I have done weekly tank maintenance recently and bigger trimming. On that occasion I took a few photos.
Before:
After:
You can see I have replanted some carpet plants.
I keep on fighting with
green thread algae - it is mainly on the gravel which is not in the shade of plants and among carpet plants which annoys me a lot. See photos below.
I am not sure whether my LED light (12W, white - 9000K) is too strong or not. My dropchecker is almost always green and I dose PMDD daily (local brand - no nitrates, no phosphorus - all dissolved in water for ablout 4 months kept in the fridge). I change 50% water weekly. My light is on for 12 hours. CO2 is whole day and night on.
I see a problem might be in my filter - power head with little sponge inside the 6 gal tank - head is 90gal per hour, the sponge is dirty in about three days. Weak in removing ammonium, when plants are not able to do it for some reason?
My Staugorygne and Hemianthus Cuba grows
very slowly if it even grows. I am not sure why - light? Nutrients?