Hi All,
Yes, I just set the tank up a few days ago with amazon swords, crypts, hornwort, dwarf sag and hair grass, and a handful of water lettuce. We'll see how long it lasts once I put the kids in!
The plants are just in fine gravel, I'd like to figure out what was out of balance in the other tank first. Plus, we'll probably be moving again soon when we find a house,so now is a good time to do all my experimenting!
But, Good news on the algae front! I lowered the water level, upped the kh to eight, decreased the duration of light (from twelve hours per day to nine-ish), reduced the amount of food portions, gave the gravel a good vacuuming, crammed some charcoal in between the oyster grit and crushed coral in the filter, scraped, scrubbed, boiled, blasted, and gave the pleco a VERY stern talking to about Duty, Honour, and The Virtue of Diligence, and there seems to be a bit of improvment! There are patches that used to be like a black shag carpet that are clearing now and the plants are looking definitely more emerald green than they have in a while! I'm hoping that the rest of the algae will diminish if I keep all this up. Thanks again to everyone for their good advice!
-Molly
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