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Water lettuce and Brazilian penny wort were two plants that took off for me.

Nitrates were at 20 after a wc two days ago ?

Test everyday from now up to your next scheduled wc. Post results. Also post feeding info (day, type, and amount)

How many feeding since the last wc
 
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People tell me to add more plants that will help them fight back the algae but seems like the algae grows faster then the plants. I had a 60g that was pretty heavily planted and it still had some algae issues. When I started c02 it went away. But that opens another can of worms. I don't want to dose anything. A guy at the lfs has plants alot of plants in a tank with some of the eels tiretrack,fire something else and a few others it's a 125. He used pfs, no dosing no ferts except root tabs for his swords 1x month, he has vals, crypts, and a bunch of bucephalandria which is really cool like anubias nana but some flower! He has 0 algae issues. He runs a fx6 that's it. For lights it's 2 24/7s. Feeds frozen mysis, blackworms, and spectrum pellets. His nitrates are always around 10ppm weekly w/c of 50%. He says it's all about your mix of plants. You need fast growing ones to out compete the algae like the val, and slower growing ones because they are the cool looking ones usually. So I don't know. I've been fighting the same fight you have, i haven't lost to many plants other then the time when my barbs ate all of them...... right before they started eating everything was when in the 75 I started winning the fight over the algae. The trident fern was really growing hardcore and I think it was out competing the algae. Some of the saved shreds of that came to the 180 but hasn't done well. A couple weeks ago I got some java ferns a handful of different ones from a lfs for something like 3/$10. I've also given up on keeping this as close to an African biotope as possible and added some swords. The geos are not African anyway. Lol Java ferns grow fast at least they are supposed to and are supposed to be nearly indestructible. My val was wispy and seemed really fragile it didn'y look good so it's gone. Any way after this supper long post I've taken some of 125 guys advice and see if I can out plant the algae. :eek:;)
 
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You heard about twinstar nano? Its helps alot with algae control. It wont kill a algae if you already have it in your tank, but it will prevent your tank from having algae.
My 10g planted tank.
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As you noticed the only part that have algae are the glass and the rock, plant grew nice without CO2, i only have to wipe the algae in the glass once every two months.

My 3g shrimp tank.
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I've heard of these it's low current electricity passed over a grid and it does something to the water in the area. Ive heard it's only a gadget. For it to truly do anything it'd have to be as big as the aquarium or larger. I don't know for sure but Joey mad one a long time ago. Lots of reviews on simular products say they don't work.
 
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