To have such pure water is a privilege, honestly I would not add KH. Only GH. Here the water TDS is as low as yours… BTW What is your GH and KH from tap water?
Tank is looking great Logan! Things are really starting to balance out now! I have hard water here in Arizona and my rotala green are a very nice green. I also have rotala narrow leaf sp red which is completely pink/red.
I was looking at some old footage and it’s definitely this powerful light that’s bringing out the pink in my rotala green. I have to dim the lighting down because I’m starting to get a bit of green algae, so hopefully some of that green color will return when I dim
@@LoganRandoAquascaping that should do the trick! I know the longer the stems stay close to the light it starts to change and once I trim the tops and re plant them they turn green again and stay green until they reach the light and stay there for a long period again
Hey logan, amazing vid as always. My week is never complete without watching one of your vids... Could you please do a video on how to stabilize and 'balance' an aquascape... Perhaps you can explain how to convert from low to high tech as i cannot find the right way on how to convert... Bba is a b..
Making an aquascaping channel and being the star of the video, but not the aquascape... I feel **** for seeing a portrait of you quite often. Dont let yourself show in the video a lot
Do you really like that Fluval surface skimmer? I’ve beat my head against the wall for years with that high maintenance skimmer. The black hole skimmer is doing a vastly superior job of keeping my tanks crystal clear on top. Plus, they have particulate/biological capabilities as well.
This surface skimmer is just a generic Amazon brand skimmer that attaches to the inflow of the lily pipe. It has it's quirks, but generally these are my favorite type of skimmers
After I recorded the vid I realized I totally forgot to speak about the livestock! I've got a huge mixed school of Ember Tetras and Celestial Pearl Danios. They're such a joy to watch and are really voracious feeds. For cleanup crew, I've got some horned-nerites, Oto cats, Amano shrimp, and a small colony of Crystal Red Shrimp
Hi Logan, Wish to see more frequent posts, maybe weekly posts, love the quality of your videos, also would love more b-rolls of the projects as well in your videos.
Hey Logan green algae cleared n a couple of days for me after adding algae shrimp. In Australia we use Darwin or North Queensland shrimp but I think you use amano shrimp where you are 😊the pretty shrimp just don’t have the same cleaning capacity
What is overhanging plant ? Rotala Hra is considered such, and I have one stem of this plant and is indeed kind of bouncing aside. Though it's still acclimating to the tank as it still cycling.
I recently tried a dirted tank with CO2 and highlight. Due to my work schedule, I had to trim it when the plants reached the surface, which was way too late. Each time I trimmed the tank, I ended up with a gigantic algae bloom of hair algae. I am going to now have to catch the six or seven fish out of the tank before I pull the plants that I want out of it and redo the soil. (what a nightmare).
Oh yeah! Take a look at the playlist for that tank. In the latest video in that playlist I talk about how I plan on conquering the algae. Everything worked out quite well and now there's virtually zero green algae in the tank. I'll do another update soon
What % brightness did you dim it down to? I have the same light got a few days ago? Im also using gh/kh+ salt. Should I not? My controsoil is 2 days old
@@LoganRandoAquascaping pretty much all green background plants turn pink/orange under high light the best thing you can do is to dose nitrate and phosphate in low level that will keep the plants green
@@ankitkar2772 That's a great tip. I just refreshed the soil root tabs, so I'm curious to see how the plants respond given that the nutrient tabs contain NPK
I have some rotala green turning orange as well under the flat nano. I always wondered why it’s not staying green. Not as “advertised” I guess ! Our water here in New York seems to be very soft in summer. I recorded 50ppm of the tap. My snails started to die this week and realized that my Kh was practically zero in my tank. I added some crushed coral to the tank which raised Both Kh/Gh. Will add the Shrimp mineral if the value stays too low.
Hi, good tank 😉. About Rotala rotundifolia "green" ... i think that is other variant (not "true" R r green). There is a lot of variants of Rotalas. In my experience R green is easy to grow and not too sensitive about gh or tds, and, unlike other R. Rotundifolia varieties, keeps the green even with a lot of light . In my experience is normal find errors in names of species in the market (with cryptocorynes - one of my favourite genus- happens a lot ). / Hc cuba , unlike "Montecarlo" is an agresive plant in wardwater (your water is too soft), maybe is difficult for that reason and would be better try with montecarlo ( in my case is the opposite, i have hardwater and for that reason i use HC and not montecarlo 😉) . Greetings from Chile
Hey there! Thanks for the great info! I haven’t used Monte Carlo in a long time but it used to grow like a weed for me. I need to try it with my next build 😊 Glad to have your here representing Chile! How’s the Aquascaping scene over there?
