Omgwhiskey's 20g long

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March 31, 2014

Substrate got here, first time using fluorite!



Substrate in, flooded & hardscape testing:



Plants in, I moved the old filter from the 12g, so fish in (a few guppies) to keep the filter bacteria alive:



Another angle:

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April 5, 2014

Finnex planted+ arrived!

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April 8, 2014

Starting week 2, params look great (0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 20ppm nitrate) - the filter from my 12g doing the trick.

Already seeing some growth:

Bit of a long update but a lot happened over the last 2 weeks.

After getting the finnex planted+, I kept my lighting period and everything the same. Big mistake on a new tank. Algae started growing everywhere (hair and green spot mostly):



Decided to step up the game against algae, got some glossostigma, more dhg and a couple of small blyxa japonicas:

Planting Glosso:



Planting DHG:



End result:





More plants didn't slow down algae as I expected so had to step up my game.

Installed a second DIY bottle for more & consistent co2:



resulted in almost yellow drop checker which made me happy and the plants:



My otto's are getting fat

Week 4 update - rescape!

Found some driftwood I liked and went for a rescape, removed rocks in place for some dark wood for more contrast. Here's the layout:



End result:







now to wait until it grows in!

Oh and the one-two punch algae treatment was a huge success. Almost all traces of algae gone now!

Week 7 update

A lot has happened in the last few weeks, biggest change was swapping out the HOB and internal filter to a Eheim Ecco Pro cannister (loving it!), switched to an inline diffuser and added a bigger DIY co2 bottle. Everything growing in nicely, but I'm getting the itch for a rescape.

Pics after yesterday's trim:





Co2 being diffused:



Happy dropchecker:

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