McNasty's 10" cube (update 7-30)

ColeMan · 07-16-2008, 01:04 AM

Whoa - don't know how I missed your updates....I think things are progressing nicely - looks like you've done a bit of a rescape since the last set of shots, eh? I've got some stems on the way (H. polysperma and some didplis - I thought I'd wait and send you some really nice, fresh cut r. nanjenshan rather than the gnarly floaters), which will help fill things in a bit too.

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 01:51 AM

i took out most of the meca f out, it was growing too fast in the tank. i also put in some A nana pettie and moved the log that was in front to the back and put some needle leaf java on it

ColeMan · 07-16-2008, 01:55 AM

so that's what those leaves were I couldn't quite identify in the last pic!! The last photo is good evidence that your plants are happy, and I think once things fill in and you get a big group of stems together (like the diandra I'm sending you - or when your other plants start to fill in more), it will help focus the tank, you know? Your eye won't wander quite as much...you know what I mean? Your snails are sweet (and happy I'm sure). How's your big tank coming?

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 02:04 AM

i'm trying to start and group the plants but it is soooo hard in such a small tank. i've just been cutting the stems off then replanting the tops witch has been working really well for me.

i'll take some pics of the fish i got soon. you can kind of see them in there. i think i had another amonia spike because alot of my srimp died off. now they are doing great and one has saddled os babies are on the way

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 02:28 AM

i'm gettin GSA how can i get rid of it besides scraping it off?

**ZooTycoonMaster** · 07-16-2008, 02:29 AM

Dose a little more phosphate, water changes, and try to get an Olive Nerite Snail if you can find it

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 04:20 AM

i have a track and zebra Nerite in there right now

ColeMan · 07-16-2008, 04:22 AM

I got rid of my GSA by upping my KH2PO4 a bit...literally 1/16th tsp (3x/week, so almost 1 tsp/week) and it was gone and has yet to return.

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 04:27 AM

sorry about this but what is kh2po4? i'll try uping my phosphate. but how much double?

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 01:02 PM

so how much more should i dose?

ColeMan · 07-16-2008, 03:14 PM

what's you're dosing schedule look like now?

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 03:18 PM

mon NP with comprehensive and iron
tuse potassium and iron
wed iron
thur NP with comprehensive and iron
fri potassium and iron
sat iron
sun water change

fish_fasinated · 07-16-2008, 03:20 PM

just followed through your thread, looks pretty good. im planning out a 2.5g so ideas are nice. keep the udates comin. what are you using for lighting?

nate_mcnasty · 07-16-2008, 03:28 PM

hampton bay 27wat desk lamp

fish_fasinated · 07-16-2008, 03:47 PM

lol everyone talks about but i fail to find it everytime i look. got linked in my thread asking about my 2.5 but the link says product unavailable. im starting to think this lamp is truely mythical and doesnt actually exist.

07-16-2008, 01:51 AM	#122 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	i took out most of the meca f out, it was growing too fast in the tank. i also put in some A nana pettie and moved the log that was in front to the back and put some needle leaf java on it __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 02:04 AM	#124 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	i'm trying to start and group the plants but it is soooo hard in such a small tank. i've just been cutting the stems off then replanting the tops witch has been working really well for me. i'll take some pics of the fish i got soon. you can kind of see them in there. i think i had another amonia spike because alot of my srimp died off. now they are doing great and one has saddled os babies are on the way __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 02:28 AM	#125 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	i'm gettin GSA how can i get rid of it besides scraping it off? __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 02:29 AM	#126 (permalink)
ZooTycoonMaster Just Do!(Aqua) It (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Santa Clara, California Posts: 3,190	Dose a little more phosphate, water changes, and try to get an Olive Nerite Snail if you can find it __________________ Eheim Pimp #341 Eheim Classic 2213 10 Gallon Tank

07-16-2008, 04:20 AM	#127 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	i have a track and zebra Nerite in there right now __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 01:04 AM	#121 (permalink)
ColeMan Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,736	Whoa - don't know how I missed your updates....I think things are progressing nicely - looks like you've done a bit of a rescape since the last set of shots, eh? I've got some stems on the way (H. polysperma and some didplis - I thought I'd wait and send you some really nice, fresh cut r. nanjenshan rather than the gnarly floaters), which will help fill things in a bit too.

07-16-2008, 01:55 AM	#123 (permalink)
ColeMan Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,736	so that's what those leaves were I couldn't quite identify in the last pic!! The last photo is good evidence that your plants are happy, and I think once things fill in and you get a big group of stems together (like the diandra I'm sending you - or when your other plants start to fill in more), it will help focus the tank, you know? Your eye won't wander quite as much...you know what I mean? Your snails are sweet (and happy I'm sure). How's your big tank coming?

07-16-2008, 04:22 AM	#128 (permalink)
ColeMan Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,736	I got rid of my GSA by upping my KH2PO4 a bit...literally 1/16th tsp (3x/week, so almost 1 tsp/week) and it was gone and has yet to return.

07-16-2008, 04:27 AM	#129 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	sorry about this but what is kh2po4? i'll try uping my phosphate. but how much double? __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 01:02 PM	#130 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	so how much more should i dose? __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 03:14 PM	#131 (permalink)
ColeMan Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,736	what's you're dosing schedule look like now?

07-16-2008, 03:18 PM	#132 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	mon NP with comprehensive and iron tuse potassium and iron wed iron thur NP with comprehensive and iron fri potassium and iron sat iron sun water change __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 03:20 PM	#133 (permalink)
fish_fasinated Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: canada Posts: 341	just followed through your thread, looks pretty good. im planning out a 2.5g so ideas are nice. keep the udates comin. what are you using for lighting?

07-16-2008, 03:28 PM	#134 (permalink)
nate_mcnasty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albert Lea, MN Posts: 1,209	hampton bay 27wat desk lamp __________________ my high tech 55 slowly but surly my sweet nano

07-16-2008, 03:47 PM	#135 (permalink)
fish_fasinated Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: canada Posts: 341	lol everyone talks about but i fail to find it everytime i look. got linked in my thread asking about my 2.5 but the link says product unavailable. im starting to think this lamp is truely mythical and doesnt actually exist.

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