Hell yeh it doesn't suck! It's great, think the better picture quality helps. The reds are amazing! What light you got over this? Was gonna try and get some red into my main tank but only have 1WPG at the mo, not sure if it'll be enough?
This tank is really coming along
Think you're right about the glosso its not really serving any function where it is and would look better either no glosso or something else that makes more of an impact.
Sam
Sam, I have 2, 28W Coralife compact flourescent fixtures over a glass cover. This gives me 2.8WPG. The tank sits for about 3-4 hours with 1.4WPG, then the second fixture comes on for about 5 hours for a burst of light, and then I just have 1 fixture for the rest of the day. So most of the time, the tank is running at 1.4WPG. Growth is a little slower, and that is probably why the glosso isn't taking off. The nano has 3WPG for 10 hours so the glosso grows well. Thinking about adding some small cryptocorynes to replace the glosso and give it a more "woodsy" feeling. Or, I may get a fresh batch of glosso and plant it like a stem plant instead of a lawncover. In the nano, it needs to be short, but this tank is a 20g high, glosso can afford to be taller. Or, again, I'll try the bare gravel look and see where that goes.
Still struggling with hazy water in both tanks. I tried the blackout and it sort of worked, but it mostly just weakened my plants enough that I had to buy more ludwigia. My CO2 is over 30ppm. I want to add more Nitrogen and Potassium, but everytime I do so and start a regimen, the water really gets hazy and green. It does better when I change the water and don't add nutrients, but I'm getting pretty sick of doing daily water changes, though my fish love it. I know that I need more nutrients and stop the water changes, but it seems that when I add more, it gets worse. The 20g is better than the nano. That one really sucks. I'm hoping that this'll all work itself out, but I have no patience. At least there's no BGA, that would really make me mad!
Any suggestions would be helpful, however, I understand that there is no magical cure, especially with my CO2 at the level that it is.
Thanks for saying my tank doesn't suck, Sam and SB. You just get frustrated when things aren't working well like they should.
llj