Nice update on the tank man. I got the same algae problems as yours, and now after watching ur vid I got alot of encouragements to keep my tank running. Thanks! ^^
Hey, es freut mich für dich, dass sich deine Mühe gelohnt hat, dein Becken nun in Balance ist und so läuft wie gewünscht! 👍 Das Layout wirkt durch die tollen Steine sehr beeindruckend. Liebe Grüße 😊
I really appreciate seeing all the "growing pains" and issues you ran into and discussing how you resolved them. Iwagumi layouts seem so simple from an outside perspective, but for those that have done it, it seems like the greatest challenge!
Good Morning Jurijs!! I'm just now getting a chance to sit down and enjoy the video!! Thanks for your sharing your honest experience and how things turned around!! The helping plants made perfect sense for helping get some balance along with the extra aminos. Patience is the key and not giving up!! "Never take success for granted!!"🙏💞 As we all know even the best can still face challenges and I appreciate that, especially being a beginner myself learning! It's exciting to watch how this iwagumi is coming along!! Thanks for a wonderful video!! Give your bunnies extra love and carrots from me!!🐇 I hope you and your family have a very blessed Easter!!🙏🌿🐟🌿♥️
Oh we do have them from time to time. Usually we spot things early and are able to fix them before they become a real issue. However, sometimes things happen that we don't see coming or maybe we become to confident and don't pay enough attention haha 😂 anyway, if you know what to do, you can always fix things 😉
Thanks for sharing your struggles and difficulties as well as your successes Jurijs. Hobbyists like me have plenty of set backs and successes with our own scapes and it's encouraging to see a professional like yourself use patience, persistence, and a range of strategies to overcome the difficulties you faced with this set up.
Hi Jurijs! Thanks for the update! I had similar issues in the 2nd month. I also added fast growing stems like Rotala rotundifolia that helped it mature quicker. A Tip I did could possibly help you and others in the future: I built up my slope with bags of crushed lava and only used about 2x 8kg bags of Aquasoil as a topping in my 3ft Waterbox. So less ammonia. Since then, I’ve topped up more Aquasoil. Seemed to work. And of course one will still need to do the regular water changes😄😉
I think we’ve all had that one aquarium that’s been a problem child. I had one that I thought was cursed. Glad to see yours is back on track, it’s looking great!
I had the same experience diatom just won't die, did what I can massive water changes just like you etc till I came across an article saying there's also a factor about your new tank is not fully cycled even if your filter is using seeded media and upon adding stability or any trusted brand of bacterial helper, after a week or two diatom just gone totally by itself.
Thanks, Jurijs, for sharing your troubles as well as your triumphs--and especially for suggesting how to think and wait your way out of problems. As an aside, one thing I am constantly surprised by in this hobby is how much difference there is in the water chemistry. You are maintaining about twice the TDS that Greenaqua favors, and they say they pay no attention at all to kH. There seem to be a lot of ways for a tank to stabilize and look good. Finding one is the hard part.
I have had very similar water parameters like GreenAqua for many years, but decided to experiment as I wanted better (=faster) plant growth. GreenAqua is having a lot of aquariums and maintaining them all is BIG JOB! For this reason they favor methods that give slow but steady growth. And they plant super heavy from beginning.
@@JurijsJutjajevs, the heavy planting at GreenAqua certainly would make a difference, and they have all that inventory to raid for a build. I'm about to launch a new aquarium, and now I might try harder water to help it grow in faster.
Great video about perseverance against algae problems! The problem really is the low biomass to substrate richness ratio... it takes a while to balance, and I've always heavily used floaters in the beginning to get tanks stabilized. Salvinia seems to do a better job than frogbit for this.
Great video Jurijs! I absolutely love the layout of the stones! That stone is perfect! What kind was it and wonder if I could get a hold of it in Chicago!? I’m glad you didn’t give up on this scape cause it’s looking awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing the update videos! Hope all is well!
They are very simple basalt rock that is used to secure riversides. Usually it looks like bricks, if you are lucky you can find few nice pieces within the pile. I actually picked up a lot of rocks for my garden project and while doing so I have discovered some gems that you now see in the layout
@@JurijsJutjajevs thank you so much Jurijs for all the help always! I think I need to make a visit to my local rock quarry for landscaping and look for basalt rock! I’m looking forward to this year and watching your channel grow! I hope for a great year for you!
