Kuthoht
05-09-2009, 5:22 PM
Tank Specs
20 Gallon High
65 Watt Coralife Aqualight
5lb Pressurized c02
rea sea 500 co2 reactor
red sea drop checker
eheim 2028 proII canister
30lbs flourite substrate
Manzanita Driftwood
Dosing EI for a 20 gallon tank
Plant List
Red Ludwigia
Myrio Filigree
Water Sprite
Myaca
Green Cambomba
Green Crypt
Bronze Crypt
Dwarf Hair Grass
Red Elephant Ears
Ok so this is my first planted tank. I've tried to go all out with this tank to increase my chances of success. I purchased all of my plants from aquariumplants.com and they were in awesome condition when I received them 2 months ago.
Now for my issues I've run into since launching the tank. I have of course run into some algae issues. Its not out of control but it is annoyingly present.
1. I have some brown algae mostly on my dwarf hair grass. The grass has grown some but for the most part it looks ugly as it has a coating of brown algae on it. Most of the plants in the tank dont have this issue or at least not enough to concern me.
2. I've noticed some Green Spot algae on the glass of the tank which comes back pretty quickly when I clean it off. So far this isn't evident on plants.
3. I have some green hair algae in the tops of some of the plants. It forms long thin strings and I've been just reaching in and pulling them out.
4. My green crypt did have the start of what looked like beard algae on a couple of leaves but I trimmed the leaves and haven't really seen more signs of it.
I think what algae issues I have, have come as a result of overdosing with the EI routine. I have been very consistent in my dosing the dry ferts according to the recommended amount for a 20 gallon tank. After testing my water and observing my algae issues I've decided that the recommended dose of fertilizer is too much for my tank and have cut it back by about 1/3.
As for growth of plants in the tank. The ludwigia and water sprite grow like a weed. I have to prune them every couple of days and the ludwigia does alot of pearling. The myaca has grown well. The myrio and cambomba grow but are consirably slower. My crypts are growing although slowly. The elephant ears was a bulb when I received it. In 2 months its just finally started to show small leaves. This must be a VERY slow growing plant.
I have attached pics of the tank in current form.
20 Gallon High
65 Watt Coralife Aqualight
5lb Pressurized c02
rea sea 500 co2 reactor
red sea drop checker
eheim 2028 proII canister
30lbs flourite substrate
Manzanita Driftwood
Dosing EI for a 20 gallon tank
Plant List
Red Ludwigia
Myrio Filigree
Water Sprite
Myaca
Green Cambomba
Green Crypt
Bronze Crypt
Dwarf Hair Grass
Red Elephant Ears
Ok so this is my first planted tank. I've tried to go all out with this tank to increase my chances of success. I purchased all of my plants from aquariumplants.com and they were in awesome condition when I received them 2 months ago.
Now for my issues I've run into since launching the tank. I have of course run into some algae issues. Its not out of control but it is annoyingly present.
1. I have some brown algae mostly on my dwarf hair grass. The grass has grown some but for the most part it looks ugly as it has a coating of brown algae on it. Most of the plants in the tank dont have this issue or at least not enough to concern me.
2. I've noticed some Green Spot algae on the glass of the tank which comes back pretty quickly when I clean it off. So far this isn't evident on plants.
3. I have some green hair algae in the tops of some of the plants. It forms long thin strings and I've been just reaching in and pulling them out.
4. My green crypt did have the start of what looked like beard algae on a couple of leaves but I trimmed the leaves and haven't really seen more signs of it.
I think what algae issues I have, have come as a result of overdosing with the EI routine. I have been very consistent in my dosing the dry ferts according to the recommended amount for a 20 gallon tank. After testing my water and observing my algae issues I've decided that the recommended dose of fertilizer is too much for my tank and have cut it back by about 1/3.
As for growth of plants in the tank. The ludwigia and water sprite grow like a weed. I have to prune them every couple of days and the ludwigia does alot of pearling. The myaca has grown well. The myrio and cambomba grow but are consirably slower. My crypts are growing although slowly. The elephant ears was a bulb when I received it. In 2 months its just finally started to show small leaves. This must be a VERY slow growing plant.
I have attached pics of the tank in current form.