I'm going to give my tank another try with regards to the HC "Cuba" and the Stupid Hair Algae Challenge!
Before i carry on i want to thanks all those who help me and give advice regarding the problem i'm facing in the thread before this. LINK
Guess what, the hair algae totally outgrow my HC, I see hair algae more than my HC and they are not growing well too. After going through the old thread, i decided to give it another try.
I'm going to carry out the step mention by all the expert in few phrase.
Phrase 1:
Today i took out all the HC that is covered by the hair algae and those that grew out from the sand. But no matter what, there is still some hair algae here and there. Not possible to totally remove that.
I concluded 1fact that why is my tank can be totally infested by hair algae. I believe 1of the reason is because i do not have enough plant to help in taking up all the nutrient therefore the hair algae is getting stronger and stronger. That time i only have HC and some hairglass and the 4 stem plant. The area i plant the stem and hairglass i notice got no algae and the area only with HC is infested with algae.
This time after i remove all the algae and infested HC, i bought a few time of plant including both Submerged And Emerged HC.
I bought the 1pot of Glossostigma(small leaf), some red leaf stem plant. together with emerged HC (it's the type that grew on the sponge like bedding) and Submerged HC (It's the type that tight to the metal grid)
As usual separate the Glossostigma into 5 part from the 1pot and planted them around my stone and cover the gap between the stone.
I also planted the red leaf stem plant on the right side of my tank.
Here comes the Main Plant:
HC aka Cuba.
Emerged HC (sponge)
Ok let talk about the emerged HC that grew on the sponge.
Normally i'll remove the HC from the sponge and plant them into the sand.
Problem: Uproot and bcoz i place them too far apart, they never sent runner to join up.
This time i try a different way to plant them. From the original piece of HC i cut them into 2 piece. Then right below the HC where the sponge is, i tear the sponge out until i can see the root of the HC. Then recommend by the lfs directly place them onto the sand and cover the edge with sand.
From the full view photo below, the 2piece of emerged HC is on the left and right of the tank.
Submerged HC (metal grid)
Now the submerged. Again recommend by the NA and Y618 Lfs, they said we can try to place the whole piece of HC in and let them sent runner to cover up. Reason is because when they are in big group, they tend to be stronger and the root is not damage or loosen when we pull them out from the sponge ect. I do not know if it's true but to me no harm trying since i had try to remove them and plant bit by bit and fail.
From the full view photo below the submerged HC with metal grid is right in the middle foreground. the 1 big piece. Again i cover the edge with sand too.
Main Photo (Full View)
To be continue
Before i carry on i want to thanks all those who help me and give advice regarding the problem i'm facing in the thread before this. LINK
Guess what, the hair algae totally outgrow my HC, I see hair algae more than my HC and they are not growing well too. After going through the old thread, i decided to give it another try.
I'm going to carry out the step mention by all the expert in few phrase.
Phrase 1:
Today i took out all the HC that is covered by the hair algae and those that grew out from the sand. But no matter what, there is still some hair algae here and there. Not possible to totally remove that.
I concluded 1fact that why is my tank can be totally infested by hair algae. I believe 1of the reason is because i do not have enough plant to help in taking up all the nutrient therefore the hair algae is getting stronger and stronger. That time i only have HC and some hairglass and the 4 stem plant. The area i plant the stem and hairglass i notice got no algae and the area only with HC is infested with algae.
This time after i remove all the algae and infested HC, i bought a few time of plant including both Submerged And Emerged HC.
I bought the 1pot of Glossostigma(small leaf), some red leaf stem plant. together with emerged HC (it's the type that grew on the sponge like bedding) and Submerged HC (It's the type that tight to the metal grid)
As usual separate the Glossostigma into 5 part from the 1pot and planted them around my stone and cover the gap between the stone.
I also planted the red leaf stem plant on the right side of my tank.
Here comes the Main Plant:
HC aka Cuba.
Emerged HC (sponge)
Ok let talk about the emerged HC that grew on the sponge.
Normally i'll remove the HC from the sponge and plant them into the sand.
Problem: Uproot and bcoz i place them too far apart, they never sent runner to join up.
This time i try a different way to plant them. From the original piece of HC i cut them into 2 piece. Then right below the HC where the sponge is, i tear the sponge out until i can see the root of the HC. Then recommend by the lfs directly place them onto the sand and cover the edge with sand.
From the full view photo below, the 2piece of emerged HC is on the left and right of the tank.
Submerged HC (metal grid)
Now the submerged. Again recommend by the NA and Y618 Lfs, they said we can try to place the whole piece of HC in and let them sent runner to cover up. Reason is because when they are in big group, they tend to be stronger and the root is not damage or loosen when we pull them out from the sponge ect. I do not know if it's true but to me no harm trying since i had try to remove them and plant bit by bit and fail.
From the full view photo below the submerged HC with metal grid is right in the middle foreground. the 1 big piece. Again i cover the edge with sand too.
Main Photo (Full View)




To be continue