Experiencing idendical issues to what you described in this video. Horrible diatom outbreak, followed by a brown blanket weed. It is a slimey brown cyano like algae, and spots of a short green hair algae. I also have an iwagumi with pressurized co2 and noticed my rocks look almost identical to yours. I rechecked the supply and confirmed they are also basalt. Basalt is a volcanic rock often existing along andesite and dacite both of which are high in silica content. There is open debate as to whether or not this would contribute to diatoms but maybe imperfections in the rocks are leading to high silica content in the water contributing to the severe algae outbreaks? Anyways the helper plants was a good idea. I will try this.
I will be doing a fresh scape today or next week and I plan on putting in way to many floating plants to help make sure I don't have an algae bloom as well, since the scape plant load is light on nutrient hogs.
Diatoms are a brown micro algae. Under a microscope, they look like glass due to the fact that they utilize silicates in the water as their main nutrient. This nutrient is also their limiting factor and is the reason why diatoms tend to disappear after only a few weeks or months. Silicates will be higher if you are using sand, aka SiO2, so aqua soil will be better to reduce your chance of heavy diatom algae issues because it lacks a lot of silicates.
@@JurijsJutjajevs I would be surprised if the soil you used didn't have silicate content, but could be wrong, certainly most low nutrient terrestrial composts use a lot of sand, and, aquatic soil for ponds is likewise heavy in sand, heavy to sink and heavy to reduce the volume of humus.
Hye, greeting from Malaysia. I’ve got question. If i put my aquarium outdoor but not direct sunlight. What is proper my light+co2 working on? Can i start the cycle at 7PM auto shut off @ 5AM?? Or should i just follow the natural light at outdoor?? Please guide
I have had Hygrophila Araguaia from tissue culture melt away multiple times on startup. So now I only use trimmings from my plant holding tank whenever I start a new setup. Haven't had any melting since.
Looking great. For such a large (long) tank do you have enough flow? Would having an additional filter outlet on the opposite side to the existing one help?
Personally I think the biology of your tank wasn’t ready, too much excess nutrients/waste from live stock and soil. The plants haven’t settled in yet so they can’t consume all that extra nutrient and also the small amount of plant mass as well. Probably the reason for the hygro melting as the ammonia was probably too much for it and tc plants are much more sensitive That’s why I believe balancing out a iwagumi is hard with higher lighting as well due to the plant mass
lessons learned here, I haven't had a direct start Iwagumi in a long time, the last one I did was with 6 weeks DSM period prior to filling with water, this where things are already pretty stable in substrate
I've come to this a bit late. Glad you have 'won', at least for now. Never been brave enough to try Iwagumi because primarily of the challenges, and I prefer a more 'natural jungle style, I don't really fully appreciate Zen gardens, but more importantaly soil substrate is rich, especially initially as it leaches into the water column, hence the heavy water changes. Diatoms are, as I am sure you have checked, algae, and very fast multipliers and are a colonising species, i.e. first into new territory. Not sure why several species of plant failed, but I know from terrestrial gardening that when a plant fails in a particular spot best to replant with an unrelated different species. I, and here it is hindsight, might have gone with hornwort and salvinia from the start and removed the fast growers gradually from two months in. Great video as usual. Thanks as always.
juris, how long is your photoperiod and are you running lights at full power? I am using ADA TC glosso and it is not as compact. your looks great! Is the key to just trim it alot?
So after the 2 weeks update video I have reduced light intensity to 50% and shortened photo period down to 6-7 hours total. After diatoms passed away, I have ramped up the light up to 8-10 hours total and 100% for a period of 6 hours as I noticed the glossy started growing vertically
clithon Corona snails, they are simply the best. So I have in there right now 40 Amano shrimps and 50+ Clithon Corona, + some of the fancy shrimp from previously
I feel like you added way too many nutrients/additives to the soil when you set it up. Given, I've only been aquascaping for a year so I'm by no means an expert but it seemed a bit excessive when I watched the set up. Glad to see it getting better though!
