Rocky Hollow 50 Gallon

Here are some shots of the tank filled in a little with some new bulbs.

Rocky Hollow Update

I have decided to get rid of they hygro corymbosa for obvious reasons. Not sure what will take its place. Maybe more repens. We will see.

Thread Algae

Another month down and it is really filling in. I have had some recent shrimp death. I attributed it to over gassing as I bumped my co2 just a bit as usual. I have also had thread algea appear. There are still quite a few Amanos from what I can tell, 15-20 maybe. I've been busy so I cut ferts down as I haven't done water change. Filters were cleaned two weeks ago and my overflow was thoroughly cleaned as well. I'll get a water change in this evening and spot treat with excel to see if I can knock it out. I could lift my light but it seems the substrate has dimmed down quite a bit from over growth. My guess is a good trim, some algae removal with excel, and a water change will do the trick. I won't touch co2 or light and we will see if that does the trick.

Thanks for the compliments guys, I really appreciate the feedback.

The lights are 2) 36" aquaticlife dual lamp t5 ho with 1) roseate bulb and 1) 6000k in each. They are 14" above the surface currently but are adjusted up or down from time to time. Currently running 9 hrs a day but thinking of backing it down if this thread algae wasn't resolved by trim and water changes.

PAR is not measured as I haven't coughrd up that money yet. I try to budget my money on this hobby. I enjoy many other hobbies as well. I watch the plants and try to adjust to their needs.

Just an update on the tank. I increased amount of light by dropping fixture to 12" above surface and decreased the duration to 8 hours. I have gotten back on track with my water changes and have increased PO4 slightly. Hair algea has been reduced but not eliminated, however new gsa on glass and anubias has come to a halt. I am still working on the removal of the old GSA on the anubias, and Tom's method of PO4 directly on the leaves is working well. This is something I have been doing every water change and I see results every week. I have also tackled the BBA and BSA. Mostly by removal of the rocks and scrubbing with brass wire brush. Lower level rocks are scrubbed in the tank. Since I had quite a few out, I did a small rescape. Here is a Before





After

Thanks guys.

UDGags said:

Looks good. You should paint that PVC pipe black so it doesn't show up so much in the pictures.

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Yea I have thought about doing that for some time. Do they sell black PVC? Something I can just swap in and not worry about paint wearing off?

Black PVC joints http://flexpvc.com/cart/agora.cgi?p=PVC-BLACK-Elbows-90&p_id=406-020B&xm=on&ppinc=detail