Nick72
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Started on 19th January 2019 as a low tech, no C02 tank:
In May 2019 I transitioned to CO2 injection.
...and spent the next ten months fighting every kind of algae.
Mid April 2020 and a combination of algaecide and contaminated tap water destroyed all plant growth.
So I started again.
Three weeks later and some plants are thriving (some not so much)
The diatoms are back, it's lightly planted now and probably too nutrient rich.
The green dust algae is back on the glass (easily removed with a razor) and as little green dots on some of the leaves and the air stone.
I've ordered my favourite 9 plants, a range of foreground, mid ground, and background:
Foreground
Staurogyne Repens
Pogostemon Helferi
Mid Ground
Alternanthera Reineckii
Ludwigia Palustris (AKA Ludwigia Mini Super Red)
Ludwigia repens x Arcuata
Syngonanthus Belem
Background
Limnophila Aromatica / L. hippuridoides
Limnophila Aquatica
Limnophila Sesiliflora
They should arrive sometime next week.
So, here we go again.
In May 2019 I transitioned to CO2 injection.
...and spent the next ten months fighting every kind of algae.
Mid April 2020 and a combination of algaecide and contaminated tap water destroyed all plant growth.
So I started again.
Three weeks later and some plants are thriving (some not so much)
The diatoms are back, it's lightly planted now and probably too nutrient rich.
The green dust algae is back on the glass (easily removed with a razor) and as little green dots on some of the leaves and the air stone.
I've ordered my favourite 9 plants, a range of foreground, mid ground, and background:
Foreground
Staurogyne Repens
Pogostemon Helferi
Mid Ground
Alternanthera Reineckii
Ludwigia Palustris (AKA Ludwigia Mini Super Red)
Ludwigia repens x Arcuata
Syngonanthus Belem
Background
Limnophila Aromatica / L. hippuridoides
Limnophila Aquatica
Limnophila Sesiliflora
They should arrive sometime next week.
So, here we go again.
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