Andys 60l cube

[Andy Thurston]

 

[EnderUK]

Wow what a huge growth spurt. Filling in nicely.

 

[Andy Thurston]

Wow what a huge growth spurt. Filling in nicely.

It really is growing like crazy now. The MC needs trimming every 2-3weeks and the glosso is getting bits cut all the time to stop it invading the other plants.
I'm not sure why people recommend starting a tank with reduced lighting lights have been at 70% for 9 hours a day with this since the rescape. I've only changed the water once a week too but I would recommend people do at least 2x per week to keep the water crystal clear

 

[Rob Dahl]

Andy looks like everything is cranking on. Good work!

 

[Andy Thurston]

Thanks Rob, I'm pretty pleased with how this is growing now. I just need to keep up with removing the BBA from the rocks and equipment

 

[Andy Thurston]

 

[Ryan Thang To]

took the mc in no time to carpet. nice one

 

[Andy Thurston]

took the mc in no time to carpet. nice one

the glosso fully carpeted in 2-3 weeks too

 

[Rob Dahl]

and nice pearling

 

[Andy Thurston]

cheers rob, I'm quite proud of my plants growing and pearling. I just need my scaping skills to catch up.
I really need to change the water in this tank before things start going horribly wrong, I'll try get some new pics up tonight after I've cleaned the glass and changed the water
I'm on with making a stainless spraybar for this, I just need to measure the hole size and pitch on the glass one because flow is pretty good, then I can finish it before the crack in this one gets worse

 

[Rob Dahl]

You can never go wrong with a water change.

 

[Andy Thurston]

You can never go wrong with a water change.

you can! I should have changed it on saturday

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Big Clown, Looking good love the pearling

 

[Rob Dahl]

Andy, Is there a reason that you chose stainless instead of plastic?

 

[Andy Thurston]

yes I'm a metal worker and I got it for free, also you cant see the dirt inside a stainless one
I'm thinking about making a pipe bender and having a go at a stainless inflow pipe too

 

[Rob Dahl]

That would certainly be a unique look. And you're right; no one could see the gunk buildup .

 

[Andy Thurston]

finally clean water, clean glass and a FTS

 

[Sk3lly]

Your rotala wallichii is very impressive! That is if I have ID'd it correctly. Lovely simple scape in my opinion. Looks very nice
Any plans to attack the BBA on the rocks?


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[Andy Thurston]

Thank you
your ID is correct, not a bad bush from half a dozen bba infected stems, I just wish the rotala bonsai would grow as fast.
yes theres some chemical warfare going on I've been experimenting with H2O2 over the last few days

 

[Sk3lly]

I found in a past setup with a bit of BBA, the H202 followed up closely with excel or other liquid carbon very effective


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