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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I finally got rid of the hair algae and now I have BBA. I just added 5 SAE's but they're not paying any attention to it so I've stopped feeding to see if they'll eat it. Oh well, I was going to post a short vid but I guess they aren't allowed here. Here's...

Thanks, I will try that. Does CO2 help get rid of the algae?

Sorry, I didn't see your post. I was running the light all day. I have turned it off except for a few hours in the evening. The tank sits next to a 20' wall of 8' French doors so it gets light all day. The tank has been in this spot for 4 years and never had algae until I changed it to a...

Algae has taken over. YIKES! I have CO2 coming this week. I'm hoping I can figure out how to hook everything up and not gas my fish. I've been reading everything I can find on how to set up the CO2, how long to let it run and when, and how to set it up with the lighting. I'm still not...

Thank you! I guess they'll get eaten. I just ordered a bunch of Nerites so it would be nice if they would hatch but I know they don't multiply in freshwater.

Are these snail eggs? The pic with 2 eggs are above water. The rest are either just below the surface or almost at the bottom. They are everywhere. I have Nerite snails, Neons, Cloud Minnows and Rummynose Tetras along with 3 Amano Shrimp. I've been killing 1-3 very small snails everyday...

I've thought about it but it seems like you would have to replace it a lot and I don't know if you can regulate how much goes into the tank at a time. I'll look into it more. Thanks!

Thanks everyone! I'm getting the hang of placing rocks to give the Iwagumi look. I know it's not text book but I like the way it looks now. I've been hunting plants for days. I finally found just what I wanted on eBay, talked to the seller, started putting together my order and all of a...

I have been enjoying this tank SO MUCH! Yeah, I changed it around again! I spent most of the day rearranging rocks, taking some out and adding others. DH finally made the comment, how many times are you going to play in that tank. LOL A friend brought me some dwarf sword grass that gets...

Thank you! The tank is full and working. I have a few plants in it, too.

More tweaking! I don't usually change my mind when building things but this is difficult to get the look I want. I still need to make some little changes, just haven't figured out what yet.

True! I'm going to find a couple of darker pieces of gravel.

I might try mixing a little blue gravel in it. I haven't decided yet. Thanks for the list of plants. That will help a lot. I've been studying the lo tech plants but everyone uses the scientific names so I have to Google every plant. Very time consuming!

Yes, I use Great Stuff in my sand and gravel filters to hold the grate down in my pond filtration. Here's a closer pic of the stream. It just doesn't look like a stream to me because it's tan. It looks more like a walkway.

Great Stuff is that expanding foam in a can. No, I'm going to try to figure out what I will work in lo tech. Everything that I like needs CO2. I'm thinking about Eleocharis Belem (Japanese Hairgrass) or Lilaeopsis Climensis Maryland as a carpet???

I was told that the Great Stuff would float. I did a test outside of the aquarium and even with a large rock on it, it would not sink.:banghead: Yesterday, I pulled out the Great Stuff. The small hill on the front left was not stuck to the glass at all. The large hill to the back left, I...

I"m trying to decide which light to get for a lo tech 75 gallon that will do sunrise/sunset/moonlights. BML will not have this light available for a while. I had decided on BML but now I'm not sure.

Thanks! Considering this is my first attempt. Now I need to see if I can get the plants to grow. The rocks along stream are the same. I'm not going to use the red rocks anywhere.

Well, the red rocks kept me up all night.:facepalm: First thing this morning, I took some out and still didn't like it. They looked too fake and then imagining all the green around the red rocks. NOPE I pulled up some stones from around the driveway that used to be around my pond and broke...

Maybe this is a little better. Since the cap is so dark, it's hard to get a pic of the details of the trees. I'll try a real camera tomorrow.

Fish are easy. Purple, Green, Tux and Red Fancy Guppies, Balloon Mollies, Neons, some shrimp, Ottos and Cory's. Plants are not so easy so I could use a lot of help. The tank is low tech. I'd like a short carpet along the front and stream bed with maybe Dwarf Hairgrass in the middle and...

Thank you! I'm going to try to get a better pic when my phone recharges. I keep second guessing myself with the placement of the rocks. I want it to look natural.

I have the hardscape finished in my 75 gallon planted tank. (well almost planted tank) I used Great Stuff to build hills and outline the stream that is in the forest. I put bread crate pieces under all the rocks so they didn't sit on the glass. The rocks are pink granite. Man was that...

Thanks!

What are the water parameters that have to be changed to use CO2?