10g Revive

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-05-2013, 02:12 AM

So as some of you may know I'm going to try and revive my 10g. I've never dosed anything I just put the plants in the tank and they either grew slowly and grew algae on them or they died.

So I'm going to try and revive what I have left. I'm going to increase my photoperiod to 2 x 4 hour split photoperiod, dosing flourish excel/comprehensive, and root tab's.

Here are pic's from Day 1 of the revive.

Sea_Of_Treachery · 02-05-2013, 03:23 AM

not sure your plants will do so hot with that substrate.....you may want to at least add some laterite or go for an actual planted substrate. what are you running for lights?

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-05-2013, 05:17 AM

Yea, I plan on switching substrate in about a week. What's the best way to do it without harming the roots of the plant's?

As for light I'm running 2 x 13watt 6500k CFL's, Which i'm currently looking for some that are around 15 watt's each that fit my hood.

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-07-2013, 10:53 PM

No substrate switch yet but so far I've seen excellent growth.

This was taken around 2:40 today

4 hour's later, the bud has grow 3-4 inches!

The leave's on this plant were full of algae and I didn't think it was going to grow but it did! Should I leave the plant alone or cut the new growth off and get rid of the old growth?

New plantlet from my chainsword

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-12-2013, 04:17 PM

Everything is doing so much better, the chainsword has produced 4 new full plants and now 2 plantlets. The Apontogeans are flowering like crazy everyday I have a new flower. The Compact Hygro is also doing great I i'm getting my first side shoot on it!

Thanks again and pictures to come ASAP!

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-14-2013, 12:01 AM

UPDATED PIC'S:

I removed all of the algae covered old leaves.

The chainsword is doing great!

I'm going to redo my substrate and I'm thinking eco-complete, flourite, or CaribSea floramax.

What substrate do you guy's recommend in a planted tank?

Mantis992 · 02-14-2013, 12:53 AM

If you can get ADA Amazonia it works really well, but nutrient enriched substrates like eco complete will be a huge step up from what you currently have.

Mantis992 · 02-14-2013, 12:54 AM

P.S I had some problems with using the floramax before so I would try to get the eco complete.

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-14-2013, 12:58 AM

I'll look into that.

Anyone else want to chime in?

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-18-2013, 11:31 PM

QUESTION:

So I went on vacation for three days and had my lights on the normal times but I wasn't dosing ferts and now I have green spot and hair algae. Is the cause of the algae because I stopped dosing frets, or what caused it and what can I do to get rid of it?

Aulonocara_Freak · 02-19-2013, 10:31 PM

I AM AN IDIOT, I AM S/T/U/P/I/D!

Well I dose excel, prime, etc. with a 1ml syringe for my small tanks so I don't overdose. So I go on dosing and I guess I misread the bottle's or did the math wrong, IDK, but I've been dosing 0.1ml of flourish excel into my 10g! and 0.2ml into my 20g! Just had to show how anyone, no matter how long you've been in the hobby, can make a mistake!

JeffHerr · 02-19-2013, 10:40 PM

Here's a note about Excel...

Tom Barr (PlantBrain) suggested I dose Excel at a level of 5ml/10gal daily. Yes, daily! Now, I have a pretty heavily planted tank, but my growth has exploded!!! He doesn't recommend going any higher, but my 55 gal is proof that at 5ml/10gal, it works great.
I'd build up to that amount though.

Oh, and I use metracide 14 and adjust by 60% of the Excel dose.

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Aulonocara_Freak · 02-19-2013, 11:15 PM

Thanks, I need to do an updated pic once my plants come in. I sold all of the apontogeans on the right, I kept one, and I'm getting some endlers live bearer and a bunch of new plants.

Aulonocara_Freak · 03-05-2013, 04:27 PM

Here's some updated pic's!