I don't think so, as all nutrients added to the soil do not dissolve in water and I have used way more in the past with no issues. I strongly doubt the additives have played any role in the issues I have had
None of them dissolve in water and I have never had issues before even when I used higher quantities of additives. So I doubt them. Again, it’s probably the little bio mass and high ammonia from plenty of soil that has caused the issues
Isnt 250-350 TDS really high? Greenaqua always speaks about TDS around 120 and then change water when above 150. Let me hear your thought procces on the "high" TDS. Thank you
I made a non co2 tank with moderate light 75 liters and since the set up I’ve had 0 algae problems only a little bit from the glass but overall moderate maintenance because of all the hydrocotyle 😂
@@JurijsJutjajevs I’ve only been in the hobby for about 15 months now I started keeping plants in my second month and thanks to your videos you helped me get there so much quicker 👏👍
diatoms not only feed from silicate. Some silicates is also present in RO water, in my case it was the little plant mass and huge amount of soil that must have caused the issues combined with little amount of water changes - bad scenario
Hi, I am sorry for an out of topic question, is it dangerous to use canister filter with built in UV light inside the intake tube for aquascape? Thank you🙏
had them plenty of brown hair algae and cloud cotton of diatoms in the foreground last week, and every waterchange, i usually see them grow within 3 days after removing them. but then for now, a week passed. they're not growing anymore. it just weird.
@@JurijsJutjajevs i'm looking forward for it 😂as well my own tank. bcs if i see no algae grown in my tank. i suspect i did something unexpectedly weird. Since I live in equator, so the water temp is usually at around 30-31degC, so I expect brown hair algae in my tank. but it just gone.
Great video Jurijs! its refreshing to see the difficult bits with aquascapes and not just the picture perfect, finished and matured scape.
I always learn from your honest presentations of your aquascapes. Please keep posting.
thanks for watching mate!
Nice update on the tank man. I got the same algae problems as yours, and now after watching ur vid I got alot of encouragements to keep my tank running. Thanks! ^^
It is nice to see when pro are having a hard time it kind of remind us that we all can have issues with our acuariums, thanks for sharing.
Hey, es freut mich für dich, dass sich deine Mühe gelohnt hat, dein Becken nun in Balance ist und so läuft wie gewünscht! 👍 Das Layout wirkt durch die tollen Steine sehr beeindruckend. Liebe Grüße 😊
I really appreciate seeing all the "growing pains" and issues you ran into and discussing how you resolved them. Iwagumi layouts seem so simple from an outside perspective, but for those that have done it, it seems like the greatest challenge!
Good Morning Jurijs!! I'm just now getting a chance to sit down and enjoy the video!! Thanks for your sharing your honest experience and how things turned around!!
The helping plants made perfect sense for helping get some balance along with the extra aminos.
Patience is the key and not giving up!!
"Never take success for granted!!"🙏💞
As we all know even the best can still face challenges and I appreciate that, especially being a beginner myself learning!
It's exciting to watch how this iwagumi is coming along!! Thanks for a wonderful video!! Give your bunnies extra love and carrots from me!!🐇
I hope you and your family have a very blessed Easter!!🙏🌿🐟🌿♥️
Thanks Mary, our bunnies enjoy some fresh herbs on your behalf 🌿
thx for Update! - design\style of the clip is great.
I appreciate these kinds of videos. Not a lot of videos are like this 👍
As always, quality content.
Super stuff Mr. Juris.
Dear Jurijs, thanks for sharing your experiences in a cinematic approach.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Great video, i always learn something new in here. adding extra plants is a good move !!
Nice video Jurijs, patience is key 🙌🏻
Absolutely love your honesty
Great news! Its looking even better now! Always nice to hear that even the pro's experience issues, and with trial and error get rid of them.
Oh we do have them from time to time. Usually we spot things early and are able to fix them before they become a real issue. However, sometimes things happen that we don't see coming or maybe we become to confident and don't pay enough attention haha 😂 anyway, if you know what to do, you can always fix things 😉
great honest video will help a lot of us. Keep up the amazing work!
thanks Matt, my mission is always to show the true story with all ups and downs
The tank is looking great! Looking foward to more content on this aquascape 😊
Now it’s fun again yay 😁
Thanks for sharing your struggles and difficulties as well as your successes Jurijs. Hobbyists like me have plenty of set backs and successes with our own scapes and it's encouraging to see a professional like yourself use patience, persistence, and a range of strategies to overcome the difficulties you faced with this set up.
you welcome, always trying to show the full story and I'm glad I've been able to solve most issues as I was close to resetting the tank
Hi Jurijs! Thanks for the update! I had similar issues in the 2nd month. I also added fast growing stems like Rotala rotundifolia that helped it mature quicker. A Tip I did could possibly help you and others in the future: I built up my slope with bags of crushed lava and only used about 2x 8kg bags of Aquasoil as a topping in my 3ft Waterbox. So less ammonia. Since then, I’ve topped up more Aquasoil. Seemed to work. And of course one will still need to do the regular water changes😄😉
I think we’ve all had that one aquarium that’s been a problem child. I had one that I thought was cursed. Glad to see yours is back on track, it’s looking great!
