Cliffside Nano
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First water test I've ever done. These tests confirmed my seachem alert wheels, so I guess in general I only need to test nitrate/nitrites?
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PH ~6.5
Ammonia ~0
Nitrite ~0
Nitrate ~ 10ppm
KH ~18ppm
GH ~ ??
Some problems with the GH measurement. Redid the test, came out roughly 200 ppm. I guess that too high for shrimp :-(
PH ~6.5
Ammonia ~0
Nitrite ~0
Nitrate ~ 10ppm
KH ~18ppm
GH ~ ??
Some problems with the GH measurement. Redid the test, came out roughly 200 ppm. I guess that too high for shrimp :-(
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Bump: Recently sold some Hairgrass to a fellow aquarium enthusiast, but I found that in doing so I disturbed my substrate a lot. A few days later - puffy green algea, which hasn't gone away for a few weeks. Despite my blackout periods.
Threw in a few snails to try and combat, also threw in a few endler juviniles. The endlers seem to know exactly when I'm taking a picture. They swim right up, then the scatter just as the photos snaps. HMM. I'm not sure how they know, they just do.
I'm tempted to get some shrimp to take care of the algae problem, as my end goal with this tank is shrimp. I'm also tempted to drain the tank and try planting fissidens on the middles driftwood again. Any suggestions?
Also: Upgrading the tank, stay tuned!
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Looking forward to seeing more updates! It's a beautiful looking tank. The grass looks fantastic
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I never noticed that before! Now that you mention it, I definitely see what you are saying.
Thank you for pointing that out!
Thanks
I hope to have some worthwhile updates going forwards. Random Male Endler shot - one of the few I've ever gotten of them sitting still (they were preoccupied, didn't notice I was taking their photo).
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Beautiful tank, love the amount of depth you managed to create. The tank looks so much deeper than it is.
As far as the algae definitely get some amanos, one of the best known algae eating shrimp. You could also try dosing flourish excel. It acts as liquid co2 but it actually helps kill algae too! Maybe manual removal, Excel and amanos can help tackle your problem.
As far as the algae definitely get some amanos, one of the best known algae eating shrimp. You could also try dosing flourish excel. It acts as liquid co2 but it actually helps kill algae too! Maybe manual removal, Excel and amanos can help tackle your problem.
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love your tank and layout. Im considering starting three small tanks, each one with a different scape. Yours is really inspiring
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I agree, it looks like a log in the middle of a forest.
That algae looks like it couldn't stand a round of H2O2 treatment. It just seems very... melty. LOL
It's funny, that S. Repens looked like Bacopa at first glance. Anyway, sweet tank!
That algae looks like it couldn't stand a round of H2O2 treatment. It just seems very... melty. LOL
It's funny, that S. Repens looked like Bacopa at first glance. Anyway, sweet tank!
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Bump:
I want to do the same, several tanks, same size, different plants.
I want to try glosso in my next tank
and have another tank entirely devoted to S. Repens, and then a tall tank for rotalia, etc. I originally thought it would look 'cliff' ish from the shrimp perspective - tall vertical drop, valley below, etc. It really didn't turn out that way now that I look at it, but I really like the natural wood look - I'm glad other people do too.
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I'm concerned about the stability of an UGF for shrimp, especially since I have dense plant growth. I've decided to try and get my fluval 104, damage impeller, working again - or find a suitable cheap replacement. As such....
So picked up some lily pipes, knockoff versions. What makes this one special, it is 13mm in diameter yet only drop into the tank ~12cm. Thus, in a tank where I have 15cm from the top to the substrate, it just fits. No other pipes were of these dimensions, so it seemed to make sense. I was going to go with the hinterfeld 10mm lily pipes, but I didn't like the water flow restriction, or the fact that hinterfeld intake pipes only have like 5 slits. This one has 10 or so.
Looking at its quality, I'd say its meh at best. I bought knockoff lily pipes before for my larger tank, and they came in nothing but a cardboard box, perfectly intact and with near flawless glass quality/finish; I couldn't believe they weren't broken, they were just flopping around against eachother in there all the way. This intake came in like three layers of foam padding, bubble wrap, etc and yet it has visible imperfections. You can see small glass chips on the inlet tubes, on the cut line, the end is bumpy, blah.
So picked up some lily pipes, knockoff versions. What makes this one special, it is 13mm in diameter yet only drop into the tank ~12cm. Thus, in a tank where I have 15cm from the top to the substrate, it just fits. No other pipes were of these dimensions, so it seemed to make sense. I was going to go with the hinterfeld 10mm lily pipes, but I didn't like the water flow restriction, or the fact that hinterfeld intake pipes only have like 5 slits. This one has 10 or so.
Looking at its quality, I'd say its meh at best. I bought knockoff lily pipes before for my larger tank, and they came in nothing but a cardboard box, perfectly intact and with near flawless glass quality/finish; I couldn't believe they weren't broken, they were just flopping around against eachother in there all the way. This intake came in like three layers of foam padding, bubble wrap, etc and yet it has visible imperfections. You can see small glass chips on the inlet tubes, on the cut line, the end is bumpy, blah.
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So my old fluval 104 - I think its time to pronounce it as dead... The impeller spins, it makes bad noises, but doesn't pump. I can't buy replacement parts for it, and I tried to fix what I got. Too bad, I got 7 years of use out of it on top of the time the previous owner had it. Time to find something else.
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Ah sorry, been busy with school and life and whatnot. I did restart this tank, with a completely different look. I ended up finding out a big part of the problem was the discount LED's I used (well I suspect that is the problem anyways). I believe they colour shifted and now won't grow worth a carp. I plan on building a new fixture at some point, but I have a long list of other things that need doing first.
BTW, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!
BTW, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!
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