Max's 40 Breeder Build

[maxwellag]

I have a question about your lighting.
Does that timer allow you to set up different programming for different lights. For example: Are you able to schedule your daytime lights from 12p-10p and then have your moonlights from 10p-11p?

Yes. It lets me control 2 daylight bulbs at a time, so if I wanted I could have 2 of them on for 10 hours and the other two on (in addition to the first 2) for 1 hour in the middle for a noon peak. It also lets me program the LED timer individually.

 

[Coyne]

Nice... Im wanting to upgrade the lighting on my tank and I was afraid I was going to have to have 2-3 different power cords hooked up to 2-3 different timers.
Price on that is pretty outstanding as well.

Think I'll order up one for myself next payday.

Thanks for the info.

 

[maxwellag]

Nice... Im wanting to upgrade the lighting on my tank and I was afraid I was going to have to have 2-3 different power cords hooked up to 2-3 different timers.
Price on that is pretty outstanding as well.

Think I'll order up one for myself next payday.

Thanks for the info.

No problem! Yeah, I really like how it has only one power cord. The only thing I might suggest is getting better bulbs, because the ones they come with aren't super high quality.

 

[maxwellag]

The panduros spawned again! I am leaving the eggs in the tank this time just to see what happens. The algae has been continuing to go away.

 

[maxwellag]

The HC is really starting to spread out. All it took was a mere steady dosing of Flourish.

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Nice growth!

 

[fort384]

cool. Lookin good!

 

[maxwellag]

Well, the plants are still growing well. The algae in the micro sword has started to come back, so I think I might just cut most of the leaves covered in algae off, and let them regrow. Two of the angels had red spots that looked like wounds, so I have been monitoring them and dosed melafix. The spots seem to be healing now.

 

[maxwellag]

The algae is coming back again in the micro sword. I am considering just removing all of the micro sword and planting more HC there.

 

[Scottyhorse]

Got a FTS?

 

[maxwellag]

Got a FTS?

I will take one soon. Things won't look much different though- the only thing that has changed is the HC filling in a little more, and I sold some of the blyxa.

 

[maxwellag]

It's kind of a mess right now... I am going to spend some time cleaning it up tonight.

FTS:

More algae

 

[maxwellag]

The micro sword apocalypse has begun.

Casualties so far: too many to count

Just to show how tall the pile is

Don't worry, it isn't going in the trash. It will float in my other tank for a while until I can plant all of it in an emersed setup.

Only some of the dead leaves and algae I removed:

The tank as it stands now:

I am doing a water change and might try to spread the HC out more now. I think I made the right decision by removing the micro sword because it looked a bit too tall for my liking. I think it will look better when there is a giant HC carpet all the way across, that way the blyxa looks taller.

 

[Fishieboy99]

Sorry you had to pull so much of your plants out. That stinks.

 

[maxwellag]

I am finally going to start dosing dry ferts. I measured out 3 different doses (I will be dosing 3 times per week) of Plantex CSM+B, KNO3, K2HPO4 and K2SO4. I am using a simple EI calculator. Hopefully this will help the plants grow as well as help fight the algae.

 

[maxwellag]

Here's the tank as of today. I added the driftwood back in. I'm considering moving the staurogyne repens to the front instead of the back.

I caught an angel venturing out of its corner. Not a very good pic, but it's the best I could do lol

 

[Tinadno]

Nice tank! I love the natural look of it. What kind of fish are you putting in?

 

[maxwellag]

Nice tank! I love the natural look of it. What kind of fish are you putting in?

Thanks! I already have apisto panduros and red spot angels, but I am going to try to get some rummynose tetras soon.

 

[Tinadno]

Thanks! I already have apisto panduros and red spot angels, but I am going to try to get some rummynose tetras soon.

Cool I have rummys in my tank it's neat to watch them school together

 

[maxwellag]

Update:
The panduros spawned again.

Blyxa is starting to grow very fast but still has some algae.