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jargon.
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Outlwaw. Thanks!
From about three weeks after it was planted, Riven Tanglewood pissed me off. I wasn't growing well and there was perpetual algae and slime on everything. Ugly's ugly tank, as it were. This is despite it being my favorite hardscape.
Then, about two weeks ago, on a whim, I swapped out the bulb with a new one. Then, all of a sudden, things started growing much better. Algae is still present, but I'm chalking this up to me trying to find the new light to CO2 to fert balance; this should take another two weeks to fine tune.
And while you can see the algae in this tank, you may also notice that the growth has sped up considerably.
So check your bulbs.