Ryan Young
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- 17 Jun 2015
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Hi all,
I set up a 130L planted aquarium a few months ago if not longer and overall and growing to dislike it very much. I am battling algae most likely due to not running CO2 (the plants and lighting should have meant CO2 was not required and do not dose any nutrients) but as this was meant to be an easy non- CO2 tank to enjoy I really do not want to inject CO2.
One of the main issues I am having is with my Microsorum Trident which was added upon initial setup of the aquarium; I started with a large handful sized piece and smaller 3" strands of it intended to grow out and fill the empty spots but almost all of it has died, to the point where you would not have known it was ever in the tank.
The only piece I have left is the larger piece which is now a few strands struggling to grow.
I do not believe it is a result of lighting as they are in partial shade and in a bid to save some of it I placed it in my 30L which hosts a mishmash of plants and it is doing brilliantly. Does anyone have any clues what this could be?
I am planning on completely re starting the aquarium as I am very fed up of the way it turned out and frankly due to bad planning, placement and not having enough time with not being home the tank looks awful.
If anyone knows why the trident is doing so bad, please let me know?
Thanks,
Ryan
I set up a 130L planted aquarium a few months ago if not longer and overall and growing to dislike it very much. I am battling algae most likely due to not running CO2 (the plants and lighting should have meant CO2 was not required and do not dose any nutrients) but as this was meant to be an easy non- CO2 tank to enjoy I really do not want to inject CO2.
One of the main issues I am having is with my Microsorum Trident which was added upon initial setup of the aquarium; I started with a large handful sized piece and smaller 3" strands of it intended to grow out and fill the empty spots but almost all of it has died, to the point where you would not have known it was ever in the tank.
The only piece I have left is the larger piece which is now a few strands struggling to grow.
I do not believe it is a result of lighting as they are in partial shade and in a bid to save some of it I placed it in my 30L which hosts a mishmash of plants and it is doing brilliantly. Does anyone have any clues what this could be?
I am planning on completely re starting the aquarium as I am very fed up of the way it turned out and frankly due to bad planning, placement and not having enough time with not being home the tank looks awful.
If anyone knows why the trident is doing so bad, please let me know?
Thanks,
Ryan