Pictoral evidence.

Edit: Wow! It looks worse in the pictures than in the tank, lol

The tank The rest of the images are zoomed in on bad spots. Not everything is covered - these are the worst areas.

It's been nearly a month and the string algae isn't gone, less but not gone. Very little GSA on the glass, literally one or two spots, but I get enough hair algae on the glass to clean every couple of days. I've raised the lights to 32" from the substrate. The lights are on an 8 hour photo peri...

Cristy Keister wrote:Phosphate. Tip the N/P balance slightly toward more phosphate and the reds come out more.

Sweet, thanks!

I'll try to work this into my PPS regimen

This is really helpful for us nubs

As I'm tweaking with my ferts I have a better idea of what to look for.

I'd like to bring out the red in the Ludwigia Red, and Rotala. From what I understand, the factors are iron, light.
Is there anything else that brings out that color?

Well, it works. Two for one - what little surface film disappeared and increase surface agitation. It's not too strong - I think the 425 would be too much for a planted tank that's 36" If this were 48" the 425 would be a better choice. I've parked it at the right in back facing up and it h...

Yep, that is an Amano. Usually Amanos are tough little buggers. Looks like you have some of the same terrible algae that I had. After dosing with Excel and a three day blackout it was pretty much gone. I also put 12 Amanos in the tank (11g). Perhaps you should try a blackout and Excel, then wait a ...

150EH wrote: now I just kill the shrimp in another tank and I can't figure out why.

Let's start an aquatic club focused on that...

My intention was to have amano shrimp deforesting algae, not a shrimp tank - unless I decide on a crazy expensive shrimp. I found an amano in the tank today! I think it's an amano. along side a cherry. So some survived... IMG_3043.JPG Now I'm at a total loss as to why I lost that many initially. Cou...

hmmm.... The cherries are still alive and kicking. I saw one yesterday munching on a leaf... Based on your collective experience: What are amanos more sensitive to than cherries. From what people tell me they are both cockroaches, haha... Salt in the water? I know amanos breed in brakish water? I do...

Well, I may have found out what's going on: predation? The cherries survived 24 hours being drop acclimated to both QT and the display tank. Then they just started dissappearing in the main. I netted the QT gang and dropped them into the main and watched. This morning there were two on leaves. I ano...