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BenBOMB

Hello APC Members,

I've been busy with school and other things so I haven't been able to do as much updating on these forums as I use to. I just wanted to post a more recent picture of this NPT project. Just to remind you that I have done nothing for this tank really. I top off the water when needed, I just have a small powerhead for water movement. I feed the fish, trim when needed. It only has around 1wpg and is sitting by a large southwindow.

The only thing is that i'm getting a hair algae problem I would like to figure out how to deal with. I haven't done any water changes for this tank at all. As you can see in the picture though I deff need to do some trimming. I have neglecticd this and suprising it's doing very well.

For plants I have Sunset Hygro, Water Sprite (one is larger leaved one is skinny leaved, ill post more pictures later for ID help) C. Wendtii, RedFoxtail(cant see it's in back) some bacopa of some sp., corkscrew val, microswords somewhere, chainswords, and I think some other ones i cannot think of right now.

For fish I have about 6 pygmy cories, about ten white clouds, two siamese algae eaters, 1 BN pleco, 1 Otto Cat, and a ton of RCS. Oh and a ton of snails too


Well enough talking, here is the picture of how much it has grown since my first day of having the tank.

dwalstad

Great looking tank! Thanks for showing us the results. Based on your initial photos, I didn't expect to see such nice results. But, hey, see what a little neglect and a few extra plants can do.

I'm glad that you got some Water Sprite (two kinds no less!). This is the perfect plant for the 20 gal long.

As to the matt algae, I'd just remove it from time-to-time and not worry about it.

Dustymac

Hey Ben,
Your tank looks great! I don't have much talent for aquascaping, probably 'cause I'm just thrilled the plants are even growing at all, but yours is very nice.

However, is that lots of green hair algae clogging up the left side of the picture? I don't think it's a major issue but I would try removing what you can get easily with some tweezers or finger tips. And just out of curiosity, is that an area of more or less water circulation? My guess would be less.

Nice tank!
Jim

BenBOMB

Hey Thanks Dwalstad, yeah i've been trying to remove a little bit everytime I walk by the tank. Eventually it should be gone hopefully. I was suprised when I got two different kinds of water sprite. One is wide and boarder leaves, the other is thinner leaves. Don't know if they are actually different sp. or if they just grew differently but I like them both .



Thanks Dustymac. Actually I never got around to scaping this tank at all. I let it grow in pretty much and I liked how it grew in so I left it as is, I just got lucky . I might move some plants around though in the near future to make it look a little less messy.

Yeah I have a hair algae problem on the left side of the tank, and you are right the water circulation is on the other side. I might add another small power head to that side as well that might help it. I've been removing some as I walk by the tank with my hands, but the best way I know is using a tooth brush and twirling it around like spaghetti, that works wonders for me. Only problem is that I had a ton of RCS babies in the algae so I have to be careful and tear it out loosely so they can get out of it.



I'm going to do some trimming soon and maybe some rearranging of plants, i'll post new pictures when I do so, no batteries at the moment haha.