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That will work but i will pm you a dyi link that is easy and cheap to make and better.

O2 is important even with co2 for plants. C02 is a nutrient and all the other nutrients that are vital for plants need that exchange as well. Most algae problems are to low of flow, not enough added nurtrients and not enough water changes when something is lacking. The worlds best aquatic pant...

Sumps and co2 worm very well together you need to use more co2 and use a cerges reactor or similar in the sump to add the co2 you will have no co2 bubbles in the display tank and another benefit is the o2 exchange that must occur.

If youvare feeding small amounts throughout the day you are fine but ditch the flake and get a better more stable food either brine shrimp direct golden pearls or hikkari .

I second that rivercat :D. Fish and plants or in my case plants and fish lol are a labor of love.

The only good algae eaters are otos, rubberlip, bristlenose and SAEs. I would drop the flake and get a higher quality pellet type food check brine shrimp direct and look at golden pearls or even some of there other specialty foods. The pearls are amazing the best foods i have ever used for fresh...

What kind of food are you using?

You are at the top range for an EI daily dosing regimen. You want a 4 -1 ratio of nitrogen to Phoshates so your nitrogen would need to be at 40 ppm and that would be at its max before the fish started to suffer. The phosphates are not bad for the pkants and will not cause algae that is an old...

Yes i would up it again, it should take a few hours to see a change in color after change. I have about 3 bbs in my 50 to get a yellow drop checker. I wish they would come out with a real co2 test kit outside a lab.

Ebay is the cheapest place for them the olive nerites are the best and the cheapest too. Not as cool looking as some of rhe others but if they work for you i cant praise them enough.

It sounds perfect then gas is cheaper than half the crap they sell anyway lol

How big are the loaches i dont know loaches well but yes they do eat snails i would do a google search to see if they ear nerite snails they are pretty big and have hard shells they woud appreciate your hard water. I have soft acidic water here and im not complaining lol but its hard on their...

That will be a nice load with all those hungry swords =). As for that diffuser i have never used that kind and dont know of anyone that does everyone I know uses inline diffusers for the outflow of the canister filter or glass with ceramic diffusers. I stopped using my ceramic diffuser and got a...

Oh sorry plant wise, not fish =)

Do you have clay soil in your yard? If so make 1" balls and freeze them and plant 4 or 5 around your swords that will help them a lot. Make sure you dig about 1ft down so you dont have much organics in the soil. I do this under all my hairgrass and crypts and anything that is a root feeder they...

Just raise your Bubble count slowly you want it to be at the very least yellowish green. 6hrs is fine for your lights and so is 8 unless you notice more algae I would go with the 6 for now and after a few weeks raise it to 8 after you get some of your algae issues under control. What state are...

Just one cool thing is if you start to bulk up your planted tank even if it is with cheap easy to find stem plants and start doing the EI dosing with a 50% water change you will never have to do another test again. The biggest names in Aquaculture do not use them as the excess of nutes will...

That is a lot of light for a planted tank even with C02 and the plants you have are not very demanding for light I am pretty sure the grass like one is Dwarf Sagittaria. you could grow coral under that high power light =). I would suggest dropping the MH lights. The plants you are growing dont...