Guppysnail Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 The assassins will eat the babies and juveniles. 😟 When I looked into dosing just 1-2 individual nutrients my plants were lacking all was great until I tried iron. For me in my tanks even a tiny dose of iron caused mega BBA. I’m glad you are an algae fan. Bad for aquascapes but incredibly healthy for ecosystems. Algae produces more oxygen on the planet than trees is my understanding. Much research is being done to control carbon emissions with algae. Health food and sports drinks are now touting being made with algae because of its nutritional properties. Im very obviously an algae fan 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 7:41 AM, Guppysnail said: The assassins will eat the babies and juveniles. 😟 When I looked into dosing just 1-2 individual nutrients my plants were lacking all was great until I tried iron. For me in my tanks even a tiny dose of iron caused mega BBA. I’m glad you are an algae fan. Bad for aquascapes but incredibly healthy for ecosystems. Algae produces more oxygen on the planet than trees is my understanding. Much research is being done to control carbon emissions with algae. Health food and sports drinks are now touting being made with algae because of its nutritional properties. Im very obviously an algae fan 🤣 I wasn't just dosing macros, I was trying a poor mans perpetual dosing system which was dosing small quantities of macros & micros (different bottles) nightly at the same time, after the lights turned off. My macros were mixed for a 1ml dose (1 pump) per 10g, my micros were dosed for 2ml (1 pump) per 5g. It was working well until I started dosing 20g worth of macros to 10g worth of micros!. Resulting in algea growing to absorb the excess nutrients. If I had realized & turned up the light this "problem" could (i think) have been avoided. Altho then (i think) i would have been micro deficient. Maybe when I get my 10g back on track ill need to run that experiment. Overdosing micro to see what happens. Singing in my head to the tune of 'dont fear the reaper' 🎵 Don't fear da algae! 🎵 As far as the snails, yes I know they will get eaten, it was tongue in cheek! Generally you can only pair assassins with snails they can't turn over, namely big nerite snails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Year end status 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tike Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 It looks really good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Quick status picture before this gets butchered. Lost picture from 7 years ago of my 10 gallon. Dwarf hair grass grown with a Stingray and dyi co2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Flash update! Nothing special, just comparing the new phones camera to the previous pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Yes I get algae now and then too, which was caused by under dosing Ferts & on a sporadic basis, neglected tank maintenance (IE water quality). Course taken to fix will be a good trim, remove unhealthy growth, regular water changes and a consistent dosing schedule. Slightly over dosing will be better than under dosing. A REGULAR water change will rebalance the system. TURNING DOWN THE LIGHT WILL NOT CORRECT THIS!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoeQ Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 Here is a good flow pattern for a 10g. The @EricksonAquatics small skimmer would also help alleviate the dead spot that is blocked by structure. Plus help surface air exchange. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 Probably not the best time to bring in fish, but who can resist Honey Gouramis!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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