22bfan
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I'm new to the forums but have had my tanks set up for a few years.
I'm experimenting with moss aquascaping and am running into some trouble growing Java moss in my 10g tank. I attached a thin layer of it to a few natural rocks but it doesn't seem to want to grow. It will show a little bit of branched growth after about 2 weeks. I made a CO2 generator that does a great job of expelling a good number of micro bubbles. As well I started using Flourish Excel. None of this seems to be helping me grow a nice thick patch of Java Moss. Ive been at this for about 10 months now.
My lighting setup is just a small basic dual CFL setup (not sure of wattage or color temp from memory). I light the tank about 6 hours a day. The only thing that seems to be growing is a light green fuzzy algae (I guess its algae). The fuzz is growing on most upward facing surfaces and even appears to grow over top of the Java Moss strands. I started using Flourish Excel because I read it should assist the moss and stunt the algae.
My inhabitants are as follows:
4 neon Tetras
3 glowlight Tetras
4 male fancy guppies
1 algae eater
400,000,000 Malaysian Trumpet Snales
Any suggestions on what I should change? Cut down on inhabitants, raise color temp/wattage of lighting, extend light duration, use algae tablets to get rid of it?
Thanks
Brad
I'm experimenting with moss aquascaping and am running into some trouble growing Java moss in my 10g tank. I attached a thin layer of it to a few natural rocks but it doesn't seem to want to grow. It will show a little bit of branched growth after about 2 weeks. I made a CO2 generator that does a great job of expelling a good number of micro bubbles. As well I started using Flourish Excel. None of this seems to be helping me grow a nice thick patch of Java Moss. Ive been at this for about 10 months now.
My lighting setup is just a small basic dual CFL setup (not sure of wattage or color temp from memory). I light the tank about 6 hours a day. The only thing that seems to be growing is a light green fuzzy algae (I guess its algae). The fuzz is growing on most upward facing surfaces and even appears to grow over top of the Java Moss strands. I started using Flourish Excel because I read it should assist the moss and stunt the algae.
My inhabitants are as follows:
4 neon Tetras
3 glowlight Tetras
4 male fancy guppies
1 algae eater
400,000,000 Malaysian Trumpet Snales
Any suggestions on what I should change? Cut down on inhabitants, raise color temp/wattage of lighting, extend light duration, use algae tablets to get rid of it?
Thanks
Brad