If you believe in it, it’s probably has been cursed 😂
I learned a lot from you! thank you. keep uploading awesome aquascape
Looking great!!! Thanks for the update :). Frohe Ostertage!
Danke Javier, dir auch :)
Mega schönes Pflanzenwachstum zum Glück nicht zu früh aufgegeben 👍 schönes simples Ausdrucksstarkes Layout ...well done 🤗
Danke Eike :)
Looking really , very compact and should look great when fully grown in
Hey Jurijs, thank you for sharing your experience with the algae and melting plants mate 🌿.
most comfortable thing to do 😉
Been waiting for this quite a while for an update for that aquarium
I have waited to show progress
Love the way you talk ❤️
I had the same experience diatom just won't die, did what I can massive water changes just like you etc till I came across an article saying there's also a factor about your new tank is not fully cycled even if your filter is using seeded media and upon adding stability or any trusted brand of bacterial helper, after a week or two diatom just gone totally by itself.
Good to see it doing well 🤙
Thanks, Jurijs, for sharing your troubles as well as your triumphs--and especially for suggesting how to think and wait your way out of problems.
As an aside, one thing I am constantly surprised by in this hobby is how much difference there is in the water chemistry. You are maintaining about twice the TDS that Greenaqua favors, and they say they pay no attention at all to kH. There seem to be a lot of ways for a tank to stabilize and look good. Finding one is the hard part.
I have had very similar water parameters like GreenAqua for many years, but decided to experiment as I wanted better (=faster) plant growth. GreenAqua is having a lot of aquariums and maintaining them all is BIG JOB! For this reason they favor methods that give slow but steady growth. And they plant super heavy from beginning.
@@JurijsJutjajevs, the heavy planting at GreenAqua certainly would make a difference, and they have all that inventory to raid for a build. I'm about to launch a new aquarium, and now I might try harder water to help it grow in faster.
Helping plants?!!!!!!!
So great idea!!!
Already know this is going to be a awesome video
Thanks Allan, #first
Add more good bacteria every week after maintenance the tank. overall the tank looked better than before. Keep update Jurijs.
good tip 😉
Great video about perseverance against algae problems! The problem really is the low biomass to substrate richness ratio... it takes a while to balance, and I've always heavily used floaters in the beginning to get tanks stabilized. Salvinia seems to do a better job than frogbit for this.
I thought I would go with frogbit, but it surprisingly has melted...
Great video Jurijs! I absolutely love the layout of the stones! That stone is perfect! What kind was it and wonder if I could get a hold of it in Chicago!? I’m glad you didn’t give up on this scape cause it’s looking awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing the update videos! Hope all is well!
They are very simple basalt rock that is used to secure riversides. Usually it looks like bricks, if you are lucky you can find few nice pieces within the pile. I actually picked up a lot of rocks for my garden project and while doing so I have discovered some gems that you now see in the layout
@@JurijsJutjajevs thank you so much Jurijs for all the help always! I think I need to make a visit to my local rock quarry for landscaping and look for basalt rock! I’m looking forward to this year and watching your channel grow! I hope for a great year for you!
Great video. I agree Patience is the key. I really think with my new tank I’m gonna try the pre- cycle method.
It’s magic, just be patient
@@JurijsJutjajevs Science not magic.
Thanks for keeping it real.
always ✌️
Some time ago I had a hard time with iwagumis too, exactly like you.
Dry start method works well for me when I plant Iwagumi (with low bio mass).
Experiencing idendical issues to what you described in this video. Horrible diatom outbreak, followed by a brown blanket weed. It is a slimey brown cyano like algae, and spots of a short green hair algae. I also have an iwagumi with pressurized co2 and noticed my rocks look almost identical to yours. I rechecked the supply and confirmed they are also basalt.
Basalt is a volcanic rock often existing along andesite and dacite both of which are high in silica content. There is open debate as to whether or not this would contribute to diatoms but maybe imperfections in the rocks are leading to high silica content in the water contributing to the severe algae outbreaks?
Anyways the helper plants was a good idea. I will try this.
Patience is key 🌱🙌
for sure 😉
I will be doing a fresh scape today or next week and I plan on putting in way to many floating plants to help make sure I don't have an algae bloom as well, since the scape plant load is light on nutrient hogs.
