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Change of water treatment.
I always used tap water treated with Seachem’s Acid and Alkaline buffers. It worked very good for a while but treating water every time i needed to do a water change ended up taking way too much time and effort. I decided to simply age my water in a…
Observation
Doesn’t want to go
Despite me removing as much of the roots and stems from hygrophila pinnatifida it appears that it wasn’t enough. A couple tiny leaves sprouted from what i thought were dead roots. I’m not sure if i will let it grow though.
Update
Right color, wrong parents
I have a red shrimp that came from Cory Cove. It was born from blue velvet parents, but I thought it would be okay to move it to this yellow/orange tank since the oranges came from yellows breeding with reds. I recently learned that it has blue velve…
Rescape
It was too laborious
Key moment
Trimming all the different plants that grow in different rates made it hard to keep it looking nice. Decided to make a wall with mermaid weed to the sides and a small portion of rotala in de middle. Got rid of ludwigia super red mini and limnophila a…
Update
Co2 ran out
Co2 run out a couple of weeks ago. Just started injecting again yesterday. Didn’t do any water changes in the time that there was no co2 and didn’t dose any fertilizer either.
Update
Dominant color
It started as a skittles tank but quickly became wild dominant due to reds and blues interbreeding. Took blues and wild type out and color has stabilized into a mix of yellow and orange.
Rescape
Moved plants
Key moment
Moved Rotala to the back and made more space for mermaid weed on the left. Hygrophila pinnatifida exploded and took over central dragon stone. Got rid of regular scarlet temple from the back, kept variegated version in the foreground.