@@LoganRandoAquascaping we are few aquascapers, but more than 20years ago. Only myself have been inside the top 100 iaplc twice, but I don't participate every year.
30 TDS is too low, you have to highen this value to 120 ppm at least... I use only the GH+ to remineralize the water as I have seiryu stones (these rocks raise the carbonatic hardness - KH) and I have Volcano Mineral soil from JBL It is important to remineralize the water because in addition to stabilizing the values of CO2 and Ph, it can be useful for plants because the salts contain nutrients such as potassium.
Oh yes, I remineralize all of my tanks to 120 TDS after a water change. I'm experimenting with adding GH/KH minerals now instead of just the GH since I don't believe these maple stones release carbonates.
I remineralize all of my tanks to 120 ppm TDS. Let me know if you remineralize using GH+ or GH/KH+.
To have such pure water is a privilege, honestly I would not add KH. Only GH. Here the water TDS is as low as yours… BTW What is your GH and KH from tap water?
Tank is looking great Logan! Things are really starting to balance out now! I have hard water here in Arizona and my rotala green are a very nice green. I also have rotala narrow leaf sp red which is completely pink/red.
I was looking at some old footage and it’s definitely this powerful light that’s bringing out the pink in my rotala green. I have to dim the lighting down because I’m starting to get a bit of green algae, so hopefully some of that green color will return when I dim
@@LoganRandoAquascaping that should do the trick! I know the longer the stems stay close to the light it starts to change and once I trim the tops and re plant them they turn green again and stay green until they reach the light and stay there for a long period again
Hey logan, amazing vid as always. My week is never complete without watching one of your vids... Could you please do a video on how to stabilize and 'balance' an aquascape... Perhaps you can explain how to convert from low to high tech as i cannot find the right way on how to convert... Bba is a b..
Thanks Sharir! Really glad you're enjoying the vids. That's a great topic idea. Just added it to my list of videos I need to make
Great video Logan :) this tank looks great 💚you did a great decision with the light for such tank 😊
Thank you! Really loving the new light. Now I just need a dimmer to control the little bit of algae
@@LoganRandoAquascaping oh yes for sure! I used this light for the customer and it is really very very strong , so I highly recommend a dimmer here :)
awesome channel bro! insta sub the second the saw the quality of production
Hey super grateful to have you here as a subscriber! New vids every Friday!
I have same issues like your tank. My plants is melting. I’m going to test tds and add gh/kh. Let see what’s going on
Making an aquascaping channel and being the star of the video, but not the aquascape... I feel **** for seeing a portrait of you quite often. Dont let yourself show in the video a lot
I’ve found with aquasoils you only need to add gh. The aquasoil will just absorb the kh until it’s buffering capabilities run out
Do you really like that Fluval surface skimmer?
I’ve beat my head against the wall for years with that high maintenance skimmer.
The black hole skimmer is doing a vastly superior job of keeping my tanks crystal clear on top.
Plus, they have particulate/biological capabilities as well.
This surface skimmer is just a generic Amazon brand skimmer that attaches to the inflow of the lily pipe. It has it's quirks, but generally these are my favorite type of skimmers
Great update video. Did you cover the livestock? I didn't see it. What's in there?
After I recorded the vid I realized I totally forgot to speak about the livestock! I've got a huge mixed school of Ember Tetras and Celestial Pearl Danios. They're such a joy to watch and are really voracious feeds. For cleanup crew, I've got some horned-nerites, Oto cats, Amano shrimp, and a small colony of Crystal Red Shrimp
Hi Logan, Wish to see more frequent posts, maybe weekly posts, love the quality of your videos, also would love more b-rolls of the projects as well in your videos.
Thanks Wafa! I publish videos every Friday 😊
Hey Logan green algae cleared n a couple of days for me after adding algae shrimp. In Australia we use Darwin or North Queensland shrimp but I think you use amano shrimp where you are 😊the pretty shrimp just don’t have the same cleaning capacity
Great tip Jacqueline. Gonna add some amanos to help take care of the algae
What is overhanging plant ? Rotala Hra is considered such, and I have one stem of this plant and is indeed kind of bouncing aside. Though it's still acclimating to the tank as it still cycling.
