Updated 60 gallon planted angelfish tank!

[Rivercats]

I prefer raising my daily normal dose until I find out how much my tank needs/uses each week over adding more fert to the dosing bottles since if you don't remember what you added you won't know how much to mix the next time.

 

[Billbug68]

I prefer raising my daily normal dose until I find out how much my tank needs/uses each week over adding more fert to the dosing bottles since if you don't remember what you added you won't know how much to mix the next time.

Yeah, but I didn't want to buy a new bottle and remix them right now. I'll definitely take your preferred route once it's time to mix a new batch. I can figure out how much I added, as I remember I looked up the best conversion from grams to measuring spoons to double the phosphate in the mix(didn't have the scale on hand).

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

So I just start increasing the amount to 12ml daily until I see the levels rising, then should I keep dosing that amount daily or would the levels drop again?

 

[Rivercats]

If you see your levels have risen to the proper amount then you would continue to dose the 12ml of each solution daily.

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Oh alright thanks!

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Ok, here are a few minor updates...

I gave this tank one last shot at growing moss, so I tied the FULL left branch this time with spiky moss. Seems to be doing well!

The moss pearling this morning

The corkscrew vals covered in oxygen bubbles sparkling in the tank, thought they should get a pic lol

Since I trimmed the RTL down to the bulb, these 3 little leaves have popped out

And the rotala that was green when I got it is starting to get some shades of red in the leaves Thats all the pics I could get today, nothing else has really changed!

 

[redsea]

Congrats, that all sounds like fantastic news!

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Found a baby guppy in the 10g today So far i have only seen 2 babies at the same time.

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Make that 3 baby guppies

 

[bigbanker]

Lol congrats.

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

I think I will start feeding babies to my angels if I start getting too much...

 

[bigbanker]

They can be a quality meaty food. Especially if gut loaded prior to feeding them to the angels

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

You bet. Gotta get more than just 3 babies tho! ...

 

[CorallineAlgae]

I think I will start feeding babies to my angels if I start getting too much...

Very practical solution! That's the old school method of population control. Mother Nature approved. lol

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

found some odd snails in the tank today...never seen them before! One species stays small it seems looks kinda like a conch shell. the others are more rounded like a regular snail you see outside, but has an odd streak down their backs, and i have seen quite a few in my tank...are they safe? Picsss:

here is the first type

second type.

on the drop checker...

and here is a little guy I just wanted to add lol

Sooo what type of snails are these and should I get rid of them?

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Sorry you may have had to make your monitor do a 360 trying to view those pics lol.

 

[bigbanker]

Looks like pond snails and ramshorn. Pond being more obnoxious of the two. Population control via less feeding

 

[Aqualady40]

Looks like pond snails and ramshorn. Pond being more obnoxious of the two. Population control via less feeding

+1 definitely pond snails and they will multiply super fast.....the other is a ramshorn as stated....

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

First one is pond snail and second one is rams horn. Got it! Thanks!! I will get rid of all the pond snails I find

 

[bud29]

First one is pond snail and second one is rams horn. Got it! Thanks!! I will get rid of all the pond snails I find

Or you could send them to me =P My cpo crayfish LOVE to eat pond snails