Algae bloom

Groovy, With the Echinodorus tenellus, it's a chain sword, kind of the aquatic equivalent of lawn, if conditions are good it'll send out runners and spread quite readily, so find a spot with plenty bare substrate around it, to give it room to grow, it looks quite nice as a foreground plant in my opinion.

You can use your imagination with the Cryptocoryne wendtii as long as it gets enough light it'll grow steadily.
 
As long as the lighting spectrum isn't too badly off and the nurients are there it ussually will do fine in my experience. I have kept it in sub 1wpg systems and it has spread pretty steadily.

While we're on the lighting subject. What tubes are you using? Brand, Type, Model etc. would be helpful info.
 
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cherrypie said:
As long as the lighting spectrum isn't too badly off and the nurients are there it ussually will do fine in my experience. I have kept it in sub 1wpg systems and it has spread pretty steadily.

While we're on the lighting subject. What tubes are you using? Brand, Type, Model etc. would be helpful info.
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I am using 6400K dual tube 12" compact flourescents manufactured to fit a nano cube (my tank). I don't have any other specs.

Are these OK?

I have started a new post as my water has gotten cloudy. My plants arrive tomorrow. Anxious to see how this goes. I plan to use an iron rich fertilizer based on reading on those plants. Is that OK?
 
The 6400k's should be ok, just hard to know how their lighting is distributed across the spectrum without a spectrum chart from the manufacturer. Sounds like it's something you can't readily get alternatives for which is a shame.

Yup, the chain sword will love high iron fert, but use very low doses once the algae is under control, you don't have a lot of plants and no CO2 injection, so the plants are not going to be needing much. Sera Florena would be my personal choice (covers iron and trace elements), I'd add potassum seperate (As far as I know it doesn't contain any), otherwise just make sure whatever you choose is phosphate free. It's easy enough to get phosphate in the water when you need it, a pain in the butt when you have too much.
 
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