Mmiller2001 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Three day marathon. This tanks length allows for 12 species and the below picture has 15. Started working on it again last night and dropped to 12 species. I’m not loving it but hope when it grows in I’ll see where it needs to go. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 Phone picture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 On 7/16/2024 at 4:51 PM, Mmiller2001 said: Three day marathon. This tanks length allows for 12 species and the below picture has 15. Started working on it again last night and dropped to 12 species. I’m not loving it but hope when it grows in I’ll see where it needs to go. Seriously good start! Can’t wait to watch it develop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 Since moving to the EXT 100, the 120 has become a junkyard of plants. Plant reduction much needed. Not much going on other than smaller water changes and less dosing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Still gorgeous even if it doesn’t follow the rules! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefhugger Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 On 7/28/2024 at 4:57 PM, Mmiller2001 said: has become a junkyard of plants. But a "junkyard" I could stare at all day. It's beautiful. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 On 7/14/2024 at 8:51 AM, Mmiller2001 said: On 7/14/2024 at 12:42 AM, Aussie Bloke said: I get this green shit in exactly the same spot, between the sub and the glass! I've been stressing over it lately, but maybe it's nothing much to worry about? Yes, pretty common. To resolve it, inject some H2O2 along the front glass. Now that was worth the time to be perusing…. all this time I have been carefully excavating back substrate, cleaning with a scrubby, moving the substrate back etc… next time it grows I am going to try injecting some peroxide… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 7/30/2024 at 3:50 PM, Pepere said: next time it grows I am going to try injecting some peroxide… Just an FYI, always be very careful about total dose because you can full on wipe out all tank inhabitants. I only use 3 mls per gallon of the 3% no matter how I’m using it. You probably don’t need to turn off filters / pumps if you’re injecting into the substrate but your biofiltration can potentially take a hit if you’re not careful, especially if you use the higher dose recommended some places. I turn off all filtration / pumps when using peroxide so the peroxide doesn’t go into the filter and so it stays in place as much as possible where I want it working. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 On 7/30/2024 at 8:38 PM, Odd Duck said: Just an FYI, always be very careful about total dose because you can full on wipe out all tank inhabitants. I only use 3 mls per gallon of the 3% no matter how I’m using it. You probably don’t need to turn off filters / pumps if you’re injecting into the substrate but your biofiltration can potentially take a hit if you’re not careful, especially if you use the higher dose recommended some places. I turn off all filtration / pumps when using peroxide so the peroxide doesn’t go into the filter and so it stays in place as much as possible where I want it working. This is definitely possible, I should have added how much I use. So thank you for bringing this up. I personally inject or spot dose 15ml to 20ml of H2O2 per 10 gallons. I’ve never killed fish or shrimp at these numbers and this dose is very effect for filamentous type algae and cyano algae. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 7/30/2024 at 10:38 PM, Odd Duck said: Just an FYI, always be very careful about total dose because you can full on wipe out all tank inhabitants. Yes. In addition to limiting total dose, my plan is to do it before weekly water change. Dose, let set with filter off for 15 minutes, than do weekly water change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 (edited) On 7/31/2024 at 1:32 AM, Pepere said: Yes. In addition to limiting total dose, my plan is to do it before weekly water change. Dose, let set with filter off for 15 minutes, than do weekly water change. This is exactly what I do. Battling GDA these last few months. Ugh Edited July 31 by Mmiller2001 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 Think I’m nearly there now. Just need to let things fill in and fine tune a few things and this tank should be ready. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Looking good 👍. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woowala Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Yeah I'd say you're there Looks amazing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 On 8/9/2024 at 4:13 PM, Woowala said: Looks amazing Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 8/9/2024 at 10:19 AM, Mmiller2001 said: Think I’m nearly there now. Just need to let things fill in and fine tune a few things and this tank should be ready. are you going to play around with varied heights on the background or is the goal to get everything to the same length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 On 8/13/2024 at 12:16 PM, nabokovfan87 said: are you going to play around with varied heights on the background or is the goal to get everything to the same length? Have to yes, this was post changes and reset. That Limno grows pretty darn quick. I just reset yesterday. You can kind of get an idea how fast it grew. I cut all the stems back down and propagated 2 stems. Since I updated the picture, I will add my weekly comments for those that follow. I pulled 1 stem of Limno just in front of red plant and am propagating 1 stem behind the Helanthium that you can’t see as of yet. The curtain plant on the left doesn’t work so I ordered Blyxa Aubertti to try. It’s a taller Blyxa with a bit of darker colors and gets pretty tall. Hopefully it gets here quickly. They still have not announced the AGA so I feel I may have a bit of extra time. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 8/13/2024 at 3:48 PM, Mmiller2001 said: Have to yes, this was post changes and reset. That Limno grows pretty darn quick. I just reset yesterday. You can kind of get an idea how fast it grew. I cut all the stems back down and propagated 2 stems. Since I updated the picture, I will add my weekly comments for those that follow. I pulled 1 stem of Limno just in front of red plant and am propagating 1 stem behind the Helanthium that you can’t see as of yet. The curtain plant on the left doesn’t work so I ordered Blyxa Aubertti to try. It’s a taller Blyxa with a bit of darker colors and gets pretty tall. Hopefully it gets here quickly. They still have not announced the AGA so I feel I may have a bit of extra time. I have not followed for a while so i was going to ask which fish are in this amazing tank? The fish on the left bottom corner looks cool, all plants are looking great @Mmiller2001. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 On 8/13/2024 at 2:17 PM, Whitecloud09 said: I have not followed for a while so i was going to ask which fish are in this amazing tank? The fish on the left bottom corner looks cool, all plants are looking great @Mmiller2001. Those are Albino Sterbai Cory’s. Stocking; 12 Sterbai Cory cats 22 Bloodfin Tetra 8 Golden Gardeneri killifish (Absolutely amazing fish) 12 Amano Shrimp I would like 4 more Killi, but I’m not sure when my local guy will have them back in stock. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 Photo dump. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Looks very nice, what size tank in 5he first photo @Mmiller2001? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 On 8/15/2024 at 6:16 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Looks very nice, what size tank in 5he first photo @Mmiller2001? It's about 100 Gallons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 Still no AGA announcement! I received some Blyxa Sp red, not pictured here, that I will try as my left curtain. It’s in rough shape so the extra time is good. I’m looking to extend the Natans more left and maybe swap it to another option I have growing in the 120. We will see. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DaveO Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Ahh, killifish. Brilliant addition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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