foofooree

Awesome driftwood! It looks incredible. It's a keeper for sure

Bunbuku

Looks great! Very natural. I am curious why you seem to have to little algae with relatively low plant mass. Did you adjust the photoperiod to compensate?

Steven_Chong

I've started getting a bit of algae actually, but only recently. Yes, I too was concerned about a relatively low plant-mass. I think I have a few things going in my favor:

-Relatively low amount of nutrient substrate (aquasoil)
-Aquasoil used was from a previous layout, so it's in a much later period of its nutrient-releasing cycle than fresh Aquasoil.
-Used Aquasoil already has well-developed bacterial colonies coming into play.

In regards to substrate, I purposefully tried to reduce its impact knowing I have a low plant mass for a new tank.

-Lighting is 8 hours
-I'm running only half-lighting for all but the middle 2 hours

Ajroy03

Update Please