A 2ft Rockscape

[marle]

Bro Marle, I think your rocks look nicer and natural with those algae.

If you really want to totally get rid of the green algae , you may wish to introduce some Red Nose shrimps ( I mention to you somewhere on your
other thread) , they are really good in clearing up all these algae.

You will be surprise the next day you woke up and sees brand new and clean rocks

Haha yes bro I heeded your advice and got a few. Now no algae except for the green spotted algae on glass walls and rocks

[HeMan]

Haha yes bro I heeded your advice and got a few. Now no algae except for the green spotted algae on glass walls and rocks

Bro marle , yes those algae on tank wall are hard to get rid.
You can put in horn netrite snails or Zebra netrite snails but horn netrite snail will do a better job than Zebra netrite., only negative part is horn
netrite snail will lay eggs all over the tank if you overfed.

My shrimp tank is free from algae , I have zebra netrite snail , red nose shrimps and Panda loachs . I
think my panda loachs do a part on the wall alage also

[cobrafish]

I like those rock with algae really gives it a good worn season tank look!

[Ingen]

What kind of algae does red nose shrimp eat and where to get them?

[marle]

What kind of algae does red nose shrimp eat and where to get them?

Yamato shrimps also can do the job. Get the larger ones, they have higher capacity.

[HeMan]

What kind of algae does red nose shrimp eat and where to get them?

Starve them and i think they eat almost any algae .
Im not sure about those bushy type algae or BBA cause I never had them before.
They are good in tackling white and green hair algae.
Y618 got lots of them

[HeMan]

Hi bro marle, is HC really that difficult to grow even with the correct lighting and CO2?

Im planning to add in a chiller to do my next project on growing HC.

I read that chilled water is the secret recipe of all successful planted tank, dont know how true

[marle]

Hi bro marle, is HC really that difficult to grow even with the correct lighting and CO2?

Im planning to add in a chiller to do my next project on growing HC.

I read that chilled water is the secret recipe of all successful planted tank, dont know how true

I believe HC should be easier with stable water parameters aka mature tank. I have visited East Ocean and they have a successful HC tank which they do not use chiller. The place there is pretty airy and I believe the tank's temperature is just normal room temperature.

Regarding chilled water is the secret to planted tank, maybe, I am not sure. I will prefer my tank to be kept constant at 25 degrees but the monthly cost of maintaining the chiller is higher. You might want to ask Shadow, his planted tanks are very nice and I read somewhere he only uses fan.

What kind of plants do you intend to grow other than HC?

[HeMan]

I have just start 3 weeks ago. You can find my thread . Im still
learning planted tank. Probably going to do another 2 feet on HC

[felix_fx2]

marle bro, you have chiller?

[marle]

marle bro, you have chiller?

Nope bro. Using only fan and the environment at my place isn't that cooling and airy.

[|squee|]

Great hardscape man.

The algae types you're experiencing is typical of tanks that have just been set up. Persevere... you haven't encountered BBA and staghorn yet

[marle]

Great hardscape man.

The algae types you're experiencing is typical of tanks that have just been set up. Persevere... you haven't encountered BBA and staghorn yet

Thanks Squee. I have experienced BBA and staghorn in my 2nd or 3rd week. It was a night mare.

[marle]

Tank is currently more stable.

Photo period limited to only 4 hours a day. Then switched to 2 three hours photoperiod for awhile. Not good at all, diatoms and algae starts to invade. (1-2 Punch is the hero yet again. followed by SAE and Shrimps. I am becoming a pro at mass algae removal.)

Back to 4 hours photoperiod, plants growing slowly, but steadily. Wondering why i read in forums most people has 7-10hours of photoperiod without any algae outbreak. Maybe my light is too strong?


Trimmed the HG in the foreground. Background plant is Limnophila sp Vietnan. I absolutely love this plant. Fantastic looking with a tinge of red plus most importantly easy to grow. keke.

[Shadow]

You need to check the balance between light, co2, macro and micro nutrient, Unfortunately can't give much comment not knowing your full setup and water parameter.

[taz]

HC is not really that difficult plant to grow. I had grown & sold it many times in the past. I realised you are using a diffuser for the CO2. You lost lot of CO2 from there. HC are CO2 hungry plant. You really need to blast your CO2 to get a good growth for HC. For a feet cube tank, yeah, you can go with diffusers.
Let me put it in point form :

1. Get those HC in pot form. Look for those with tiny leaves. Those are already in submerged form(normally LFS put in tank)
2. Plant them deep. Hold them down with toothpicks for time being if need to.
3. No to shrimps or fishes that loves to dig for the start.
4. Sufficient light. 3W/ gal.
5. Crank up that CO2. If possible use a CO2 reactor after the filter to tank. With ADA soil difficult to know your CO2 concentration. PH and KH relation chart for CO2 cannot be use for ADA soil. You can lower down a bit after you see good growth and spreading of HC. And of course once you got fish/ shrimp in it.
6. Up your PO4, NO3 & K.
7. Bring that temp down. No more that 28degC.

Alternatively you can start the dry emerse method to grow the HC.

You can check my old tanks in my past gallery. ��


Good luck...

[marle]

You need to check the balance between light, co2, macro and micro nutrient, Unfortunately can't give much comment not knowing your full setup and water parameter.

Noted Shadow.. i haven't gotten a test kit yet.. maybe soon.

[marle]

HC is not really that difficult plant to grow. I had grown & sold it many times in the past. I realised you are using a diffuser for the CO2. You lost lot of CO2 from there. HC are CO2 hungry plant. You really need to blast your CO2 to get a good growth for HC. For a feet cube tank, yeah, you can go with diffusers.
Let me put it in point form :

1. Get those HC in pot form. Look for those with tiny leaves. Those are already in submerged form(normally LFS put in tank)
2. Plant them deep. Hold them down with toothpicks for time being if need to.
3. No to shrimps or fishes that loves to dig for the start.
4. Sufficient light. 3W/ gal.
5. Crank up that CO2. If possible use a CO2 reactor after the filter to tank. With ADA soil difficult to know your CO2 concentration. PH and KH relation chart for CO2 cannot be use for ADA soil. You can lower down a bit after you see good growth and spreading of HC. And of course once you got fish/ shrimp in it.
6. Up your PO4, NO3 & K.
7. Bring that temp down. No more that 28degC.

Alternatively you can start the dry emerse method to grow the HC.

You can check my old tanks in my past gallery. ��


Good luck...

Thanks Taz those are good advice that you gave.. some points i still do not really understand such as the pH and kH relation. As for temperature, i will need to bear with a fan for now!

[marle]

Hope this is a good sign!

[HeMan]

Hope this is a good sign!

Good sign but somehow you need to monitor ....
My tank initially glosso grew very fast and lush and sent lots of runners for the
1st 2 weeks , but now after nearly a month 10% became dead and transparent leaves
and suddenly the grown slows down alot.