cableguy69846

Got the Tom Mini Filter in the tank. I opened the filter and emptied the carbon compartment first. I also am going to use the spray bar on this tank. Here is how it looks. Excuse the cloudy water. I stirred up a bunch of stuff putting the filter in.


It is a little larger than I would like, but the black background hides it pretty well.


The top plastic rim of the tank hides the spray bar from view pretty well. I will wait to pass judgment on it until a later date. Going to give it a few days and see how it does.

cableguy69846

So. Fish club auction was a success. I didn't get anything for this tank, but it got some plants from the emersed. And a water change. Added two stems of Hygro difformis to it that were wilting.


Obligatory FTS. No CO2 setup yet. Maybe tomorrow.





A couple of cool snails. I found one of them in another tank and dropped it in this one.

cableguy69846

I have not done much to this tank over the last few days, just regular maintenance. But I got some pics.

A couple of FTS for ya.





I also got some moss growth shots.





And already some growth on the Hygro difformis.





Enjoy.

cableguy69846

More pics. Going to be hooking up the DIY CO2 on this tank tomorrow. Made the yeast reactor today, but have not mixed anything up yet. Need to plumb the line into the filter.

cableguy69846

DIY CO2 is hooked up and running like a champ. Got it plumed into my filter so it will diffuse the CO2. If anyone wants to see how I did it, let me know, I have some detailed pics of the setup.

Reactor


CO2 bubbles out of the spray bar.


FTS

cableguy69846

Yanked the CO2 today. Not doing that on the small tanks again. Gassed them both. Got a few sprigs of water sprite in a big plant package I got today. Tossed one in here and did a water change. That is about all.

FTS


New plant.




That's all.

cableguy69846

I am beginning to hate this tank. Hair algae everywhere. Pulled a bunch of it out, and am doing Excel dosing at 1ml per gallon every other day. I suspect it was getting too much light, so I raised it up about 6 inches. I may replace the bulb with a 10 watt so I can lower it again. I am also thinking of completely redoing this tank with the right soil this time. I think the plant food in the other stuff is helping with all the algae. Did a 100% water change on this one too and pulled out a bunch of dead leaves and as much algae as I could get. The moss on the rocks is growing amazingly though.

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How high I raised the light.


I would have gotten some better shots of this one, but the bubbles were ridiculous, hopefully I can get some tomorrow.

jerilovesfrogs

i really like the moss rocks. i have had that on my to-do list for a while!

cableguy69846

Thank you. They worked out really well in this tank for some reason. I think It was all the light. My moss walls are not really taking off like I want though. Hopefully that will change. They are pretty easy to do. I just used lava rock, but any porous rock should work. I may pick up some more Lava rock today If I can find it cheap. The larger rock is flame moss, and the smaller is java moss. I should have some X-Mas moss, and peacock moss coming in the mail today. I hope, so there will be more rocks.

cableguy69846

100% water change. I feel this tank is going to change big time really soon.

FTS