Plant growth

PorshaF said:

Wow it's coming along so great! What type of stone is that multi colored one? It's really cool! Congrats on the successful planting ?

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Br@in said:

Thank you! I’m not sure what kind it is actually, I got it from a Petco and they didn’t really label them ?. But they usually have tons of wood and rocks and stuff there, unlike my local Petsmart

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PorshaF said:

Ooo. I'll have to check out Petco also. Same here with petsmart, the one here doesn't even have silk plants and the real ones are half dead in plastic tubes?

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Sgooosh said:

how do you keep the algae away? i recently switched to a new light that is better for plants and it made the tank look like an algae wasteland.... i heard some use excel?

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Br@in said:

I have snails for the algae that they like to eat. I get blue/green algae that they won’t eat. That I just have to manually remove before it becomes a problem. It doesn’t really grow that fast honestly, my plants usually take up all the nutrients. The algae sticks to the glass and nothing else, which makes it east to scrape off if the snails don’t eat it. Sometimes I let it grow on the back panel because I like the aesthetic. I personally don’t add anything to my tank unless I feel it’s necessary. I try to make it as self sustained as possible. Before my crash I had enough fish to supply CO2 and nutrients. Only occasionally adding fertilizer and root tabs. I feel like the less I touch everything the better. But algae sometimes you just gotta scrub off and take it out with the water change.

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