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CC’s 90 gallon tank.
OK, everything up and running. I have about 50 plants, 35 different species. Probably don’t all like the same conditions, but we’ll see what happens. Pics coming eventually.
Lighting, 4 tube VHO aquasun tubes DIY canopy. Filter Eheim canister, 2217, probably should have sprung for a newer model. Heated coils under the substrate. Substrate, Mostly seachem’s fluorite, with a bottom layer of laterite.
Fish so far, 5 zebra danio’s, was 6 but lost one. Bunch of pond snails also. I need some Malaysian trumpet snails too, but don’t have any yet.
So far I have a few problems.
Some plants had very shallow roots, they don't want to stay planted, keep floating up to the top.
Water very cloudy, which I have NEVER had before, but I expect it to clear up with time.
VHO lights WAY hotter than I expected, temp 76-78, at least 4 degrees higher than I want. Prolly have to get a canopy fan, thank goodness there is room for it to fit.
2 algae problems:
string algae, not too bad yet, but could be ugly,
Green slime algae (cyanobacteria), not out of control, but started getting bad. I decided to treat with erythromycin (Marycyn is the same thing, but I have a bunch of ery left from a prescription, so I’m using that.) I know y’all are gonna say I shouldn’t do that, but it’s the same thing, so I’m doing it. Did a good bit of reading over on the Krib, ery seems to be the way to go with cyanobacteria.
I'll keep ya posted on the progress.
OK, everything up and running. I have about 50 plants, 35 different species. Probably don’t all like the same conditions, but we’ll see what happens. Pics coming eventually.
Lighting, 4 tube VHO aquasun tubes DIY canopy. Filter Eheim canister, 2217, probably should have sprung for a newer model. Heated coils under the substrate. Substrate, Mostly seachem’s fluorite, with a bottom layer of laterite.
Fish so far, 5 zebra danio’s, was 6 but lost one. Bunch of pond snails also. I need some Malaysian trumpet snails too, but don’t have any yet.
So far I have a few problems.
Some plants had very shallow roots, they don't want to stay planted, keep floating up to the top.
Water very cloudy, which I have NEVER had before, but I expect it to clear up with time.
VHO lights WAY hotter than I expected, temp 76-78, at least 4 degrees higher than I want. Prolly have to get a canopy fan, thank goodness there is room for it to fit.
2 algae problems:
string algae, not too bad yet, but could be ugly,
Green slime algae (cyanobacteria), not out of control, but started getting bad. I decided to treat with erythromycin (Marycyn is the same thing, but I have a bunch of ery left from a prescription, so I’m using that.) I know y’all are gonna say I shouldn’t do that, but it’s the same thing, so I’m doing it. Did a good bit of reading over on the Krib, ery seems to be the way to go with cyanobacteria.
I'll keep ya posted on the progress.