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Also, for anyone looking for information (as I did for months) Vallisneria can withstand liquid carbon. I didn't acclimatise it or anything. It just went straight into a double strength dosed Aquarium (I only dose 1.5x now anyway).
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I use liquid carbon with Valisneria and I've had no issues here. I think it might just be pot luck to be honest. I had a similar set up to your tank but as soon as I added discus to the tank, they got spooked and upturned my hemianthus carpet which took months to grow in. :(

I have been using a gravel vacuum over my hemianthus carpet and it picks up all the fine detritus. I used to do this every 2-3 weeks and it helped keep the carpet clean. As long as you manage the strength of the suction by moving the vacuum up and down, you won't uproot an established carpet. Hope that helps!
 
I use liquid carbon with Valisneria and I've had no issues here. I think it might just be pot luck to be honest. I had a similar set up to your tank but as soon as I added discus to the tank, they got spooked and upturned my hemianthus carpet which took months to grow in. :(

I have been using a gravel vacuum over my hemianthus carpet and it picks up all the fine detritus. I used to do this every 2-3 weeks and it helped keep the carpet clean. As long as you manage the strength of the suction by moving the vacuum up and down, you won't uproot an established carpet. Hope that helps!
I think I should start doing this. I just need to find a vacuum cleaner big enough for my tank. I have to use a ladder to maintain it!

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I controversially removed the Juwel Bioflow from the tank.

Although it had 'some' filter media, it wasn't even half full and always seemed to compact. I also couldn't clean it very well as its situated right under the light unit Amongst those issues, average flow, mulm getting into tank, taking up space, eyesore... the list goes on.

I replaced it with two hydor koralia circulation pumps. In total this gives me 10x flow rate and the filter can handle the load for now. In future I would probably add another eheim classic as the fish get bigger.

Did some uprooting but overall I much prefer the tank without the two tonne tunic (if you know you know )

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I've had good success filling a 500ml water bottle with sports cap with tank water and maybe 5xdose of liquid carbon, during water change before refilling the tank, squeeze water and liquid carbon mix over the carpet wait 5 mins and refill tank, algae should turn pink and die off, amanno shrimp will then eat it.


Hey Tim,
I have never heard of this technique, would it work on other plants that are covered with algae aswell?
Is there a danger of overdosing the CO2? I've always been told by my LFS to be careful with liquid CO2 as it's easy to overdose.




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Hey Tim,
I have never heard of this technique, would it work on other plants that are covered with algae aswell?
Is there a danger of overdosing the CO2? I've always been told by my LFS to be careful with liquid CO2 as it's easy to overdose.




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Hi George, method should work with other plants, I've not had any issues using the larger dose yet, but there is always the chance of overdosing. Though you could use a double dose instead, I assume I've been ok with the strong dose as the tank is refilled soon after dosing, diluting the strong dose, I would be very wary using this strong dose method on moss though.
 
NEW ADDITION

Today I added a young male Electric Blue Acara. Supposedly they like to dig but many report this only happens when spawning. He seems to have settled in, only the smallest of bosemani giving him a bit of grief.

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Beautiful fish though. Basically a bigger electric blue ram, in length and thickness. Also a bit more hardy.
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Tank is looking good, black beard algae is still there but I feel like I'm slowly winning the war. Reduced my light period by an hour, increased the easy carbo back to 14ml and I'm doing more physical removal.

Found a new, much easier way to do water changes too, got it down to well under an hour

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I'm giving away some cuttings for free because there's just so many at the moment.

Nymphoides Taiwan cuttings are a few inches tall but they grow like crazy! I started with one plant split into 3 plantlets and they've taken over the whole corner.

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If you're close to London and you want some let me know, they're a little less common. Collection only this time :)

Here's some photo updates of the crew too.

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