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frrok

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MABJ said:
Hehe I'll likely never tinker around with C02, but I salute anybody who does. When I said lower I meant lower power, not physically lower btw.
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Lol. I understood what you meant. I don't have the cash to invest in another light at the moment. But I did consider going with a finnex... I may convert this tank to a low -tech in the future when I get a bigger tank. Thanks for the advice!!
 
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MABJ said:
Hehe I'll likely never tinker around with C02, but I salute anybody who does. When I said lower I meant lower power, not physically lower btw.
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To each their own :p. Co2 is definitely a nice addition and after adding the solenoid to my paintball tank, it's been so much more manageable, with minor tweaks here and then.

Nice tank by the way :D. I'm definitely liking the way it's been coming out recently.
 
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Day 63. Algae continues... mostly hair/thread and BBA. if I have time this weekend. I may pull a lot of the infested plants and clean as much as possible. some plants are growing well , others not so much. very disappointing. anyway, here is the latest shot from the other day. may post another shot tomorrow when the tank is cleaner... equipment update: Updated my outflow to an ADA P-1 10mm. creates a perfect flow around the tank IMO and no more film on surface. Its a bit big but I really like it. perfect for an ehiem 2211.

one lone boraras merah in the there after all the chills(8) jumped. :(
waiting to get more...c02 acclimation will be different this time around.
 
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Week 9. I began the process of cleaning up some of the algae in the tank. I removed all of the HM in the right corner and replaced it with fresh stems. I also trimmed as many infected leaves of other plants as I could. As well as trim some of the moss that has grown really thick. Can probably trim it down even more. I also got rid of a lot of the Monte Carlo that was infested. I plan on planting some that I have growing emmersed. Still have a way to go but to a little improvement.
 
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talontsiawd said:
Wow, great scape here. I have followed many of your others, surprised I didn't see this until now. Don't have any advice on the algae but this is stunning tank.
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Thank you. Really appreciate the compliments. It does have a way to go until things get balanced and plants start growing more healthy. Algae pretty much ruins your plant growth I have noticed. It takes a toll for sure. My high tech tanks have been a struggle since I really haven't figured out my lighting vs co2 vs ferts balance. Nano tanks are super hard to get dialed.

I think I'm going to start saving so my next scape can be in a bigger tank. But that's a long project. Since it would also be high tech and has to look good in my space.
 
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frrok said:
Thank you. Really appreciate the compliments. It does have a way to go until things get balanced and plants start growing more healthy. Algae pretty much ruins your plant growth I have noticed. It takes a toll for sure. My high tech tanks have been a struggle since I really haven't figured out my lighting vs co2 vs ferts balance. Nano tanks are super hard to get dialed.

I think I'm going to start saving so my next scape can be in a bigger tank. But that's a long project. Since it would also be high tech and has to look good in my space.
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Trust me, I am in the same struggle. My first high tech was so easy and I thought high tech would be easy. I have had some huge failures and some decent ones but I have yet to have my initial beginners luck. I am high tech challenged myself, though I always tend to go back to them haha.
 
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Trust me, I am in the same struggle. My first high tech was so easy and I thought high tech would be easy. I have had some huge failures and some decent ones but I have yet to have my initial beginners luck. I am high tech challenged myself, though I always tend to go back to them haha.
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My last scape was hard in the beginning a sell. Took me several months for it to balance out. And it still was 100 percent. And in the future, I may try medium tech. Somewhat low-med light but with co2.
 
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Really enjoy seeing the progress on this tank, especially like how well the moss has been doing.
 
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Week 10 !
So I decided to buy a new GH test kit when I realized that the one that I had was expired. I was curious as to what my GH was considering the fact that I have a pretty large piece of seiryu stone in this layout. It's actually two stones with a few smaller ones in different places to keep the formation stable. I never bothered to test my KH/GH since I have soft water and I knew that it would rise a little anyway, which is good for the plants and it saves me from having to dose equilibrium. Anyway, I did the test early in the week last week(two days after my weekly water change) and my GH was at 10! I was shocked. I think that's too high. I would like to try and keep stable at between 3-5. I did a water change and got it down to 7. Next day I tested again and it was up by one degree to 8. So my GH is rising at 1 degree per day. Anyway, this could be one of the reasons why I'm having some plant trouble. Anyone else with nanos and seiryu can chime in? What was your experience? This past weekend I did a larger water change than normal, about 80%. Now my KH back to 2 and GH is 4. I'm considering doing twice weekly water changes to keep it down. Hopefully that's enough to keeping down.

Other than that. Thing a are ok. Still have some hair algae and BBA. But more manageable. Moss is looking a little dirty. Time for a trim soon. Also added some more Monte Carlo in the bottom right. A lot of it melted from h2o2.

Let me know what you think!
 
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