20 gallon redone (2nd time around) - Aquascaping

Carlos1583 · 01-06-2008, 07:45 PM

Here are some pics of my 20 gallon redone again. Its not much but hopefully with the newly added pressurized CO2, it will grow and hopefully look good. I appreciate any comments...thanks

here is an overall shot. The bunch of baby tears in the middle is still potted...I'm going to leave that there and then cut the long plants and replant them.

Here is the right side...

Left side...

More pics...

trashion · 01-06-2008, 08:29 PM

to the last pic: oh man, eco-complete dust seems to settle on EVERYTHING like that when i do water changes

it looks really good, it'll look even better once it starts to grow in

Carlos1583 · 01-09-2008, 08:26 PM

Thanks...hopefully I'll see some results soon. I notice some leaf melt so far on some of the plants. Must be the stress and change of water parameters.

Carlos1583 · 02-02-2008, 07:48 PM

After almost a month...here are some updated pictures. Would appreciate any comments/tips. Thanks!

I am having some algae problems (not too much) Usually its staghorn and and then maybe GSA (on the rocks). Any ideas what to do? I know there is a fine balance between CO2, light period, and ferts so I'm trying to different combinations and seeing what works. Having 5 otos helps a lil

helgymatt · 02-03-2008, 01:28 PM

Looks good! I really like the rocks in this layout. They looked HUGE in the beginning, but once the plants filled in they look right at home. I also like the patches of blyxa tucked in between the rocks. I think once the background fills in this tank will look sweet. Oh yeah...and it looks much bigger than a 20 gallon. I "think" an overdose of excel will help with staghorn algae. There is a sticky about using excel. I got some nerite snails to keep my anubias and rocks free of gsa. They had it all cleaned up in less than a week (2 days actually). Nothing else seemed to do the trick for me to get rid of that algae. My CO2 is good and I have lots of phosphates. I think my high light is the main cause. Keep the pics coming...

Carlos1583 · 02-03-2008, 01:47 PM

Thanks for the comments...I definitely can't wait for the background to fill in. I do have some snails but i'm not sure what it is. I'll look into the excel treatment and see how that works. Thanks again!