Peyton
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I went to my LFS the other day to trade in some plants. I looked at their plant show tank, which up till they added a few amano shrimp a month or so ago, was overrun with blue/green and hair algae. Now the tank is almost clear of all the algae and looks fantastic. It shows signs of low nitrates with all the pinks and reds but it is amazing looking with plenty of compact growth. I gave them some baby teardrop a while back and it is making a nice little carpet too.
The thing is they don't do anything to this tank except use tropica master grow once a week. No co2. Lighting is a CF strip that is shared with the tank beside it. Here I fertilize every day, use DIY CO2, weekly 50% water changes and my plants are doing OK at best . They are even growing rotala magenta in this tank now and mine has almost died off completely. Makes me sick.
Sorry for the rant.
The thing is they don't do anything to this tank except use tropica master grow once a week. No co2. Lighting is a CF strip that is shared with the tank beside it. Here I fertilize every day, use DIY CO2, weekly 50% water changes and my plants are doing OK at best . They are even growing rotala magenta in this tank now and mine has almost died off completely. Makes me sick.
Sorry for the rant.