Some aspects and changes of this aquarium at the moment:
The "BBA" is still present on some rocks.. beauty and full of life enjoying the Spa..Doesn´t spread to plants but still there.
The initial treatment with H2O2 made her kickback a little in the initial days but after it kept at the same point. I also made a mixed solution with some alcool but this just did a whitening on the stone. BBA laughing at me..
But then i haven´t continued the treatment cause i´m not always at home and abort the procedure.
So i put that stone beneith/under the plant refering on the 11th photo and it is there now for more than 3 weeks and BBA resist even down there without any light at all.
So i came to conclude that even when people claim of doing "Blackouts" to eliminate BBA this only confirms that it´s not quite true or so reliable. A "Blackout" may result to almost all algae but BBA is a hell of a lady..
This Algae - If we can call it algae (?) - it´s really quite something to deal with.. is resistivity is really astonishing..
I also took out "Pinattifida" cause it was growing to tall and made a lot of extended runners to the side and doesn´t look to cool in the tank.. Maybe if i had more light it doesn´t grow so tall but i have no experience on this one class of plant.
Following some friendly advices and mainly from my girlfriend i also took out "Quadricostatus" that was in the right front of "Blyxa". And since this baby grow everywhere, crossing stones and launching runners to everyplace this gives me a lot of work everyweek. (See video). Instead i plant a nwe one (didn´t remember the name) but it´s the penultimate photo. It´s growing pretty well and beauty and it will bring a good dense clump.
I also introduce "Hotonia Palustris". cause my girlfriend love the "christmas" effect of it
Now.. Rotala Wallichi it´s really a MUST" !!! Right next to "Macrandra". Love the combination! And those tones of Orange/red/pink etc. climbing to the top are really really beautiful. This was a winning bet!
But for this "Wallichi" i used a little trick. I introduce a focus light that describes a maximum 30º angle of 35W (LED) with 500 Lumens and 6500 Kelvins for 6 hours running right over the plant. Some DYI and i put this light focus byside the tank luminaria.
At first I tought i was problably be rewarded with some GSA on the glass in that area but no. All pretty cool witch is a sign that i can even update light power but i do not intend to. No reason to do it.
So "WAllichi" is with an 8 hour photoperiod where 6 of them are with this electric central
otherwise those colours would be difficult to achieve. But something else to say: I did not increase CO2 or ferts or what so ever. No changes in the tank.
So when people claim that this plant needs loads and loads of CO2 is something to think about twice if that is really needed.
Even nitrates are still the same as for months now in 5 to 10 PPM.
So here it is a little update and i hereby i sent to all people a pleasant and happy easter weekend extended to all families.
Salut!