Tank: 37x17x18: 186ltr capacity - 150ltrs water.
Filtration: 1400lph external - spraybar top left blowing across to RHS.
Lighting: 2x39W T5
Temp: 23
Age: 3 months
CO2: 4ml easycarbo daily
Ferts: 1ml liquid ferts daily
Stock:
6 rummys
6 espei rasbora
6 forktail rasbora
9 kuhli loach
5 oto
1 whiptail
100ish cherry shrimp
1 amano
Plants:
Mostly slow growing - anubias nana, jave fern, java windelov, hc, Crinum calamistratum.
Weekly 20% water changes.
No plant trimming done since set up.
Just done first filter clean since set up.
Think that's pretty much it!
In the last few weeks, I have starting to get staghorn algae on numerous leaves of all plants, mostly under direct light. In other tanks, cleaning the filter regularly has sorted this algea out - this is my first external filter, so I wan't sure how regularly to clean, and am planning to clean it more regularly from now on.
I'll be doing my first major trim since set up soon and will remove badly affected leaves.
I'll prob get a few more amanos, which eat it - so I've read!
I there anything else I should be doing / routine changes?
Pic of tank can be viewed in "37x 17 x 18 custom built" thread.
Many thanks
Filtration: 1400lph external - spraybar top left blowing across to RHS.
Lighting: 2x39W T5
Temp: 23
Age: 3 months
CO2: 4ml easycarbo daily
Ferts: 1ml liquid ferts daily
Stock:
6 rummys
6 espei rasbora
6 forktail rasbora
9 kuhli loach
5 oto
1 whiptail
100ish cherry shrimp
1 amano
Plants:
Mostly slow growing - anubias nana, jave fern, java windelov, hc, Crinum calamistratum.
Weekly 20% water changes.
No plant trimming done since set up.
Just done first filter clean since set up.
Think that's pretty much it!
In the last few weeks, I have starting to get staghorn algae on numerous leaves of all plants, mostly under direct light. In other tanks, cleaning the filter regularly has sorted this algea out - this is my first external filter, so I wan't sure how regularly to clean, and am planning to clean it more regularly from now on.
I'll be doing my first major trim since set up soon and will remove badly affected leaves.
I'll prob get a few more amanos, which eat it - so I've read!
I there anything else I should be doing / routine changes?
Pic of tank can be viewed in "37x 17 x 18 custom built" thread.
Many thanks