum chasing more
I add 'a squirt' of DIY traces+Fe every other day as well. Not sure of concentrations tho.
Dave
#16
Posted 08 August 2006 - 05:15 PM
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