Henry Howes
Seedling
Thought I'd start a journal more for my own benefit than anything else! I started keeping fish about 9 months a go with this tank, moved house 4 months a go and have had nothing but problems with algae since then. I think mostly due to my poor nutrient schedule, large increase in light and poor CO2 feeding.
I bought the tank with a single T8 bulb and standard internal filter, since then I have now fitted -
2X39W T5's with reflectors
Aquamantra EX300 external filter
2kg FE Co2 system with UP Diffuser
19W UV filter
Hydor 300 inline heater
So it started something like this:
Bought some decorations for the tank and it ended up looking like this:
Then with the new bulbs fitted and the external filter:
And then like this
This was the point I moved house and had lots of algae problems since. So now I have taken all the plants out, cleaned the filter out, scrubbed the decor and have started a 4 days black out to try and halt a bad outbreak of cyanobacteria. I felt like I was fighting a losing battle before hand and I wasn't happy with the layout as it was neither here now there.
I have got some fish in there -
5 Neon tetra (I did have more, but my angel fish got a bit hungry whilst I was away on holiday)
5 Emperor terta
2 Bolivian rams
1 German blue ram
1 lilac ram
2 Dwarf Gouramis
2 Angel fish
L183 pleco
L104 pleco
Will probably end up swapping this around somewhat! So my plan for now is to maybe put some decent Substrate under the gravel, start using the EI system of feeding nutrients and the fitting of another similar power filter. And then order a load of plants and try and decide on a layout!
Thanks for reading
I bought the tank with a single T8 bulb and standard internal filter, since then I have now fitted -
2X39W T5's with reflectors
Aquamantra EX300 external filter
2kg FE Co2 system with UP Diffuser
19W UV filter
Hydor 300 inline heater
So it started something like this:
Bought some decorations for the tank and it ended up looking like this:
Then with the new bulbs fitted and the external filter:
And then like this
This was the point I moved house and had lots of algae problems since. So now I have taken all the plants out, cleaned the filter out, scrubbed the decor and have started a 4 days black out to try and halt a bad outbreak of cyanobacteria. I felt like I was fighting a losing battle before hand and I wasn't happy with the layout as it was neither here now there.
I have got some fish in there -
5 Neon tetra (I did have more, but my angel fish got a bit hungry whilst I was away on holiday)
5 Emperor terta
2 Bolivian rams
1 German blue ram
1 lilac ram
2 Dwarf Gouramis
2 Angel fish
L183 pleco
L104 pleco
Will probably end up swapping this around somewhat! So my plan for now is to maybe put some decent Substrate under the gravel, start using the EI system of feeding nutrients and the fitting of another similar power filter. And then order a load of plants and try and decide on a layout!
Thanks for reading