Mark Evans said:Firstly, let me start by saying that this is an excellent scape.
I've gone through the whole journal, and it appears your not injecting CO2 right?....
You've done exceptionaly well in doing what you've done.
The algae issues, IMO, stem from low co2 and too higher light intensity.
Adding an algae crew would help for sure, but I can run a tank with no algae crew and not run into issues. So you need to get things correct without an algae crew.
If you're not running co2, I'd maybe suggest putting the flow from left to right instead of back to front. The algae seem to be directly in the flow. On a high co2 setup this may not be an issue, but my belief is that a non co2 tank should have a slower form of water movement. My tanks don't over rely on flow these days and they're happier for it.
Your on a fine line at the moment, but certainly, with what I can see, a line you'd do well stepping over....into co2 territory.
very well done.
Thanks alot Mark! Amazing to hear that from a professional such as yourself
Id rather not use a CO2 system in this tank as i Dont really have the funds however i get what you mean Its amazing what easy carbo can do eh? i'll think about the flow suggestion, its just it very hard to position the pipes on this tank and almost impossible to place them so that the flow goes from right to left haha
Here's an update for you guys!
FTS 24-10-12 by Harry.R, on Flickr
Cleaned up all the pieces of wood, added some stones at the back and some middle right, opinions?