Good idea, but make sure your plants still get enough light
Inspired by your patient success. Love from india ❤️
Thanks, best greetings 👋
Diatoms are a brown micro algae. Under a microscope, they look like glass due to the fact that they utilize silicates in the water as their main nutrient. This nutrient is also their limiting factor and is the reason why diatoms tend to disappear after only a few weeks or months. Silicates will be higher if you are using sand, aka SiO2, so aqua soil will be better to reduce your chance of heavy diatom algae issues because it lacks a lot of silicates.
I haven't had sand in this layout and I'm using RO water only
@@JurijsJutjajevs I would be surprised if the soil you used didn't have silicate content, but could be wrong, certainly most low nutrient terrestrial composts use a lot of sand, and, aquatic soil for ponds is likewise heavy in sand, heavy to sink and heavy to reduce the volume of humus.
The greatest introduce
Hye, greeting from Malaysia. I’ve got question. If i put my aquarium outdoor but not direct sunlight. What is proper my light+co2 working on? Can i start the cycle at 7PM auto shut off @ 5AM?? Or should i just follow the natural light at outdoor?? Please guide
I have had Hygrophila Araguaia from tissue culture melt away multiple times on startup. So now I only use trimmings from my plant holding tank whenever I start a new setup. Haven't had any melting since.
Tc plants are sensitive
Great video 👊 i guess i am not the only one that struggels with scapes some times 😮
everyone does from time to time ;) even the best ones haha :D
Hahaha 🤣 and i can not forget the time you teach me how to clean the roof when you did waterchange 🤣🤣🤣
Can u do iwagumi with moss weeping? And how to trim them properly.
Looking great. For such a large (long) tank do you have enough flow? Would having an additional filter outlet on the opposite side to the existing one help?
yes it would help and its actually planned
Personally I think the biology of your tank wasn’t ready, too much excess nutrients/waste from live stock and soil. The plants haven’t settled in yet so they can’t consume all that extra nutrient and also the small amount of plant mass as well. Probably the reason for the hygro melting as the ammonia was probably too much for it and tc plants are much more sensitive
That’s why I believe balancing out a iwagumi is hard with higher lighting as well due to the plant mass
lessons learned here, I haven't had a direct start Iwagumi in a long time, the last one I did was with 6 weeks DSM period prior to filling with water, this where things are already pretty stable in substrate
Nice iwagumi dude
grow ur hair out man, lookin good!
haha :D
I've come to this a bit late. Glad you have 'won', at least for now. Never been brave enough to try Iwagumi because primarily of the challenges, and I prefer a more 'natural jungle style, I don't really fully appreciate Zen gardens, but more importantaly soil substrate is rich, especially initially as it leaches into the water column, hence the heavy water changes. Diatoms are, as I am sure you have checked, algae, and very fast multipliers and are a colonising species, i.e. first into new territory. Not sure why several species of plant failed, but I know from terrestrial gardening that when a plant fails in a particular spot best to replant with an unrelated different species. I, and here it is hindsight, might have gone with hornwort and salvinia from the start and removed the fast growers gradually from two months in. Great video as usual. Thanks as always.
yeah lessons learned or better to say "relearned" as I've been there before
juris, how long is your photoperiod and are you running lights at full power? I am using ADA TC glosso and it is not as compact. your looks great! Is the key to just trim it alot?
So after the 2 weeks update video I have reduced light intensity to 50% and shortened photo period down to 6-7 hours total. After diatoms passed away, I have ramped up the light up to 8-10 hours total and 100% for a period of 6 hours as I noticed the glossy started growing vertically
great video as i am personally dealing with diatoms at the moment. what kind of algae crew (besides Amanos) are you using? thanks
clithon Corona snails, they are simply the best. So I have in there right now 40 Amano shrimps and 50+ Clithon Corona, + some of the fancy shrimp from previously
Hallo Jurijs, klasse Aquarium. Wann kommen denn mal neue Mosscotton Shirts raus, evtl. mit Rasio Aufschrift usw?
bald, sehr bald :)
High ammonia in soil can cause these kind of melting problems. Unfortunately hygrophila lancea "araguaia" is more delicate than it looks.
I feel like you added way too many nutrients/additives to the soil when you set it up. Given, I've only been aquascaping for a year so I'm by no means an expert but it seemed a bit excessive when I watched the set up. Glad to see it getting better though!
My thoughts as well. And Scape is looking amazing now!
