Hi from Australia

Hi plantboy3,

Welcome to APC. You have found the right place for useful information provided by friendly, helpful folks. When you get a chance share a little about your tank(s) and how you got started with planted aquariums. Glad you are here!

Welcome! I would love to see your tank.

There are many people here that can answer lots of questions. Ask away!

Welcome to APC!
Yes, make yourself at home and feel free to ask questions as you go.

Welcome to the forum, mate. You've come to the right place to share and learn about planted aquariums. The folks in this forum are great.

Thanks everyone

I currently have 3 tanks (might look into a planted nano soon though) I have a 150L Aquaone Ar 850 community tank which is planted with lowlight plants mainly crypts, java ferns and anubias. I also have a 140L fish only marine tank and my 40L planted tank. I have always kept plants in my tanks since i started (except for the marine tank) and have always had an intrest in them (my mums a keen gardener and use to manage nurseries). About a year ago i started reading about differnet planted tanks and aquascapers such as Takashi Amano. Then 6 months ago i decided to set up my own planted tank which was very succesful for the first 5 months but lately its develpoed some more algae and had a case of crypt melt, So i decided im going to rescape it.

Welcome to APC

Algae is hard to avoid in a newly setup tank. Try getting to the root of the problem instead of redoing the tank.

I worked out the algae species and it is thread algae. From what ive read excess iron in the water column is a possible reason. Although i only dose seachem flourish and Excel. I had always planned on only keeping this scape going for 6 months as i always have new ideas to try out and new plant species to grow. This is my only proper planted set up (I would have more but I need parents permission first and that doesnt come easy) so i have to make do with what i have.