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hi! im new here and too planted tanks but not to fish keeping and this is my first post, i have a juwel 63 litre tank that prob only holds 59 or so litres after displacement. i already have a few crypts that i was growing with just the juwel 15 watt t8 tube and no fertiliser or C02. today a fitted another 15 watt t8 to the hood and will start dosing ferts and C02 througha can that co2 is pumped into the diffuser in the tank, the ferts im getting say to only dose once a week but i will divide this amount into 7 and dose daily. atm i have a bit of a algae prob with hair and green spot algae on the glass and a piece of slate, the hair algae was on two leaves but i removed them and will scrub the slate clean too, the green spot is on the front glass and i cant remove it but it isnt that noticeable so i dont mind it that much, this algae has come from wc negligence and over lighting bt i have cut the photoperiod to 8.5-9 hours and am developing proper a wc schedule instead of irregular wc intervals, my water is quite hard and slightly alkaline but i have a water softener in my filter and am going to put some peat in there too. unfortunatly i dont have a plant substrate as i wasnt going to do this tank as a planted tank when i first set it up, what plants would you most recommend for this tank given that it now has 30 watts of light? current stocking is 11 cardinal tetra, a stray rainbow fish (1.5") and two small plecs (1" each) but i would like to get a trio of apisto nijsseni soon unless im advised otherwise.
thanks for reading and for any replies,
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thanks for reading and for any replies,
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