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Keetchy's rescaped, 1st Iwagumi tank (Page 7)

Tank showing signs of health again. Yes I know there is a bit of BBA on that Buce (no way near as much as there was last week) but WC is in a couple of days and a trim of old and effected leaves will be done :thumbup:

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So starting to get the tank prepped for me being away for 6 months in America. A massive thanks to @alto for being patient with me and answering all my questions.

1st step has been reduce the lights to 6hrs. Changed the timer today so will now monitor over the next week or so
 
Tanks looks crisp mate love the Cory's I've got 9 of them in my 800 but it has no substrate they just dig about in the sand lol make sure you give the ottos some supplement food it dont look like there is enough alge in there to feed them and they will lose weight quickly
 
Jayefc1 said:
Tanks looks crisp mate love the Cory's I've got 9 of them in my 800 but it has no substrate they just dig about in the sand lol make sure you give the ottos some supplement food it dont look like there is enough alge in there to feed them and they will lose weight quickly
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Thanks Jay. Them 2 Corys definitely have character. Funny watching them sometimes. As for food for the ottos, will this do? If not, what do you suggest I feed them bud? What about carrots and parsnips?

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Yeah they like a bit of balanced veg to courgette peppers

And they will love the alge wafer if the get chance on them with the pleco and Cory's
 
So the tank is struggling a little bit. BBA keeps creeping back in, diatoms on the MC and MC is more of a lime green colour instead of a dark green.

I started noticing the algae more and more after I changed from TNC complete to Ei dosing. I think maybe I'm either adding the incorrect amount of each dry salt to the mix, or I'm dosing the incorrect amount of ferts to the tank.

So the plan is to get a twinstar 900ea (cant afford the sa) and start dosing TNC complete again or something similar

Just wanna get back to a healthy tank again
 
So after chatting to @Siege and Dave from AG regarding C02 distribution in the tank, I have changed the positioning of spray bar and Eheim surface skimmer.

How tank was yesterday with spray bar on the right of the tank facing the left and the Eheim skimmer on the left facing the right with the diffuser under ther the Eheim

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To how the tank is now with the red line representing the spray bar on the back facing forward and the slimmer also on the back facing forwards. Diffuser has stayed in the same spot under the Eheim skimmer

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Only issue I can see is I can only see C02 microbubbles in the red shaded area. The right side of the tank has no microbubbles visible

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I use to have the exact same positioning in my old fluval roma 125. Spray bar on the right hand wall and a skimmer in the back left corner. The only way to get decent flow that way is a DIY spray bar where you have to play with the number of holes and size. I think i had like 9 holes at 3mm powered by a fluval 306.
 
Sammy Islam said:
I use to have the exact same positioning in my old fluval roma 125. Spray bar on the right hand wall and a skimmer in the back left corner. The only way to get decent flow that way is a DIY spray bar where you have to play with the number of holes and size. I think i had like 9 holes at 3mm powered by a fluval 306.
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Do you think it'll work as I have it now? I will know in time. As long as the DC is green on the right hand side of the tank then happy days.
My spray bar did have 7 x 6cm holes in it when it was on the side. Now it's on the back it has 20 x 6mm holes.
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As you’ve added a sponge to the intake inlet, test flow with/without this
I’d suggest rinsing that sponge daily if you’re going to use it

(In a 120 x 60 x 60 I’d suggest two filters set up diagonally - you can see this in one of Mark Evan journals - I’m assuming your tank is 120 x 45 x 60 high
Eheim used to suggest opposite side placement of inlet and outlet, so you might also play with this orientation)
 
alto said:
As you’ve added a sponge to the intake inlet, test flow with/without this
I’d suggest rinsing that sponge daily if you’re going to use it

(In a 120 x 60 x 60 I’d suggest two filters set up diagonally - you can see this in one of Mark Evan journals - I’m assuming your tank is 120 x 45 x 60 high
Eheim used to suggest opposite side placement of inlet and outlet, so you might also play with this orientation)
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Yeah I know the ideal world will be to 1have 2 filters on this size tank, but at the minute only 1 is afforded. But I will looking into 2 Oase filters maybe in the future with glass pipework. That pre filter sponge has been on the inlet pipe for a few months now bud, and I can't take it off as the holes I drilled in the pipe are quite big so smaller fish and shrimp will get sucked up into it. At the moment I am cleaning the sponge out every WC so once, sometimes twice a week. I haven't noticed a reduction in flow as of yet. And the tank is 120x55x45
 
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