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    Brown unhealthy plants in low tech

    My low-tech 30l CRS cube has been set-up for about 2 months now and is fully cycled with 20 CRS shrimp. A lot of the leaves are covered in what looks like brown / diatom algae. Seem to be a lot of mixed messages about how to cure (as with all things planted tanks). Could this be from not enough...
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    Fungus / BBA on Redmoor Wood?

    There are just so many differing opinions and theories about BBA, it's difficult to know what to believe and which approach to take but given that Co2 injection can be ruled out of the equation for my tank it makes it even trickier. Spot dosing the easycarbo doesn't seem to have had any effect...
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    Fungus / BBA on Redmoor Wood?

    With the right adjustment in conditions (reducing light, healthy plants, cleaning and reducing waste organics) - can / does BBA ever disappear on its own without the intervention of removing it manually or by blasting it with liquid carbon or H202? I'm wondering if I make those adjustments and...
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    Fungus / BBA on Redmoor Wood?

    Thanks for the responses guys, really appreciate the help. I've reduced the lighting down to 6 hours a day at 50% intensity. I'm thinking about removing the Salvinia too as it's a pain when doing maintenance and seems to be being pushed under the water by the flow causing it to rot. It might...
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    Fungus / BBA on Redmoor Wood?

    Hi All, I'm not sure if this is fungus or BBA on the wood, or both? No signs of anything on the plants... yet :/ Would really appreciate some help and advice with this one. 1. 30X30X30 27L. 1 week planted, 2 weeks cycling period before that 2. Dennerle Scapers Flow 3. Twinstar 300E 10h...
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    Ada 60p Low tech

    Stunning tank and really shows what can be achieved with a lower tech setup if you get the balance right and have patience. I'm taking a lot of inspiration from your approach and methods on this tank for my new 30L cube scape. You really only ran a 6h photoperiod on this?
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    Relatively low-tech 30L Cube

    We're all planted, up and running. I cycled the tank for a couple of weeks with just the hardscape to allow some ammonia to leech out of the substrate, get the filter media going and for that white fussy bacteria stuff that tends to form on the wood to cycle which I then scrubbed off. I'm...
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    Relatively low-tech 30L Cube

    It's been nearly 10 years since my last scape - a 60L Iwagumi (https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/60p-iwagumi-mountain-scape.29806/) and I thought it was about time for a new one in a completely different style. I thought I'd share and log the process with you all again (partly because I may...
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    HC carpet melting, algae has set in. Help required please!

    Great, thanks for the help guys! I have removed a lot of the algae, resulting in some of the weak HC going with it unfortunately. I then did a 50% W/C and have increased the co2 bps, the flow restrictor is now wide open. I have also raised the lighting unit a few inches and will start doubling...
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    HC carpet melting, algae has set in. Help required please!

    So what would you recommend that I do now to tackle the issue and get it back to full health? Clean algae, large water change, up nutrients and Co2? Blackout? How do I get rid of the algae in the substrate?
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    HC carpet melting, algae has set in. Help required please!

    Hello everyone, After things were going so well for a number of months unfortunately I am having major issues with algae - mainly green and blue green algae in the substrate and covering the HC carpet - as you can see in the photos. Some of the HC is now melting, presumably as a result of the...
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    60P IWAGUMI Mountain Scape

    Thanks for all the feedback and compliments everyone. Unfortunately the only days that I wake up and see it properly on is on Saturday and Sunday if I have a lie in because the lights don't come on until 10am. Its at the end of the day when I can appreciate it. No, blackout day is on...
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    60P IWAGUMI Mountain Scape

    A long overdue update! Below is the tank just before Christmas. All growing very nicely. 6 hour photoperiod. Hairgrass added between the rocks. Here is a photo I took yesterday. Full carpet. I have had a tiny outbreak of cyanobacteria (BGA) in two places, which I have cut out and...
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    60P IWAGUMI Mountain Scape

    Absolutely! May I add that all of the points made were taken into consideration, researched and discussed long before they were mentioned on this blog. Thanks for the input anyway though people. Here is a quick video I took the other day of some Green Neons in a 30L at the Aquatic Design...
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    60P IWAGUMI Mountain Scape

    You could argue that a lot of species aren't ideally suited to many of the setups and layouts that people use them in. The ideal setup for a black neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) is a biotope, but a huge number of them live happily in minimal high tech planted tanks. If our hobby...
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