My EA Aquascaper has just arrived.. :D

[Sdogg]

Nice and lush 👍🏼

 

[Matt1994]

Hi everyone ,
Water change done , still struggling with a bit of staghorn algae!
Spot dosed excel prior to 80% water change and removed as much as I could manually


On another note
Starting dosing 2hraquarist complete come tomorrow as appose to tropica specialised, heard good things about it

Also a waterbox 2420 has been ordered 😃😃😃😃

Just waiting on a delivery date


Here's a picture of the tank post water change, had a massive trim hacked it back a fair bit, removed any damaged leaves, as much staghorn algae as I could cleaned lily pipes pipe work and pre filter and also replaced the purigen

 

[Matt1994]

Evening everyone ! 😀

Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather. 🌞

Had a run to horizon aquatics today, had a lovely chat to James and Nicole
Picked up 3 red onion nerite snails.

And also got an update , my waterbox 2420 should be delivered by the end of next week all being well!


Update on the aquascaper,
Spot dosed excel the other day , a lot has gone red now just a very small amount remains, so doing 2x80% water changes a week at the minute and really enjoying them.


Had a massive massive trim today. A lot of the super red had gone leggy and wasn't doing as well as It could be lower down, so I removed pretty much all the lower stems and replanting the tops of the taller ones, got all the dead leaves i could see out the tank, trimmed all the rear next to the tall Crypt(can't remember it's name?) But started as a 1.2 grow pot and now has 30cm+leaves draping across the top of the tank .
Although it looks bare now I am looking forward to it growing back in, hopefully helped by the 2hr aquarist complete ..


Will keep this updated as to how I get on with the new ferts

Today I
Carried out an 80% approximately water change
Cleaned prefilter
Cleaned the front glass (leaving the sides and back as no visible algae on it and the ottos enjoy the sides and In and around the flow.

My striped Hill stream loach is loving the tanks trim (love the little fella, looks stunning in my opinion) and has gotten a lot more adventurous these past couple of weeks


All fish snails and shrimp well and exploring the now trimmed tank


Will attach a few photos now.
Much prefer the overgrown look but also enjoy seeing the plants grow in
Tank is now just over 6 months old

They had frozen brine shrimp tonight
And loved it



Looking forward to it growing in, but feel happier knowing that all the plants are now as healthy as can be after removing and replanting the top half's


Enjoy the photos, and thanks all for following this journal. Once the waterbox adventure starts I will start a new journal but will also continue this one

Thanks everyone
Matt 😃

 

[Matt1994]

Already exploring
Safely going back down the glass now though 🤣

 

[Matt1994]

Hi all,
Nothing major to update.
Just a large water change, pipes cleaned glass cleaned, co2 diffuser cleaned bubble counter topped up, all debris siphoned out that I could see, took the java fern out and removed the few poor health leaves. Pre filter done lily pipes and holders cleaned drop checker cleaned and replaced solution.

I really am liking the 2hr aquarist complete ferts.
Tank seems to be doing great. Definitely noticing the greens looking greener and seem to have less algae too. Still carrying out 2 water changes a week to keep on top of things.

Water is staying and looking really clear
The fish loved there brine shrimp tonight.

Really happy with how things are going at the minute.

The crypts are really starting to colour up, all slightly different and love them.



Waterbox 2420 is due for delivery all being well towards the end of next week.
Wanting something completely different to this setup.

Although it's nothing special and by no means the level of most on here. It's become very sentimental and I just can't rescape it... not yet anyway !



Thanks
Matt 😃