Drew here from Waco Area!,
JasterMake, Sorry I don't have any plants to help you with at the moment! I actually have a 55g with Swords growing everywhere, Sunset Hygro, Bacopa Carolina, and a few different crypts, BUT it has a BAD CASE of Clado algae that I have been fighting for a year+ now, and I don't wish that crap on anyone! I have tried removing plants and dipping them in everything recommended to kill Hitchhikers on plants, and nothing has worked yet to keep from spreading to another tank! I am wanting to keep most of the plants and tare the tank down, kill and clean off all of the algae and redo the tank, but I have found nothing to kill off even the spores of algae on plants that seem not to have any signs of growing algae on them! When I would try dipping them and then growing them out in a clean experiment tank the plant would break out with Clado within a few days no matter what I tried, unless it was a plant from a different tank! So as soon as my fish are able to go to the LFS for credit I am going to tare it down and start from scratch! I HAVE to move the tank from where it is anyway ASAP, so if I can catch Petco's dollar per gallon sale I will get a 40B and use the 55g equipment on the 40B So I can have a tank with some depth to get a better landscape going! Or if I can find a 75g on Craig's list I would do that too!
Anyway does B/CS have any Planted Tank Fish Stores? There used to be one pretty good one down past the mall on the right, but it has been closde for a long time! They had good Salt water too, but I haven't done s/w for 15+ years! Got too expensive!
Well good luck on the new plants in your setup! I am in B/CS every so often as my Sister and her Family live there. So when I have some good plants maybe we can do some swappin' then!
Bpb, Man that reef had some AWESOME CORALS in it!!!! I TOTALLY understand that sick feeling you get when it comes to loosing salt water life! I once lost over $1,000 worth of Fish from a bad Ich outbreak! I was working 12 hour shifts, and my wife was feeding my tank for me, but didn't know anything about fish at that time! I wasn't home when the lights were on for a 6 day period, but on the 7th day I got up and made Breakfast, sat down and was watching TV, and when the lights came on I almost lost everything I just ate!!! All the fish were covered in Ich BAD!! My 8"+ Male Lunar Rass was on his side with his head beside the wooden air stone, The 6"+ Harlequin Tusk Fish was behind the Live rocks on the sand Gasping, etc.... I lost every fish in the tank within 24hrs!!! So I understand what you are feeling! BUT you have got it under control now, and it should only get better from here!!! I have heard that T5s are MUCH better for Corals than LEDs so they should be much happier now!!!
Well Fellow Texan's Have a Great Weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there this Sunday!!!
Drew