I just moved my 5 gallon tank to my computer desk right now and took some pictures of it, along with some pics of the plants and this algae growth I have going on. I currently have a betta fish along with some Anubias and a smaller Sword plant. I've had this setup going for a while and its been maintaining great thanks to some help with my lighting from Byron a few months back or even longer. I currently have it on 6 hours of light a day with a 10 watt 6500k CFL. I did have it on 8 hours of light, but that was giving me too much algae. The 6 hours of light still gives it some algae but not as much. I currently do not give any nutrients to the plants but I would like to start.
I have a couple questions for this tank. The first question is, how can I keep this algae down? I would say that it comes back within a week after scrubbing it off with a scrubber. The second question is.....how can I get these plants to flourish and grow more rapidly? The Anubias has maintaned, and even doubled in size in the past 3 or 4 months, but the sword plant has declined in growth and actually looks worse than when I bought it.
I have read a couple articles about the algae, and from what I understand is that there will always be some algae in a tank with lighting. I have also read that co2 helps with plant growth a lot but can cost 300 dollars or more. I'm not sure if this price range is correct for a dinky 5 gallon tank, but I just don't have that kind of money. I've kept these plants alive, now I would like to take it one step further....Thanks for the help in advance! :-D
I have a couple questions for this tank. The first question is, how can I keep this algae down? I would say that it comes back within a week after scrubbing it off with a scrubber. The second question is.....how can I get these plants to flourish and grow more rapidly? The Anubias has maintaned, and even doubled in size in the past 3 or 4 months, but the sword plant has declined in growth and actually looks worse than when I bought it.
I have read a couple articles about the algae, and from what I understand is that there will always be some algae in a tank with lighting. I have also read that co2 helps with plant growth a lot but can cost 300 dollars or more. I'm not sure if this price range is correct for a dinky 5 gallon tank, but I just don't have that kind of money. I've kept these plants alive, now I would like to take it one step further....Thanks for the help in advance! :-D