02-05-2013, 02:12 AM	#1
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	10g Revive So as some of you may know I'm going to try and revive my 10g. I've never dosed anything I just put the plants in the tank and they either grew slowly and grew algae on them or they died. So I'm going to try and revive what I have left. I'm going to increase my photoperiod to 2 x 4 hour split photoperiod, dosing flourish excel/comprehensive, and root tab's. Here are pic's from Day 1 of the revive.

02-05-2013, 03:23 AM	#2
Sea_Of_Treachery Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 39	not sure your plants will do so hot with that substrate.....you may want to at least add some laterite or go for an actual planted substrate. what are you running for lights? __________________ Current Tanks: 20g low light planted 15g mixed reef 5g ecopico reef

02-19-2013, 10:40 PM	#12
JeffHerr Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Valparaiso, IN Posts: 77	10g Revive Here's a note about Excel... Tom Barr (PlantBrain) suggested I dose Excel at a level of 5ml/10gal daily. Yes, daily! Now, I have a pretty heavily planted tank, but my growth has exploded!!! He doesn't recommend going any higher, but my 55 gal is proof that at 5ml/10gal, it works great. I'd build up to that amount though. Oh, and I use metracide 14 and adjust by 60% of the Excel dose.

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02-05-2013, 05:17 AM	#3
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	Yea, I plan on switching substrate in about a week. What's the best way to do it without harming the roots of the plant's? As for light I'm running 2 x 13watt 6500k CFL's, Which i'm currently looking for some that are around 15 watt's each that fit my hood.

02-07-2013, 10:53 PM	#4
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	No substrate switch yet but so far I've seen excellent growth. This was taken around 2:40 today 4 hour's later, the bud has grow 3-4 inches! The leave's on this plant were full of algae and I didn't think it was going to grow but it did! Should I leave the plant alone or cut the new growth off and get rid of the old growth? New plantlet from my chainsword

02-12-2013, 04:17 PM	#5
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	Everything is doing so much better, the chainsword has produced 4 new full plants and now 2 plantlets. The Apontogeans are flowering like crazy everyday I have a new flower. The Compact Hygro is also doing great I i'm getting my first side shoot on it! Thanks again and pictures to come ASAP!

02-14-2013, 12:01 AM	#6
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	UPDATED PIC'S: I removed all of the algae covered old leaves. The chainsword is doing great! I'm going to redo my substrate and I'm thinking eco-complete, flourite, or CaribSea floramax. What substrate do you guy's recommend in a planted tank?

02-14-2013, 12:53 AM	#7
Mantis992 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 74	If you can get ADA Amazonia it works really well, but nutrient enriched substrates like eco complete will be a huge step up from what you currently have.

02-14-2013, 12:54 AM	#8
Mantis992 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 74	P.S I had some problems with using the floramax before so I would try to get the eco complete.

02-14-2013, 12:58 AM	#9
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	I'll look into that. Anyone else want to chime in?

02-18-2013, 11:31 PM	#10
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	QUESTION: So I went on vacation for three days and had my lights on the normal times but I wasn't dosing ferts and now I have green spot and hair algae. Is the cause of the algae because I stopped dosing frets, or what caused it and what can I do to get rid of it?

02-19-2013, 10:31 PM	#11
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	I AM AN IDIOT, I AM S/T/U/P/I/D! Well I dose excel, prime, etc. with a 1ml syringe for my small tanks so I don't overdose. So I go on dosing and I guess I misread the bottle's or did the math wrong, IDK, but I've been dosing 0.1ml of flourish excel into my 10g! and 0.2ml into my 20g! Just had to show how anyone, no matter how long you've been in the hobby, can make a mistake!

02-19-2013, 11:15 PM	#13
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	Thanks, I need to do an updated pic once my plants come in. I sold all of the apontogeans on the right, I kept one, and I'm getting some endlers live bearer and a bunch of new plants.

03-05-2013, 04:27 PM	#14
Aulonocara_Freak Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 461	Here's some updated pic's!