Hello Everyone,
I got back into the hobby after a few years of absence. I am starting slowly with a 6gal planted tank. Was trying to keep it lower maintenance. No CO2 and for now I haven't done fertilizers since I started the tank on 10/24/2020. I did fishless cycling with a little bit of food, but I had all my plants in while cycling. I feel buying the plants and putting them in sped up the cycling since I was done in a bout 3 weeks or so. After the cycle was done I added 8 CRS, 5 pygmy corys and 1 nerite snail. A week later I added 5 ember tetra. I know it may be a bit overstocked but my ammonia/nitrites have actually been 0 and nitrates stayed low for a couple weeks too. I had quite a bit of brown algae/diatoms at the end of the cycle and was hoping the snail and shrimp will clear it out, but though there has been significant improvement (mostly by the snail) I am not sure if it can keep up.
My crypt parva and anubias nana are quite covered in scummy brown stuff and i think i got some black beard algae from some java fern I had bought. The parva has a some new leaves showing but very slow...
Anyway, I bought the Hygger 13W clip on light from Amazon because i thought it would be about medium light but I'm not sure what it would be considered for this size tank. I have it on for about 8 hrs/day. Any ideas if this light is considered low/medium/high for this size aquarium?
I also used a HOB small filter with only sponges and some shell to counter balance my drift wood/ ADA substrate.
Will try to attach a pic I took today. My first attempt at aquascaping. The saggitaria on the left was added only to make sure I have sufficient plants to produce enough oxygen. I don't really like how it's taking over so I will probably eventually remove it.
I got back into the hobby after a few years of absence. I am starting slowly with a 6gal planted tank. Was trying to keep it lower maintenance. No CO2 and for now I haven't done fertilizers since I started the tank on 10/24/2020. I did fishless cycling with a little bit of food, but I had all my plants in while cycling. I feel buying the plants and putting them in sped up the cycling since I was done in a bout 3 weeks or so. After the cycle was done I added 8 CRS, 5 pygmy corys and 1 nerite snail. A week later I added 5 ember tetra. I know it may be a bit overstocked but my ammonia/nitrites have actually been 0 and nitrates stayed low for a couple weeks too. I had quite a bit of brown algae/diatoms at the end of the cycle and was hoping the snail and shrimp will clear it out, but though there has been significant improvement (mostly by the snail) I am not sure if it can keep up.
My crypt parva and anubias nana are quite covered in scummy brown stuff and i think i got some black beard algae from some java fern I had bought. The parva has a some new leaves showing but very slow...
Anyway, I bought the Hygger 13W clip on light from Amazon because i thought it would be about medium light but I'm not sure what it would be considered for this size tank. I have it on for about 8 hrs/day. Any ideas if this light is considered low/medium/high for this size aquarium?
I also used a HOB small filter with only sponges and some shell to counter balance my drift wood/ ADA substrate.
Will try to attach a pic I took today. My first attempt at aquascaping. The saggitaria on the left was added only to make sure I have sufficient plants to produce enough oxygen. I don't really like how it's taking over so I will probably eventually remove it.
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