Sharing my newbie 40CM Iwagumi tank with glosso.

[deekfacemonster]

Hi, im new to this hobby. Just sharing my 40CM iwagumi scape with glosso. Negative comments are welcome

Day 1


Day 7, glosso still growing slow..


day 10, added a little more glosso..


runners


day 21, glosso spreading well but algae on rocks

[deekfacemonster]

oh and btw, can anyone tell me how to remove those algae on the rocks..? i cant seem to brush them off..

[blurless]

Employ Nerite snails for algae issues.

[Thirteen]

The algae makes the rocks looks natural in my opinion. you can get ottos, SAEs, shrimps, snails (aka algae crew) to rid off algae.

[felix_fx2]

The substrate is flat correct?

If the algae on the rocks look good on them. Leave it.
Not really must have a zero visible algae tank.

[ralliart12]

oh and btw, can anyone tell me how to remove those algae on the rocks..? i cant seem to brush them off..

I like the algae on the rock also; as long as it doesn't go out of control, the rocks will soon look very lovely (& natural, of course). But yes, horned nerite snails are insanely effective algae removers; but they do leave white eggs (observable with naked eyes) here & there.

[sammajor]

Algae on the rock looks more natural.

[deekfacemonster]

ok, thanks for all the feedback. think i'll just let the algae be hopefully my glosso will be fully carpet within a month

[apek19]

I like the algae on the rock also; as long as it doesn't go out of control, the rocks will soon look very lovely (& natural, of course). But yes, horned nerite snails are insanely effective algae removers; but they do leave white eggs (observable with naked eyes) here & there.

What are the white eggs? Offsprings? I had a hard time removing snails from my setup.

Anyway I do agree algae on the rocks brings about a more natural look. May I ask what's the power/number of watts of your lights?



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[deekfacemonster]

Aquazonic T5 2x14watts

[ralliart12]

What are the white eggs? Offsprings? I had a hard time removing snails from my setup...

The large white eggs (laid singly, unlike those pond snail eggs, which are almost always in a bunch) are the eggs of the horned nerite snails. They do not hatch easily; so if you can breed them, you are luckily. But the unhatched eggs are unsightly though.

...May I ask what's the power/number of watts of your lights?...

You are not talking to me, right? i.e. you are responding to another post?

[Saiberg]

Hows the glosso doing? Your co2 is how many bps can i ask?


To Fish and Beyond....

[Shadow]

The large white eggs (laid singly, unlike those pond snail eggs, which are almost always in a bunch) are the eggs of the horned nerite snails. They do not hatch easily; so if you can breed them, you are luckily. But the unhatched eggs are unsightly though.

Nerite snails egg only hatch in brackish water

[deekfacemonster]

the glosso are still doing good. co2 going at 1 bps

Hows the glosso doing? Your co2 is how many bps can i ask?


To Fish and Beyond....

[ralliart12]

Nerite snails egg only hatch in brackish water

Can make them don't lay eggs at all?

[Shadow]

one per tank only maybe?

[Eilsel89]

Nice set up, the algae on the rock looks good too

[apek19]

You are not talking to me, right? i.e. you are responding to another post?

Sorry, wasn't clear in directing my question. Deekfacemonster replied AquaZonic T5 2x14w

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[deekfacemonster]

Thanks Will update my tank again in a few days time

Nice set up, the algae on the rock looks good too

[huizhong]

can glosso grow without co2?