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they were all planted at the same time when i redid the tank. the other plants have re-rooted nicely i know this because i moved a plant the other night and i felt the roots holding tight. I have a large SAE in that tank but hes not eating that brown algae - maybe i need to swap the SAE with a Golden Algae Eater i have in my other tank into this tank for a little while.

it better go soon - i hate brown algae so much now... so how do i get the sagittaria microfolia growing "better" than it currently is ? i say better but really it should be - what the heck do i need to do to get any growth at all... it seems like its doing nothing !!!

The lights are only about 3 weeks old - yep T5HO 24w 2foot long. the last T8 powerGlo i had was 18,000K - as far as i can see there is no green algae just the brown.

ok will start doing more than 1 a week, what do you think about the lights ? should i keep them all 10,000K or should i swap 2 out for a life glo and power glo ?

yeah it was a complete rebuild, took the plants and fish out - removed the old sand, had about 1cm of water in the tank only cause i couldnt get it out, put in the daltons, then a nice big thick layer of gravel, and replanted. i kept about 60L of water and put that back in before topping up and putting the fish back in. i would have thought that keeping the water would have been ok but maybe its not ?

had the tank itself about 2 years now - but just changed the gravel and added the daltons aquatic mix in the last month or so

thought about that but would prefer to get to the bottom of the problem

that sucks

I'm soooooooo sick of brown algae covering my plants and glass, please help me before i shut the tank down......Am i just suffering new tank syndrome since i replaced the sand to gravel and daltons aquatic mix ? * Tank size - 120L - 80x40x40 * Lighting - 3x 10,000K 24w T5 lights (looking at changing 2 of these to 1x Life Glo and 1x Power Glo - but not sure if that will help) * CO2 - weekly dosing of Flourish Excel as I have twisted val in the tank and dont want it to melt. however i have just setup DIY in a 1.5L bottle (maybe this will help) * Nutrients - weekly dosing of Flourish Comprehensive and daltons aquatic mix under the gravel * Water Changes - 1x Weekly 40 to 50 % i seem to have pretty good plant growth for my vallisneria spiralis, cabomba caroliniana and Hygrophilia Corymbosa Stricta but the sagittaria microfolia doesnt seem to be growing at all. who would have thought that growing plants and keeping algae at bay could be so hard

my condolences

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did either of you papakurians go to Rosehill College ?

hi and welcome

we had a lovely neighbor start letting them off at 5am !! that sucked big time

yeah we liked it - got back about 30 mins ago - we were up on the Miramar Peninsula darn windy but thankfully the rain stayed away.

You wouldn't believe the number of people that have rung the National Cyber Crime Center aka Police about this scam its crazy !! edit - I don't know what people think the police can do about foreign scams etc when they have no jurisdiction in the countries that these people are calling from.

i started with 6 of these and in 4 months i have about 15 of them in varying sizes.

thanks so far none of my twisited val has reached the surface, i have a couple of leaves that are about 3cm away from the top but i think that may have something to do with my lighting. not quite being strong enough ??? cheers, but i have experimented with stacking larger rocks on top of each other in my 200L tank and i dont think it looks so great, however i might see what its like with some smaller rocks dotted around the bigger ones sort of stacked around them ?

ok heres take 2 - please dont hold back with your critique

yeah i recall you said it to me !! :lol:

thats correct - im a bit naff when it comes to layout etc, so keep the ideas a coming and in the next couple of days i will try to post up a pic of the changes. i was bored with the previous look to the tank and wanted a "planted tank" not just a "tank with plants in" cheers skip

yeah it is a rather large SAE i did think to myself that i might need some more rocks or something. i also thought about putting the log back in but im not that keen on that one and wanted to fill out the plants and stuff some more. right mental note - get more stones

so after our last KMAC meeting i thought i would try to sort out my plants and tank a bit more... gone are the days of fine sand, and no under gravel ferts, and saying welcome to Daltons Aquatic Mix, and a 1mm to 3mm dark gravel. I think the new layout looks good - but what say you ? my next update is from my single power glo T8 to a 3x or 4x T5 setup but i need more info on the light tubes to use - would this T5 setup be ok ? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Lights-lamps/auction-327878224.htm they dont mention the tubes calvin rating so i need a bit of your help. old layout new layout

Oh yeah hehe missed that

if you have one already i wouldnt bother buying another - just make sure that you check the bucket daily and empty as required.