Andys 60l cube

[Dan walton]

Much better

 

[Andy Thurston]

I've removed a few crypts and added Armania sp. bonsai, thanks Ryan yours will be on its way shortly
Upped co2 last night, growth has been slow and a couple of small clumps of mc and dhg were melting
Anubias has attached nicely and I've removed the ties

And everything is pearling for the first time since the lighting failure that nearly killed everything

 

[Andy Thurston]

And still pearling 4days after the water change, happy days
I'm off work in 2 weeks so i can think about some fish/shrimp, is a tds of 140 too low for cherries/sakuras?

 

[Ryan Thang To]

That is looking awesome mate

 

[Andy Thurston]

Fissidens added

Mc and dhg suffered a bit when i lowered co2(thinking about adding fauna)

Crypts growing steadily

Anubias petite doing well

A little bit of melt on the Alternanthera reineckii mini

Armania bonsai is growing like crazy

Pogostemon growing very slowly

Fts

Pulled the hm because i was sick of replanting floaters
I might put some more pics up when the co2 goes off

 

[Andy Thurston]

Did a ph profile on this last weekend

1200 ph 7.3 blue
1400 Co2 on ph 7.3 blue
1800 Lights on ph 5.9 blue/green
1900 ph 5.9 green
2000 ph 5.9 lime green
2100 co2 off ph 5.9 lime green
2200 ph 6.2 lime green
2300 ph 6.4 lime green
2330 lights off ph 6.5 green
0000 ph 6.7 green
0030 ph 6.8 green
0600 ph 7.4

I did another profile today and every reading was 0.1more than last week
I'm not overly worried ph climbed by 0.1 this week, maybe its time to recalibrate my ph pen

There is a huge delay with the dropckecker i'm so glad i wasn't trying to achieve lime green at lights on

 

[Andy Thurston]

I finally got sick of the evaporation causing unstable co2 levels and bba in the 35l tank so i stripped it down and added
1 sakura shrimp
4 amano shrimp
2 ottos
5 Hemigrammus erythrozonus
To the cube more sakuras to follow

 

[Andy Thurston]

 

[Alastair]

Looking great Andy. Seems odd that your co2 has to be on sooooo long before lights on. The co2 on my 1300 litre only came on 3 hours before hand.

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[Andy Thurston]

I upped surface agitation because the co2 wasnt gassing off on a night. I'm still in the process of increasing bps and reducing prelight co2 time. But i broke my ph pen so am just waiting for a new one to arrive then i can get closer to what i want ,1-2hours

Edit.
Just come home and realized i've typed co2 on on the wrong line and its had another hour taken off last week too. I'll edit that profile
Oopps

 

[Andy Thurston]

 

[Andy Thurston]

New camera

 

[X3NiTH]

And it shows, nice one!

 

[Ryan Thang To]

nice picture andy. good job

 

[Andy Thurston]

And it shows, nice one!

nice picture andy. good job

Cheers guys
Quality is much better i can even see the bba on the fissidens.
Will the fissidens grow back if i pull it all off? Its the only speck of algae in the tank, it was on the moss when i tied it to the wood and i want it gone

 

[X3NiTH]

I really like the way the fissidens crams itself in and follows the valleys in the bogwood, I've got some growing out in my tank on mesh but I'm wondering if I can tease bits of it out and cram them into some tight corners on my bogwood.

 

[Andy Thurston]

I just jammed the bits that were too small to tie on into the cracks with my thumb nail, it was fiddly and I had loads of floaters but it attaches in a couple of weeks and it seems to be growing everywhere i put it

 

[Andy Thurston]

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Cheers guys
Quality is much better i can even see the bba on the fissidens.
Will the fissidens grow back if i pull it all off? Its the only speck of algae in the tank, it was on the moss when i tied it to the wood and i want it gone

Morning

Sorry about that andy. The fissiden i gave you was giving to me. I use what i can and then gave you the rest. If i spotted algae on on it i wouldnt use it or give it away. Sorry dude.
I also suffer abit of algae on my fissden. I just trim it every couple of weeks to get rid of it. I would give it a big trim and soon it will grow in no time

Cheers
Ryan

 

[tim]

Some lovely images there Andy, as Ryan stated trim fissidens right back you have your setup spot on by the looks of things so the regrowth will be lovely and algae free.