Suga Shack - 55 gallon - Where is my algae hiding? :( (56K)

[sewingalot]

Okay here are the pictures. Full tank shot to show all four lights blaring:


Plant that was effected by the co2 tweaking:

Same plant different stem after tweaking of co2 this plant is gorgeous!


Bacopa from lauralee (you rock!)


Lindernia sp india (in this tank it isn't getting as purple for some reason. I am thinking because is it only six inches or so from the substrate and hasn't gotten close enough to the lights:


Creeping jenny:


Clino something cf. brownei:


Ludwigia repens broadleaf (got rid of repens x arcuata):


Rotala rotundfolia


Ludwigia brevipes:


Emerald eye rasboras (the pictures do not do them justice):


D. Diandra:


Stupid glosso won't stop growing vertically ( I actually like it better this way):


Micro something or another I know it's initals are MU:


Some plant that starts with an L from wasserpest (love this plant):


The algae shots on the gravel stunted leaves from experiments (I am leaving it on purpose). I just noticed some staghorn need to test my parameters for a spike!:




Hygro sp bold (or tiger - do you know which one this is??)


Blyxa (found a bunch of platy fry):


My cpd being a ham and my awesome emerald eye rasboras from zid :

[problemman]

Very nice sara!

[mistergreen]

Nice plants. Yeah I had a feeling either too much co2 and too much micros trigger BBa. I've never had this issue before. I keep reading to get the maximum co2 to get healthy plants and algae shouldnt be a problem. Well guess again. There are natural systemS with full on sunlight with no where the co2 concentrations that we have and plants do beautifully. When I get back I'll try your method but with a little higher bps. And I guess I won't degass the co2 at night anymore.

[Rion]

Very nice I really like those rasboras. They remind me of normani lampeyes. I need a bigger tank so can grow all of these nice stem plants I've run out of room in all of my tanks. I'm staring at my 29 and thinking of converting it but there are 3 clown loaches in it that would wreak havoc on plants.

[speedie408]

Love it! Takes me back to my 40B looking at your tank. Collectoritis was fun... until I got tired of trimming every day. :P Hope you find a cure for that dreaded algae otherwise your plants look healthy.

[OoglyBoogly]

I like how neat your tank looks. I feel like a hoarder with my tank... like something bad will happen if I get rid of them... or Algae will take over even more than it already has! Is there something up with the forum? I've had to go back twice now and edit my posts and reformat them (add 2 line breaks between my text and IMG tags). I thought it was my browser but then I went on to a different computer and the same thing happened.

[OoglyBoogly]

Originally Posted by speedie408

Love it! Takes me back to my 40B looking at your tank. Collectoritis was fun... until I got tired of trimming every day. :P Hope you find a cure for that dreaded algae otherwise your plants look healthy.

LOL I for one welcome our collector-itis overlords! It means I get random awesomeness from the S&S that I get to use to learn about all different plants and how they grow. Sarah if you saw what I did in my backyard you would feel at home LOL.

[sewingalot]

Wow thanks for the compliments guys. I am pleased you can find beauty in my chaos. Collectoritis is fun. I gave up on trying to curb it. Those fish are like lampeyes! I must say I love the schooling behavior. I should take a video to share with you guys. Mistergreen if you are going to start out with a higher bubble rate I'd be careful not to change the outgassing until after you are sure your fish can handle the longer periods of co2. What had me thinking like this was I'd wake up with a dark blue drop checker and go to bed with a yellowish drop checker. I've now tested the co2 at various times and the color is almost always a nice darker green. I am upping the co2 another hour this weekend. It's taken over a month with this last experiment but it is really seeming to work. And if I end up being wrong oh well. I am having fun in the process.

[Hyzer]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

Collectoritis is fun. I gave up on trying to curb it..

Ain't it the truth. Good looking tank! I also like your CO2 before/after pics.

[sewingalot]

Thanks Hyzer! How are things doing in your tanks? Well I hope. I like to document my journey especially trials and errors. What's the point of lying and saying my tank is always great? I see people that only post great pictures and I am almost sad not to see the initial issues and such.

[chad320]

Your nesaea golden looks great. These plants are really picky about changes in co2 and ferts. Especially ferts if theyre low. They let you know in a couple days. The whole tank looks good.

[mistergreen]

I'll recommend another fish you'd love white clouds. They'll school and it's fun when the males display toward each other.

[Xalyx]

Beautiful tank. I have to get me some of those rotala rotundfolia

[Hyzer]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

Thanks Hyzer! How are things doing in your tanks? W ell I hope.

Things are going well. The 40 is coming along nicely with lots of growth. My first algae bloom has started but it's quite mild compared to my 20g. I've learned to love algae and let it do it's thing so maybe the only difference is my attitude. The root development is crazy with flourite/peat/Osmocote layers. Tried to pull out some hygro and it broke off at the stem. I've never seen crypt roots grow this quickly either. In other news there are lots of shrimplets in my 10g.

Originally Posted by sewingalot

I like to document my journey especially trials and errors. What's the point of lying and saying my tank is always great? I see people that only post great pictures and I am almost sad not to see the initial issues and such.

And in doing so you are performing a great service to the planted tank community. The thing is most people like shiny things... Maybe I'll add some algae pics to my thread. On a side note any idea why I can't separate paragraphs or put any commas in my posts?

[Da Plant Man]

I dont think I would do white clouds they like cooler water. I think that is hygro sp. bold doesn't quite look like my hygro tiger I could be wrong. I love your tank.