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While I am refraining of posting pictures of the main tank until after the AGA competition I can share the farm tanks. Yes I said tanks, the end of September I setup another 40gal breeder as the first one was extremely full with plants and had no room for them to grow. I am hoping that 2 is enough for the time being as I am attempting to downsize the fish room for a while so that I can move tanks out of it to redo the room as it is not insulated and needs to be.
I will talk about the main tank though. It is due for a uproot, trimming and replanting for quite some time now but I have been holding off for the announcement of the AGA competition to time the lobelia right, however, this weekend that is getting done. I cannot let the tank crash if I plan to enter it. The only real issue I have been having is GDA attaching to the gravel on the right side of my street, not quite sure why only there. The only other thing is I am struggling to find a plant for the street to disappear behind. I am going to slightly adjust the layout this weekend as well.
Farm tank #1
Biomass removed from tank:
Farm Tank #2
Farm tank 1, picture is after I removed the biomass in the tank. I was having a massive thread algae issue and cut back and made sure co2 was functioning properly. I believe that co2 diffuser was slightly clogged or the amount of mass in the tank did not allow adequate circulation. I also have been very lax on how well I clean this tank but moving forward I will adjust this issue.
Farm tank 2 is quite a bit overgrown and needs to be pruned this weekend. The aponogeton is massive and really needs a bigger tank I am afraid to put it in one of my low tech tanks as I do not want to lose it. I have a plan for it down the road but we have not crossed that bridge. It sends up new flowers pretty much weekly at this point. I really need to try and get more plants to come from that flower.
I will talk about the main tank though. It is due for a uproot, trimming and replanting for quite some time now but I have been holding off for the announcement of the AGA competition to time the lobelia right, however, this weekend that is getting done. I cannot let the tank crash if I plan to enter it. The only real issue I have been having is GDA attaching to the gravel on the right side of my street, not quite sure why only there. The only other thing is I am struggling to find a plant for the street to disappear behind. I am going to slightly adjust the layout this weekend as well.
Farm tank #1
Biomass removed from tank:
Farm Tank #2
Farm tank 1, picture is after I removed the biomass in the tank. I was having a massive thread algae issue and cut back and made sure co2 was functioning properly. I believe that co2 diffuser was slightly clogged or the amount of mass in the tank did not allow adequate circulation. I also have been very lax on how well I clean this tank but moving forward I will adjust this issue.
Farm tank 2 is quite a bit overgrown and needs to be pruned this weekend. The aponogeton is massive and really needs a bigger tank I am afraid to put it in one of my low tech tanks as I do not want to lose it. I have a plan for it down the road but we have not crossed that bridge. It sends up new flowers pretty much weekly at this point. I really need to try and get more plants to come from that flower.