Yup, still trying to figure this whole planted aquarium thing out, but I'm learning. When I first started a month ago I figured I'd keep it simple and just start with some moss. Moss will grow anywhere right?
I can grow moss in a bowl with no light other then light it gets from the bulb in my room. I can grow it in a bucket with no filtration or anything. But I still can't grow it in my fishtank.
I've tried all sorts of differnt things to get it to grow in my tank but ever time it gets attacked by algae. But I think I might be onto something now.
I've been trying to recreate the conditions of my bucket, or decoding what I'm doing right and wronge. I'm trying to learn from my moss.
I have to say its been tough to kill it. I've barmbarded it with ferts, had it attacked by all sorts of algae, but everytime I put in a bucket with fresh water it comes back in 3-5 days.
I started out with a 5.5 gallon aquarium, a strip light, a zoomed 501 canister filter. I had 3 fish and bunch of Peacock moss.
The first time I set the tank up like any standard aquarium and just added the moss attached to some wood. It wasnt looking too good so I started adding excel and flourish. It got attacked by algae.
I brought it back to life in the bucket and gave it another try. This time no ferts and it got attacked by algae.
So I tried again a 3rd time, this time with no ferts, and no filter, just a air pump with a bubble wand. It got attacked by algae again.
This will be my 4th attemp to recreate what I'm doing right with the moss in the bucket.
As of now I took the moss out and put it back in the bucket to bring it back and get rid of the algae. This time I'm removing the air pump. I'm going to run the filter with no floss so no waste gets trapped because of phosephates. And I'm removing the biofiltration from the filter becasue I think it was robbing the moss of amonia and nitrite. So basicaly the filter is just gonna be for circulation.
Another problem might be my substrate. I have some fine pea gravel which I think is getting alot of waste building up in it. So I'm swiching to sand so any waste will sit on top if it and I'll know if its there.
Some poeple have said to add some fast growing stem plants. I kinda dont wanna have to do that. Because its just one more thing I have to try and keep alive. Also I dont have alot of room to work with, my wood takes up alot of space.
My goal is to get some green heathy moss that is algae free. It can grow in my bucket I shuold be able to get it to grow in my tank. The only other thing I can think of after this is too much light. But I'm having a hard time excepting 10 hours with a strip light is too much.
I've done alot of searches and reading on this site and I'm running out of things to try.
Anyone have some suggestions? or advice to they could share?
I can grow moss in a bowl with no light other then light it gets from the bulb in my room. I can grow it in a bucket with no filtration or anything. But I still can't grow it in my fishtank.
I've tried all sorts of differnt things to get it to grow in my tank but ever time it gets attacked by algae. But I think I might be onto something now.
I've been trying to recreate the conditions of my bucket, or decoding what I'm doing right and wronge. I'm trying to learn from my moss.
I have to say its been tough to kill it. I've barmbarded it with ferts, had it attacked by all sorts of algae, but everytime I put in a bucket with fresh water it comes back in 3-5 days.
I started out with a 5.5 gallon aquarium, a strip light, a zoomed 501 canister filter. I had 3 fish and bunch of Peacock moss.
The first time I set the tank up like any standard aquarium and just added the moss attached to some wood. It wasnt looking too good so I started adding excel and flourish. It got attacked by algae.
I brought it back to life in the bucket and gave it another try. This time no ferts and it got attacked by algae.
So I tried again a 3rd time, this time with no ferts, and no filter, just a air pump with a bubble wand. It got attacked by algae again.
This will be my 4th attemp to recreate what I'm doing right with the moss in the bucket.
As of now I took the moss out and put it back in the bucket to bring it back and get rid of the algae. This time I'm removing the air pump. I'm going to run the filter with no floss so no waste gets trapped because of phosephates. And I'm removing the biofiltration from the filter becasue I think it was robbing the moss of amonia and nitrite. So basicaly the filter is just gonna be for circulation.
Another problem might be my substrate. I have some fine pea gravel which I think is getting alot of waste building up in it. So I'm swiching to sand so any waste will sit on top if it and I'll know if its there.
Some poeple have said to add some fast growing stem plants. I kinda dont wanna have to do that. Because its just one more thing I have to try and keep alive. Also I dont have alot of room to work with, my wood takes up alot of space.
My goal is to get some green heathy moss that is algae free. It can grow in my bucket I shuold be able to get it to grow in my tank. The only other thing I can think of after this is too much light. But I'm having a hard time excepting 10 hours with a strip light is too much.
I've done alot of searches and reading on this site and I'm running out of things to try.
Anyone have some suggestions? or advice to they could share?