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Spent about 5 hours working on the tank today. A lot of the plants had really long bare stalks because the few leaves they would grow got all covered in BBA or the fish would nibble and tear them, so I would trim them. They also seemed to be stretching themselves up towards the surface (greater...

Thanks Fresh2o! The tank is in my office but right before I set up the CO2 I was sent to a client site and have been there for the last month and a half. My colleagues kindly feed the fish and keep an eye on them but I'm not around enough for close monitoring. I initially started out with the...

August 28 September 11 For the first time I think I'm going to have to do some pruning :lol:

It's been a while. I stopped posting in this thread because I got frustrated and felt like I wasn't making any progress - despite my best efforts the plants didn't grow well and collected a lot of algae. But on the 31st of July I set up a CO2 system and since then I have seen a marked...

Hah, yeah would have been a little bit of everything then. Filter clean, filter floss replacement, dying algae, some filter bacteria killed by H2O2 Sent using Aquarium Advice app

Did a water test today around 1pm and the ammonia was at 0.25ppm. I suspect the bio filter took a hit with the combined filter clean and H2O2 tank treatment. Dosed prime immediately, then did a water change after work hours. Would dying algae contribute to ammonia, or just nitrates?

According to the API website: So it's not going to deny the bio filter of food. For the sake of your fish I would use it, 4ppm is a lot. Be aware that the ammo lock neutralized ammonia will still read on test kits.

Thanks Delapool, I'm excited to see how it looks once it's filled in a bit. I ordered some more plants online today, expected to arrive late next week. Hygrophila corymbosa stricta x2 Hygrophila polysperma x2 Twisted vallisneria x3 Java moss x1 Pictures from today Algae has gone dusty...

Hey! I have that doser too :) What dosing method are/will you be using?

Oh yeah, that photo from Mon 2016-05-09 has an anubias and one of the java ferns missing from their respective rocks. They got dislodged during the 90% water change and I didn't notice until later. They're still alive :)

Week #6 (Sat 2016-05-14) My team moved to a different floor on Friday 2016-05-06, which meant moving the tank as well. It got a 90% water change in the process. Growth has been okay, but I'm still having issues with BBA. I've seen a new leaf come through on one of the crypts and a sword, and...

I got my TDS meter today as well! Tap was around 70, tank currently at 100ish. Tank TDS is low because my team moved floors today, so I effectively did a 95% water change. Sent using Aquarium Advice app

Just tested phosphates and nitrates. Phosphates at 2ppm and nitrates at 80. I don't think I can get away with no water changes after all, at least not at current planting levels. The goldfish just produce too much waste. The tank's going to be getting a 90% wc this week anyway because my team is...

Some closeups of the java ferns. OneFish wanted her picture taken There's some BBA around the roots that I can't seem to get rid of. I've hit it with several H2O2 spot treatments. It's gone a kind of dusty color, not sure if that means it's dying or just damaged.

Week #3 (Sat 2016-04-23): (A bit late getting this up - been busy) I tested the water today, phosphates at 1ppm, nitrates around 40ppm. I said I wasn't going to do any more water changes back in week 1.5 (introduction of gas-rich tap water benefits algae in a non-CO2 tank), but I want to keep...