B.A.T.

These are some pics of the tank after I set it up, its been a couple of weeks. I'm having a few algae problems but I am doing water changes to try and hold it off, let me know what you guys think.

FishandTurtleJunkie

Awesome tank!

A couple of suggestions:
I would get rid of the white rock on the left foreground area, and consider a midground plant between the stem plants and your driftwood. Crypts, or anubias may work well in this area since they require less light.

B.A.T.

The rock is there only to hold the driftwood from floating up, I think that it looks like crap, I am gonna get something to put in the empty space.

B.A.T.

do any of you have any suggestions on ferts? also how do you get rid of the almost black looking algae? I was told that no fish eat it..... so I have been cutting it out.

Ajax

I use only Brighty K, Step 1 & ECA in my 60cm tank. I start with 3ml of Brighty K for the first 2 months, and then increase to 4ml after that. Step 1 I use 5ml 3x week until I want to bring the reds out, and then I'll hit it up with 6ml per day. ECA usually 30 drops twice a week until I start to bring the reds out, and I'll bump this up to 20 drops per day. I've been running the high level ferts the last 3 weeks in my tank, and you can really see a difference in the red plants if you look at the older pics. I don't use any nitrogen or phosphate in that tank.