Hey everyone! I think my tank is finally shaping up enough to show it off a little bit.
Fish:
1 male betta
2 oto cats
Plants:
Hygro difformis
Dwarf hairgrass
Crypt lutea and wendtii (at least, I think that's what it is)
Java fern
Java moss (the betta untied the moss from the wood, and most of it got sucked into the filter)
pH - 8.1
NH - 0ppm
NO2 - 0ppm
NO3 - 0ppm (bad, I know! I'm paying for it by fending off a minor BGA infection. I ordered some Flourish Nitrogen today.)
I currently dose Flourish Excel every week after the water change. Lighting is at 1.6 wpg, normally for 8 hours a day, but I've taken it down to 4 hours a day to deal with the BGA (seems to be working).
First day, May 24th. I was a little careless with the dumping of the water, and my tank was way cloudy for a few days.
Once the water cleared up some, I put the betta in so he could stretch his fins in a body of water bigger than a cup.
Added more crypts.
Added hairgrass.
Added hygro. The green thing stuck on the wood is food for the otos, who made very quick work of the algae I had. I didn't want them to starve!
June 13th picture.
Today's pic!
I had amazingly little crypt melt, and all of them have grown new leaves and even made babies. The hygro is growing slowly but surely, and is the betta's favorite hangout. The java fern and moss have been disappointing, but I blame the moss's demise on the betta and his love of chewing apart cotton thread. The hairgrass has started sending out horizontal runners, and that makes me super stoked! Hairgrass carpet yay!
Thanks for looking.
Fish:
1 male betta
2 oto cats
Plants:
Hygro difformis
Dwarf hairgrass
Crypt lutea and wendtii (at least, I think that's what it is)
Java fern
Java moss (the betta untied the moss from the wood, and most of it got sucked into the filter)
pH - 8.1
NH - 0ppm
NO2 - 0ppm
NO3 - 0ppm (bad, I know! I'm paying for it by fending off a minor BGA infection. I ordered some Flourish Nitrogen today.)
I currently dose Flourish Excel every week after the water change. Lighting is at 1.6 wpg, normally for 8 hours a day, but I've taken it down to 4 hours a day to deal with the BGA (seems to be working).
First day, May 24th. I was a little careless with the dumping of the water, and my tank was way cloudy for a few days.
Once the water cleared up some, I put the betta in so he could stretch his fins in a body of water bigger than a cup.
Added more crypts.
Added hairgrass.
Added hygro. The green thing stuck on the wood is food for the otos, who made very quick work of the algae I had. I didn't want them to starve!
June 13th picture.
Today's pic!
I had amazingly little crypt melt, and all of them have grown new leaves and even made babies. The hygro is growing slowly but surely, and is the betta's favorite hangout. The java fern and moss have been disappointing, but I blame the moss's demise on the betta and his love of chewing apart cotton thread. The hairgrass has started sending out horizontal runners, and that makes me super stoked! Hairgrass carpet yay!
Thanks for looking.