GSA noobscape

[monstar]

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Honestly i dont know if it's a good thing that the GSA grew to such an epic proportion, started doing seachem po4 thou, glossos are really infected maybe 10 leaves as of now? Please leave your comment on my noob scape, adn constructive remarks too!

[felix_fx2]

I dug out some of your posts, here's what i came up with.
Tank: 60 x 36 x 35 which is about 20g
Lighting:2x 18w T8 and 1 x 55w (T8 in the middle and PL at the extreme back)
91w / 20g = 4.55 WPG.
Ferts:Ada step 1
co2:1bps
photoperiod: lazy to dig

Should leave center stone upright, feels abit like roti prata'ed or flat.
They always say golden ratio for rock arrangement, go ahead and try google it then switch to pictures. (FYI: i used keywords "golden ratio iwagumi").

Glosso seems abit pale. but could be my colorblindness playing tricks on me. as i can see their growing.
Actually, i am somewhat fond of greenish rock like they been there ages.
Otos are trying to eat GSA but their growing faster and thicker then those tiny mouth of theirs can stuff?
Nernites are bulldozers but they move very slowly mowing through.
you can check out the below link.
http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_...ater_algae.php

btw: why are the plants in the corner doing, they look like still in pots or stuffed in a pipe or something.

Stormy: you think the lighting is a tad too much?

[jaymes]

the glosso looks pale ..... the stemplant isn't standing upright yet ...and already day 21? ...hmm... something is wrong here.....but i cannot think of anything yet .... .....increasing co2 with macro fertilizer plus introducing a little micro fert.....

From the diffuser arrangement, i don't think the co2 is equally spread....

[Peanut8787]

Give you glosso a good trim and they will start to spread. Increase your Co2 to around 2-3bps. What K lighting tube are you using? From the picture that you have taken they don't seen like bright enough for glosso to grow healthy. Are they 6500K and above?

[Shadow]

with 91W of light, you need much more of CO2.

[Navanod]

My 2 cents:

The rocks are too flat and will be covered by the glosso in time.

There're no strong focal points in the scape. The 2 focal points are the reddish plants on the left corner and the medium sized rock on the right. The impacts of these 2 are not strong (the plants may improve with growth, but that rock is not big enough and also too smooth and lacks character) enough to carry the scape.
Also, the "flow" of the tank is being pulled to both side by these 2 features, with a big empty space in the middle. Space is important in Iwagumi but in this tank, the effect seemed to be splitting the scape into 2 separate scapes on each side. There's no connection because the rocks in the middle are too low.

Lastly, if we go by Amano's standards, the soil at the front glass should be flat and leveled. It is rather curved in this scape and with growth, the glosso at the sides may obstruct the views of other thing behind them, spoiling the illusion of depth in the scape.

My experience in Iwagumi is rather limited though, so don't take my words for it. Go check out other Iwagumi designs on the web and see if you can see the "flow" and focal points in them

With that said, this is a very good effort and you seemed to have gotta the rock arrangement right. Its the choice of rock sizes that affected the impact.

[ralliart12]

with 91W of light, you need much more of CO2.

If I'm using 120W of light for a 2-foot tank, how much bps of CO2 am I looking at dispensing?

[Shadow]

Seriously 120w is a lots for 2ft tank. Which higher watage, slight inbalance will cause algae bloom.

Actually bps is not the best way to gauge CO2. CO2 is pretty much dependent on how you introduce it in the water. Get something like dropchecker but make sure you use kh=4 to dilute assuming not premixed. Some brand does not need to dilute.

[felix_fx2]

120w? Overkill for a 2 feet. IMHO.

[monstar]

I dug out some of your posts, here's what i came up with.
Tank: 60 x 36 x 35 which is about 20g
Lighting:2x 18w T8 and 1 x 55w (T8 in the middle and PL at the extreme back)
91w / 20g = 4.55 WPG.
Ferts:Ada step 1
co2:1bps
photoperiod: lazy to dig

Should leave center stone upright, feels abit like roti prata'ed or flat.
They always say golden ratio for rock arrangement, go ahead and try google it then switch to pictures. (FYI: i used keywords "golden ratio iwagumi").

Glosso seems abit pale. but could be my colorblindness playing tricks on me. as i can see their growing.
Actually, i am somewhat fond of greenish rock like they been there ages.
Otos are trying to eat GSA but their growing faster and thicker then those tiny mouth of theirs can stuff?
Nernites are bulldozers but they move very slowly mowing through.
you can check out the below link.
http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_...ater_algae.php

btw: why are the plants in the corner doing, they look like still in pots or stuffed in a pipe or something.

Stormy: you think the lighting is a tad too much?

I place the plants in the corner to help absorb the nutrients to prevent algae but not working so far, stuff them in CR to keep their roots in the water column , will remove when the lawn matures, co2 is at 4bps and still the GSA flourishes

[monstar]

the glosso looks pale ..... the stemplant isn't standing upright yet ...and already day 21? ...hmm... something is wrong here.....but i cannot think of anything yet .... .....increasing co2 with macro fertilizer plus introducing a little micro fert.....

From the diffuser arrangement, i don't think the co2 is equally spread....

Actually my glossos are doing fine, the cameras white balance is alittle off, the stemplant was initially upright but they're really burnt from my lighting so they're heading towards the soil, the leaves at the top are charred , where would you recommend me to place my diffuser instead of under the lily pipe

[monstar]

Give you glosso a good trim and they will start to spread. Increase your Co2 to around 2-3bps. What K lighting tube are you using? From the picture that you have taken they don't seen like bright enough for glosso to grow healthy. Are they 6500K and above?

Yup my tubes are 8000k rating

[felix_fx2]

I place the plants in the corner to help absorb the nutrients to prevent algae but not working so far, stuff them in CR to keep their roots in the water column , will remove when the lawn matures, co2 is at 4bps and still the GSA flourishes

Jaymes just mention marco ferts, he has a point there.
Maybe you wan to scrub off the existing algae with a toothbrush or something then do a water change.

Might just want to put the t8 on short holiday.

[monstar]

Jaymes just mention marco ferts, he has a point there.
Maybe you wan to scrub off the existing algae with a toothbrush or something then do a water change.

Might just want to put the t8 on short holiday.

Macro fert as in NPK? Currently dosing essence k 2ml , seachem po4 1.5ml , Ada step 1 2ml, BW growth (organic carbon) 2ml

[felix_fx2]

increasing co2 with macro fertilizer plus introducing a little micro fert.....

i should have quoted this.