semi planted tank...few ??'s

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dsubaru;2795020; said:
Update.... I got some plants this past weekend. I picked up a Melon Sword, some type of Anubias (rear right corner), Anubias Lanceolata, and a type of grass.. What do you think..

I've been seeing a lot of algae build up... Mostly a bright green on the rocks, really dark algae on the middle Anubias.. and some sections that have some short hair algae. I've read that lack of CO2 is cause of this so I picked up some Flourish Excel. I hope that will take care of the algae.

I also added a chinese algae eater since the bristlenose aint eating any algae.



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Add ottos there better and they look good.
 
I think you need to up your lights, your going to get a lot of algae with 2x 18s on a 29 (please correct me if i am wrong). also you should setup DIY co2, correct dosing of flourish excel on a 29 could end up very expensive. Look at getting some java fern and moss, i think they would do well with your lighting and PH situation
 
R3D thx for the input.

When I first set up the tank it was only going house a couple plants but I found it looked boring since the fish I keep were agressive preventing me from adding more fish.

I'm getting 1.24wpg which I thought would be good enough for low light setup. As far as I understand the plants I have now are low light to moderate light. I do have room on tank for a second light fixture and I may be going there some day but not right now.

How would having more light reduce my algae? just curious on the logic.

regarding CO2 I didnt want to do the DIY CO2 but it looks like I'll be going that way soon. probably as soon as I run out of Excel.
 
Excel isn't actually that bad for a 29gal low light tank. You can get a 2 L bottle from BigAls for a good price and stretch it to about a year.
 
update on the tank....

I took out the brichardi because he was punking the Algae eaters. He was the most beautiful fish in the tank but I couldnt keep him. I still have the 3 juliodochromis but I'm thinking of taking them out because I'm prob going to go with smaller community (plant friendly) tetras and rainbows.

My Anubias Coffeefolia has a grip of black algae which looks like BBA. I'm hoping that adding a second algae eater will help.

Now that the Brichardi is out of the tank the Algae Eaters have more freedom in the tank.

I've noticed some yellowing of leaves specifically on the Coffeefolia and the Anubias Lanceolata. I'm concerned about my crushed coral substrate not having enough nutrients. What is the best nutrient to add to substrate? root Tabs? Flourish Tabs? liquid flourish?

I've read that most tropical fish will be ok with CC substrate and High PH (7.8-8) providing that its constant. Do you think this is true with most plant friendly fish?
 
beautiful betta! I would try some dwarf sag (sagittaria subulata) for your foreground or maybe some HM or Dwarf Clover. For background, it really depends on what you like. You could go with something like a willow hygro. Or stems like rotala indica or something like vals (will melt with excel).
 
another update...

I've since gone with DIY C02, added some more plants such as more vals' and a Echinodorus tenellus (pygmy chain sword).

I think I had a week where I wasn't dosing Excel and I didn't have my Co2 running so some plants appear to be stunted but since then I have seen growth. I'm also hoping to see the brusing go away with the new leaves.

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tank looks great, and I love that betta; very nice specimen

still have the Chinese Algae Eaters? if so, I'd find a way to get rid of them; from everything I've read, they are misnamed . . . they may eat algae when young, but they grow out of it, and they have a reputation as getting disagreeable as they get older . . . also, they will grow too big for a 29G tank

try a bristlenose pleco and/or clown pleco, and maybe Siamese Algae Eaters (crossocheilus siamensis) if you can find them . . .
 
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