"Shallow Foreign Stream" - First NPT 20G Long - El Natural

BenBOMB · 10-12-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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.