Hygrophila Pinnatifida
I recently tried a dirted tank with CO2 and highlight. Due to my work schedule, I had to trim it when the plants reached the surface, which was way too late. Each time I trimmed the tank, I ended up with a gigantic algae bloom of hair algae. I am going to now have to catch the six or seven fish out of the tank before I pull the plants that I want out of it and redo the soil. (what a nightmare).
Good luck catching all the fish. Take your time and drain the tank a bit to help
Nice tank👍
Glad you like it!
Hi Logan, may I ask what did you use on your background, is it just a white sticker or led backlight? It looks good
This one is the ADA foggy film
Im curious about the dimension (inch) of your tank. I got 24 gallon tank but it looks like small with plants in it. Thanks
The tank in this vid is an ADA 45p
Hi pal, did you solve the issue with those algae? I have the same now. Thanks
Oh yeah! Take a look at the playlist for that tank. In the latest video in that playlist I talk about how I plan on conquering the algae. Everything worked out quite well and now there's virtually zero green algae in the tank. I'll do another update soon
What % brightness did you dim it down to? I have the same light got a few days ago? Im also using gh/kh+ salt. Should I not? My controsoil is 2 days old
How much ml u dose the apt zero for your tank ?
1ml per 10 gals
were not adding kh to a planted tank, were just buffing the Gh only
rotala green turns pink/orange under very high light
That’s probably what’s going on here. I was looking at some old footage and realized it was totally green under the flat nano
@@LoganRandoAquascaping pretty much all green background plants turn pink/orange under high light the best thing you can do is to dose nitrate and phosphate in low level that will keep the plants green
@@ankitkar2772 That's a great tip. I just refreshed the soil root tabs, so I'm curious to see how the plants respond given that the nutrient tabs contain NPK
I have some rotala green turning orange as well under the flat nano. I always wondered why it’s not staying green. Not as “advertised” I guess ! Our water here in New York seems to be very soft in summer. I recorded 50ppm of the tap. My snails started to die this week and realized that my Kh was practically zero in my tank. I added some crushed coral to the tank which raised Both Kh/Gh. Will add the Shrimp mineral if the value stays too low.
@@FrogieFishOfficial You definitely wanna remineralize 50 ppm tap water. Take it up to 120 ppm TDS with some minerals
Hi
With this skimer. All media will be gressy,
Whats the solution?
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you rephrase your question?
Hello sir rotala rotundifolia h'ra and rotala sp h'ra difference
Thank you for that distinction 👌🏼
Hi, good tank 😉. About Rotala rotundifolia "green" ... i think that is other variant (not "true" R r green). There is a lot of variants of Rotalas. In my experience R green is easy to grow and not too sensitive about gh or tds, and, unlike other R. Rotundifolia varieties, keeps the green even with a lot of light . In my experience is normal find errors in names of species in the market (with cryptocorynes - one of my favourite genus- happens a lot ). / Hc cuba , unlike "Montecarlo" is an agresive plant in wardwater (your water is too soft), maybe is difficult for that reason and would be better try with montecarlo ( in my case is the opposite, i have hardwater and for that reason i use HC and not montecarlo 😉) . Greetings from Chile
Hey there! Thanks for the great info! I haven’t used Monte Carlo in a long time but it used to grow like a weed for me. I need to try it with my next build 😊 Glad to have your here representing Chile! How’s the Aquascaping scene over there?
@@LoganRandoAquascaping we are few aquascapers, but more than 20years ago. Only myself have been inside the top 100 iaplc twice, but I don't participate every year.
30 TDS is too low, you have to highen this value to 120 ppm at least... I use only the GH+ to remineralize the water as I have seiryu stones (these rocks raise the carbonatic hardness - KH) and I have Volcano Mineral soil from JBL
It is important to remineralize the water because in addition to stabilizing the values of CO2 and Ph, it can be useful for plants because the salts contain nutrients such as potassium.
Oh yes, I remineralize all of my tanks to 120 TDS after a water change. I'm experimenting with adding GH/KH minerals now instead of just the GH since I don't believe these maple stones release carbonates.
This video was informative but it made me uncomfortable
얼굴 좀 나오지 말고 수조만 보여주면 좋겠다.
Dude you have to many alge
Dude, you can never have enough 😉
To much iron