[Wet Thumb Forum]-New 10 gal setup. - Photography

supapoopa · 02-09-2005, 11:10 PM

This is a new 10 gal tank i just setup about 2 weeks ago. i just planted some glosso and baby tears. Hopefully i have enough light for them to stay growing horizontal and not vertical. Let me know what you think.

Setup
Eclipse 1 hood
eco- complete plant substrate
50 watt Visi-thermal stealth heater
Nutrafin co2 canister w/ ladder diffuser

upgrades/mod's

Ahsupply 36 watt CF bright kit w/ custom box for ballast
fluval 203/204 sponge on stripped cartridge with bio-max media

Recent pics

Pic of the my baby black molly.

As you can see in the pic above, i am having some problems with hair algae that came with the riccia.

The baby fry have been picking at it but not enough to make a dent in reducing it. WHat can i do to without adding any aggressive fish, to help fight this algae? I already put an otto and 2 amano shrimp in this tank but the shrimp just stay in the shaded areas and the otto perfers to snack on the brown algae which was starting to creep up since i didn't have any clean-up crew scavangers in there. Should i wait a week and see what happens or should i just reduce the amount of hours the light is on?

routine:
Flourish 1ml 1X week
Flora plant couple drops 2-3X week
Light on 11 hours per day

Suggestions and comments welcome.

Here is a link to all the pics for my tanks (and more) if interested.

http://www.reaction-image.net/galler...k-Civic?page=4

imported_russell · 02-10-2005, 06:56 AM

looks nice. can't wait til it all fills in

hixy · 02-10-2005, 10:27 AM

looks really nice. good job

supapoopa · 02-21-2005, 08:20 AM

update...

Added some cardinal tetras

imported_BSS · 02-21-2005, 08:36 AM

Nice amount of growth in less than a couple of weeks. Excellent layout.

supapoopa · 04-07-2005, 09:06 PM

Update:

WHat it looked like earlier this week. About a month after a big trim.

WHat it looked like after the big trim.

I wished i would have used nylon thread to begin with. Driftwood had to be taken out because the cotton string i had originally used to tie down the riccia was breaking away.

Will update when it fills back in.

imported_russell · 04-08-2005, 05:15 AM

i've herd hairnets work wonders.

bharada · 04-08-2005, 06:35 AM

Get some light brown hairnets. I've found that color is nearly invisible no matter what you're using it over...dark driftwood to light gray river rocks.

supapoopa · 06-29-2005, 10:47 AM

Just wanted to update... still a work in progress. Will have to update again when the new foreground has grown in. The foreground has been replanted with H.C. and taiwan moss has also been added.

The other thread for my 6 gal has been archived so I will just post a updated pic of it in this thread also...

Comments welcome.

cheesehazard · 06-29-2005, 11:28 AM

Your tanks look really good.