your tank looks good. but yea, having a good flow would help regardless.

java moss is not nice lah, better trim it off and just stick with the christmas moss, it's so much better.

well... my journey- 1st tank had turned into farming tank... nothing much to show.
2nd tank is in my office.
which trouble free. will share more about it later

this is my 3rd tank.... set up just before MCO 1.0
really put lots of effort there. There was a moss tree... but failed and removed.





the previous post is my 4th tank.

yeah from far looks good.
just that when look near - the plants are not 100% healthy.....

well- yes replacing gradually to Xmas moss gradually. Already change 3 branches... let it grow better first.
coz i dont want my tank to be botak during CNY

btw.... the hair grass at the back... seems not able to reach the top of tank. idea is to have effect like this.


any other type of plant that i can use?

PS: my tank dont have light screen... i just put frosted glass paper there. for similar effect, and cheap.
might add on LED light at the back

maybe vellisneria?

Clueless07 whoa.... you're doing not bad, you have made many scape before.....

thanks... still long way to learn.
Hope can exchange more info here.
PS- the last last photo on post 4403 isnt mine ya!

Nice! I always like dutch style.

I don't know how to configure my flow because I have a lot of stem plants. At certain point in the tank, the flow seems too strong because one or two plants there almost knocked over while there seem no flow on the other part of the tank. However when I feed my fish, I can see flow there when the semi floating micro pellets sink. I only use small dophin internal pump filter which I do need to clean the sponge filter everyweek.

Did you try amano shrimps? Maybe they can take care that BBA/staghorn issue on the moss. BTW, did you use fan or just air condition to keep water temp low?

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jan 30 2021, 05:02 PM

I have a few amano. They trying to help but I think too much for them to handle.

Some also say don’t need to be over obsessed w flow. 🤔

I just started my tank last week, now it’s been 9 days since I setup. I noticed this Murdannia green is acting weird. It grows very fast, but the leaves at the bottom are slightly brown. Any issue on this? I do 20% water change daily. No CO2 yet.

This post has been edited by OhNooy: Jan 31 2021, 10:24 PM


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can try doing spot excel treatment at the affected area?

switch off your filter, then use syringe to slowly pump excel onto the affected plant, and do water change after that, the algae should die off soon and then your amano or other CUC would dig on them.

can try red long nose shrimp aka jumping shrimp, they're quite effective in cleaning up some algae too.

got a portion of this plant free from the shopee seller when i bought my plants but it's not nice, the bottom stem part like dying off, if i were to use it, i will cut off the brown part and only plant the healthy ones.
never have any experience in dealing this plant, but i may cut it off and just replant with the healthy ones, if i were you.

suggest you can also DIY co2, just have to do it once a week, or up to 10 days, i'm also experimenting on this as well.

will update my tank on a monthly basis.

Guys, please i need help...my co2 check valve is still letting water through after selenoid timer was off...atleast the water didn't go up to the regulator tho...the water stops 30cm before the regulator....what did i do wrong

Yeah, I read even SAE don't eat much. My first BBA experience, it just covered the leaves with matte black layer but it seems like it is stunted, didn't grow to hairy like looking. My 2nd BBA experience in different tank, it grow hairy on the edge, around the leaves. I don't think it is staghorn because the color is black, not grey. It also look stunted, not blooming. I put in 3 CAE for different reason but they end up eating all the BBA. However BBA keep coming back. The older leaves that already cleaned from BBA by CAE remain clean but the newer old leaves get infected with BBA.

I think it's more like CO2 did not spread evenly to all area. Maybe you can try reposition the CO2 diffuser next to the moss. Maybe that can help since it is easier to have dead spot around moss.

Do you dose any fertilizer? My best guess is you're missing some macronutrients.

Yes, you are right. Hydrogen peroxide works too. I just bought it today too just in case I need to deal with BGA or BBA in the future. I don't know why I did not buy this sooner. I may have save a lot of plants if I did. 😁



This post has been edited by kizwan: Feb 4 2021, 06:29 PM

Just replace check valve, or use double check valve only

Nope so far. As the soil is new, I'm afraid with fert will bloom the algae.

just double check, before replacement...maybe you've installed it invertedly.

Tq sifu2 for d guidance
Scared i nt pro enough to diy
Reali itching for co2 tank
After seeing the fotos of plants bubbling

Anyway i got this continuum prolifera to try 1st
Seems it does nt use toxic ingredient like seachem
Can see my plants greener & budding
I think my tap water is nt good enuf
So got a npk fertiliser oso
& i think just at the correct time
As i m reading up on recent posts
On how u all do fertising
Love ur fotos !
Nice..

Btw i wonder what moss this is
I bought last time but forgot what it is..
It looks like java
But at that time i already got a java
So i am sure i bought another type..

Maybe need to dim the light. The light maybe too bright which encourage it to grow too fast. Also looks like the old leaves are melting which is normal. Let it melt & drop. New leaves should remain healthy. If not, definitely it is nutrient deficiency.

Seachem Excel is not toxic. You really need to overdose it for it to become toxic.

On fertilising, two times a week for both micro & macro seems the best. My plants grow well, new leaves are healthy. Since I have reset one of my tank by dipping all the plants in clorox bleach solution to get rid BBA, I have been dosing macro & micro on alternate days; today macro, next day micro, repeat. Sunday is water change day. However in this particular tank, the older leaves on Ludwigia look damaged. New leaves look healthy-ish. Maybe take weeks to thrive back. The plants was taken from another tank & was healthy.

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Sample from customer picture.
Before



After 3 weeks. Notice how big is the giant lotus grow.

good info
now i know why fert bottles say 50% wc weekly
overkill with their dosing suggestions it seems

pls do share more fotos in future..
seeing others tanks is making me pumped up
& wanna buy more plants
haha
i had algae infestation once
& uprooted my plants into a bleach solution
1tsp - 1/2 pail of water
seems to help
but praying never this type of hassle again

is wc once in 2weeks ok ?
trying to reduce my chore
also dun wan to kacau my shrimps too much