I don't think so, as all nutrients added to the soil do not dissolve in water and I have used way more in the past with no issues. I strongly doubt the additives have played any role in the issues I have had
Watching from bacolod city philippines
Nice, thanks for watching :)
Please make a video on how to grow Aquarium Plants Emersed using only sunlight
There is no good video on TH-cam which clearly explains the process
I remember you added a lot of additives to the soil. Could the problem be from too much nutrients from those additives?
None of them dissolve in water and I have never had issues before even when I used higher quantities of additives. So I doubt them. Again, it’s probably the little bio mass and high ammonia from plenty of soil that has caused the issues
Diatoms are a major group of algae, specifically microalgae.
What remineraliser are you using for your ro water?
Currently JBL aquadur
Isnt 250-350 TDS really high? Greenaqua always speaks about TDS around 120 and then change water when above 150. Let me hear your thought procces on the "high" TDS. Thank you
its actually 320 mS (Microsiemens = conductivity) and TDS as at 160PPM right now, sorry for confusing
@@JurijsJutjajevs Okay, that makes more sense then. So you aim for 160PPM after water change or lower?
Between 125 and 160 PPM
Third! Greetings from Australia !
thanks Tony, how's life down under? I see people behave like there is no corona at all, good for you :)
I think the reason for the nutrient excess and algae issues are those stuff you put under the substrate on the first vid. I think that was too much.
I made a non co2 tank with moderate light 75 liters and since the set up I’ve had 0 algae problems only a little bit from the glass but overall moderate maintenance because of all the hydrocotyle 😂
nice!
@@JurijsJutjajevs thanks
@@JurijsJutjajevs I’ve only been in the hobby for about 15 months now I started keeping plants in my second month and thanks to your videos you helped me get there so much quicker 👏👍
Great. Just keep on scaping then 😜
@@JurijsJutjajevs yes I will I’m only 14 so I have a long way to go 😂
If diatoms comes from a leaching of silicates, then what do you think may be the cause: the rocks, the gravel/sand or something else in your aquarium?
diatoms not only feed from silicate. Some silicates is also present in RO water, in my case it was the little plant mass and huge amount of soil that must have caused the issues combined with little amount of water changes - bad scenario
@@JurijsJutjajevs Thanks for sharing your knowledge Jurijs, I love your work... Keep it up! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi, I am sorry for an out of topic question, is it dangerous to use canister filter with built in UV light inside the intake tube for aquascape? Thank you🙏
I don't see why this could be dangerous
@@JurijsJutjajevs will the UV light kills the benneficial bacteria for the aquascape? 😃. Thanks so much for replying
@@vervegaming597 Filter Bacteria lives in the filter media or substrate, not in the water. Using a UV will not harm beneficial filter bacteria
@@JurijsJutjajevs thank you so much jurijs.
@@JurijsJutjajevs hi jurijs so i decided to cut the uv light wire off and its been 10th day of planting now, it works well. Thanks so much
had them plenty of brown hair algae and cloud cotton of diatoms in the foreground last week, and every waterchange, i usually see them grow within 3 days after removing them.
but then for now, a week passed. they're not growing anymore. it just weird.
that as well, it's my first 60P iwagumi tank,
Hopefully in a week or two they will be gone 😉
@@JurijsJutjajevs i'm looking forward for it 😂as well my own tank. bcs if i see no algae grown in my tank. i suspect i did something unexpectedly weird.
Since I live in equator, so the water temp is usually at around 30-31degC, so I expect brown hair algae in my tank. but it just gone.
How long of distance to planting on carpet plants?
As dense as possible. Check out my making of video to see the distance in this one. Link in the description and in the end cars
@@JurijsJutjajevs ok,thanks a lot for every detail in your presentations
Do you think that a dry start would have been beneficial for this one?
Good question.
Yes for sure, the whole nitrification process would have been completed by the time you fill in water. However, I'm not a huge fan of Glossostigma DSM
@@JurijsJutjajevs thanks for the reply! I haven't used glosso for a dry start yet; makes me sad to hear that it doesn't work so well.
👍 are all those zebra nerite snails?
Clithon corona snails. I don’t like zebra Bertie, it looks like construction 🚧 signs
@@JurijsJutjajevs 😂 thats true
"slowly" but surely? "but slowly"
Stones and grass. Why put in water the first place? Looks the same, and you just skip of all those problems. And still an Iwagumi.
no fish
I think ph was not stable..
DAY 1 OF ASKING FOR STEVE 2.0
haha :D. not in this scape, sorry
@@JurijsJutjajevs for sure, another steve would dig up this scape too probably but hopefully steve 2.0 tank eventually :)
First
second :P