SchottayB
Mr. Terrorcore!
Looking good, plants seem to be doing well! 
14L Planted Nano Tank
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mini_matt
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Cheers yeah they do seem to be, gave them all a good trim to hopefully encourage some new growth although i do have a bit of a brown/orange algee problem, hoping the flourish excel will get rid of it once it kicks in propperly in a week or soLooking good, plants seem to be doing well!
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new pictures taken today!
as you can see i now have 2 light units, gfs brothers tank was leaking so took it back and they swapped for a larger tank with lights built in so now have double the growing power and all is growing very well!
The anubias has loads of new shoots and bright green leaves and the moss is growing brilliantly need to get around to tying it to the lower branch but its thickening up lovely where it is!
I still have the brown algae just wondered if this may be due to low water movement? should i add a small powerhead? i have a small filter with adjustable flow i could use the powerhead off, opinions?
hairgrass is not spreading as quickly as i had hoped and keep floating to the surface due to the pandas scurrying around in the sand
as you can see i now have 2 light units, gfs brothers tank was leaking so took it back and they swapped for a larger tank with lights built in so now have double the growing power and all is growing very well!
The anubias has loads of new shoots and bright green leaves and the moss is growing brilliantly
need to get around to tying it to the lower branch but its thickening up lovely where it is!I still have the brown algae just wondered if this may be due to low water movement? should i add a small powerhead? i have a small filter with adjustable flow i could use the powerhead off, opinions?
hairgrass is not spreading as quickly as i had hoped and keep floating to the surface due to the pandas scurrying around in the sand
coldcazzie
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looks good although still seems to be a bit of diatoms? or is that just dirty glass?!
although still seems to be a bit of diatoms? or is that just dirty glass?!
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Wow that was a quick reply! Lol n00b question what is diatoms? Is that the brown/orange algae?
coldcazzie
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Yes, sorry, diatoms is the brown algae
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mini_matt
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I see yeah i dont know why its there, what do i do to rid my tank of it?
The diatoms will go eventually, i would clean off what you can manually though...as for the hairgrass, push it a little further in to the sand and also trim it regularly, this will promote growth, and it will start to spread quicker.
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Okay cool well next waterchange i will scrub it best i can before sucking up the water
Had trouble planting it as i used my fingers, didnt think of using tweezers which im using to replant with now.
I will keep trimming away nd get it spreading, how short should i trim it down to?
Had trouble planting it as i used my fingers, didnt think of using tweezers which im using to replant with now.
I will keep trimming away nd get it spreading, how short should i trim it down to?
Sand is fine as a substrate, especially if you are dosing with TPN+ in the water column, which you are.
Will wear my "fish hat" now. Panda cories are too big for this tank. The kuhlie loach, if you still have him, needs to be in groups and are still too big for a tank this size. If you want fish in this tan, which is totally doable, IMO, you have to think Boraras species, or the pygmy corydoras (C. habrosus, pygmaeus, hastatus), but not with the betta.
Sorry, I put the fish hat on sometimes...
Will wear my "fish hat" now. Panda cories are too big for this tank. The kuhlie loach, if you still have him, needs to be in groups and are still too big for a tank this size. If you want fish in this tan, which is totally doable, IMO, you have to think Boraras species, or the pygmy corydoras (C. habrosus, pygmaeus, hastatus), but not with the betta.
Sorry, I put the fish hat on sometimes...
coldcazzie
Ice Queen
Honestly, even pygmy cories might be a push... better (no pun intended lol!) would be apple snails or shrimp, imo.Sand is fine as a substrate, especially if you are dosing with TPN+ in the water column, which you are.
Will wear my "fish hat" now. Panda cories are too big for this tank. The kuhlie loach, if you still have him, needs to be in groups and are still too big for a tank this size. If you want fish in this tan, which is totally doable, IMO, you have to think Boraras species, or the pygmy corydoras (C. habrosus, pygmaeus, hastatus), but not with the betta.
Sorry, I put the fish hat on sometimes...
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Great no longer have the kholi loach no. I thought a panda was one of the pygmy corys?!
no longer have the kholi loach no. I thought a panda was one of the pygmy corys?!
coldcazzie
Ice Queen
No... pandas get 2-3 inches like other cories.
Honestly, even pygmy cories might be a push... better (no pun intended lol!) would be apple snails or shrimp, imo.Sand is fine as a substrate, especially if you are dosing with TPN+ in the water column, which you are.
Will wear my "fish hat" now. Panda cories are too big for this tank. The kuhlie loach, if you still have him, needs to be in groups and are still too big for a tank this size. If you want fish in this tan, which is totally doable, IMO, you have to think Boraras species, or the pygmy corydoras (C. habrosus, pygmaeus, hastatus), but not with the betta.
Sorry, I put the fish hat on sometimes...
That's with heavy maintenance. I've kept Boraras and pygmies in a 2.5g, but there was lots of filtration and stuff, and the tank was very densly planted. If you're not up for that, then snails and shrimp.
No, pandas, while smaller than your average corydora, still not in the pygmy class.
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Oh....
bugg er! I have only ever seen them small and i guess i just assumed they were one of the small ones! I did have cherry shrimp but they all got eaten
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