talenzmeier
Aquarium Advice Activist
Greetings!
I have a 58 gallon planted tank that includes some Cabomba and Anacharis. I have noticed over the past several weeks that these plants seem particularly adept at capturing what seems like somewhat fine debris. I have Red Sea's Flora Life as a substrate so I don't know if that is contributing to the problem. Anyway these plants get covered with debris. My powerheads don't seem to be able to blow it off. What I end up doing is immersing my arm in the tank and more or less dust the plants. My question is how can I keep them clean? Also, with these two plants, how close together should I plant them? I have a feeling mine are too close to one another, thus contributing to the problem by creating dead plant debris.
Tank spec: RO Water, NO2 = 0, NH3 = 0, NH4 = 0, pH = 6.5, PO4 = 0
Fish: 8 Leopard Danios, 6 Neon Tetras, 4 White Clouds, 3 Gourami, 2 American Flag Fish, 4 Lyre Tail Swords, 4 Clown Loaches, 2 Bolivian Rams, 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Pleco Temminicki
Invertebrates: 6 Algae Eating Shrimp
Filtration: Fluval 304
Lighting: Cora Life's Aqualight + the Oceanic FL
I have a 58 gallon planted tank that includes some Cabomba and Anacharis. I have noticed over the past several weeks that these plants seem particularly adept at capturing what seems like somewhat fine debris. I have Red Sea's Flora Life as a substrate so I don't know if that is contributing to the problem. Anyway these plants get covered with debris. My powerheads don't seem to be able to blow it off. What I end up doing is immersing my arm in the tank and more or less dust the plants. My question is how can I keep them clean? Also, with these two plants, how close together should I plant them? I have a feeling mine are too close to one another, thus contributing to the problem by creating dead plant debris.
Tank spec: RO Water, NO2 = 0, NH3 = 0, NH4 = 0, pH = 6.5, PO4 = 0
Fish: 8 Leopard Danios, 6 Neon Tetras, 4 White Clouds, 3 Gourami, 2 American Flag Fish, 4 Lyre Tail Swords, 4 Clown Loaches, 2 Bolivian Rams, 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Pleco Temminicki
Invertebrates: 6 Algae Eating Shrimp
Filtration: Fluval 304
Lighting: Cora Life's Aqualight + the Oceanic FL