My 20g planted goodeid tank build(pics!) - Page 2

joephys · 07-12-2007, 11:35 AM

Nice. Are you sure it was the PO4? Green water thrives on ammonia.

bencozzy · 07-12-2007, 01:37 PM

yeah ammonia is at zero.

ammonia was the first thing i checked for.

OrionGirl · 07-12-2007, 01:55 PM

Well, truthfully, ammonia levels won't really be high, even if that is what's feeding the algae bloom. The problem is that ammonia is only detectable when the levels exceed what the algae and bacteria can consume...So the amount being produced could be higher than normal and still not show up.

bencozzy · 07-12-2007, 04:45 PM

thats true but didnt have the algea bloom until i added the phos-soda.

didnt have ammonia before the algea either so....

Emg · 07-12-2007, 07:27 PM

wow....brine shrimp/daphnia heaven !!

JinxXx0085 · 07-15-2007, 02:51 PM

OMG! That is a green water!!!

bencozzy · 07-16-2007, 05:29 PM

JinxXx0085 · 07-16-2007, 08:48 PM

It's clearing up alright!!!
Cool!

bencozzy · 07-29-2007, 06:50 PM

new aquascaping

OrionGirl · 07-29-2007, 09:01 PM

No more pots? Planning on putting in some wood or just wait on the plants to fill in?

bencozzy · 07-29-2007, 09:38 PM

just wait for the plants to fill in.

going to skip hard scaping in my tank for a while.

yeah nothing in the tank was using the pot so it was just taking up good plant growing room.

bencozzy · 07-31-2007, 10:05 PM

well the tanks out of operation.

its down for replanning. still having trouble with algea.

im think substrate and not having any fast growth plants has something to do with it.

gravel just doesnt work well for crypts the crypts i have in sand grow roughly twice as fast as the ones in the gravel.(gravel tank-injected co2 and ferts dosed, sand-no co2 or ferts just fish waste)

for substrate im thinking soilmaster select red or charcoal?? and as for a fast grower im thinking a shorter val species??

i want to keep the barclaya, crypt wendtii "tropica" and "green gecko", also the crypt parva.

P.S. what small algea eater options do i have?

thanks
ben

bencozzy · 08-06-2007, 03:39 PM

heres the tank now, with SMS red in it(its more reddish gray but the pic looks gray) and i used peat humus(was told this should be safe with minimal water chemistry changes, and will help fertilize like a soil). i picked up a rubberlip pleco to go in the tank once it settles down.

JinxXx0085 · 08-06-2007, 06:22 PM

Wow, thats actually nice looking substrate you have there. I hope that your plants will take off in that stuff

bencozzy · 08-23-2007, 10:06 PM

not to good.

having a hard time with some of the plants floating, substrates super light. and green water came back after a couple of weeks, so im switching the lighting out from a 65w pc 6700k for 2x20w 9325k bulbs, so will see if that does anything.

SnakeIce · 08-25-2007, 07:41 AM

Your tank is way to lightly planted to do what is needed to prevent as much algae. Once established crypts can be enough, but that is after they have spread and you have 25 or more in there. I suggest a hygrophila species to use until your other plants get some numbers on them.

bencozzy · 08-26-2007, 09:29 AM

i was thinking of that just never got around to it.

bencozzy · 11-03-2007, 11:35 AM

just got my second batch of babies last batch was in mid september i had one female drop 12. now one dropped 20 something babies.

its still weird to see baby fish with a embilical cord.

07-12-2007, 01:37 PM	#22 (permalink)
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OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,683	Well, truthfully, ammonia levels won't really be high, even if that is what's feeding the algae bloom. The problem is that ammonia is only detectable when the levels exceed what the algae and bacteria can consume...So the amount being produced could be higher than normal and still not show up. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

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07-29-2007, 09:01 PM	#30 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,683	No more pots? Planning on putting in some wood or just wait on the plants to fill in? __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

07-29-2007, 09:38 PM	#31 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	just wait for the plants to fill in. going to skip hard scaping in my tank for a while. yeah nothing in the tank was using the pot so it was just taking up good plant growing room. __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!©

07-31-2007, 10:05 PM	#32 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	well the tanks out of operation. its down for replanning. still having trouble with algea. im think substrate and not having any fast growth plants has something to do with it. gravel just doesnt work well for crypts the crypts i have in sand grow roughly twice as fast as the ones in the gravel.(gravel tank-injected co2 and ferts dosed, sand-no co2 or ferts just fish waste) for substrate im thinking soilmaster select red or charcoal?? and as for a fast grower im thinking a shorter val species?? i want to keep the barclaya, crypt wendtii "tropica" and "green gecko", also the crypt parva. P.S. what small algea eater options do i have? thanks ben __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!© Last edited by bencozzy : 07-31-2007 at 10:14 PM.

08-06-2007, 03:39 PM	#33 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	heres the tank now, with SMS red in it(its more reddish gray but the pic looks gray) and i used peat humus(was told this should be safe with minimal water chemistry changes, and will help fertilize like a soil). i picked up a rubberlip pleco to go in the tank once it settles down. __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!©

08-06-2007, 06:22 PM	#34 (permalink)
JinxXx0085 Jinxy Jinx Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 705	Wow, thats actually nice looking substrate you have there. I hope that your plants will take off in that stuff __________________ CrazyStrangeGal

08-23-2007, 10:06 PM	#35 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	not to good. having a hard time with some of the plants floating, substrates super light. and green water came back after a couple of weeks, so im switching the lighting out from a 65w pc 6700k for 2x20w 9325k bulbs, so will see if that does anything. __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!©

08-25-2007, 07:41 AM	#36 (permalink)
SnakeIce Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Orem UT Posts: 877	Your tank is way to lightly planted to do what is needed to prevent as much algae. Once established crypts can be enough, but that is after they have spread and you have 25 or more in there. I suggest a hygrophila species to use until your other plants get some numbers on them. __________________ Hello, my name is Frederick and I'm an aquaholic Why inch per gallon is false

08-26-2007, 09:29 AM	#37 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	i was thinking of that just never got around to it. __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!©

11-03-2007, 11:35 AM	#38 (permalink)
bencozzy Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 650	just got my second batch of babies last batch was in mid september i had one female drop 12. now one dropped 20 something babies. its still weird to see baby fish with a embilical cord. __________________ bencozzy®™ is in the sole ownership of this person!!©

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