Rotala H'ra | 6 Months of Growth
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Today I've got a big 6 month update on my ADA 45p. This aquascape prominently features the stunning red plant, Rotala H'Ra. I'll walk you through how each of the plants are doing, as well as give you some tips for bringing out vibrant red coloration. Finally, I'll give you some guidance on keeping tank maintenance reasonable, and not too demanding of your time.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro & What We'll Cover
00:30 - Lighting Upgrade
01:52 - Rotala Green
02:21 - Water GH/KH
03:52 - Hygrophila Pinnatifida
04:41 - Foreground Plants
05:52 - Algae Management
06:31 - Weekly Maintenance
07:39 - Outro
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AQUARIUM GEAR & MATERIALS
GLASS
ADA 45P (10 gal)
CABINET
Archaea Wood Cabinet (Dark Grey)
FILTRATION
OASE BioMaster Thermo 350
C02
UNS Mini Dual Stage CO2 Regulator
10 lb Pressurized CO2 Cylinder
AQUARIO Neo Diffuser (Tiny)
LIGHTING
TWINSTAR 450SM (ver. 3)
SUBSTRATE SYSTEM
ADA Aquasoil Amazonia ver. II (6 liters)
ADA Bacter 100, Tourmaline BC
HARDSCAPE
Maple Leaf Stone
PLANTS
Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba'
Eleocharis pusilla
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Rotala rotundifolia 'Green'
Rotala rotundifolia 'H'ra'
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MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS
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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?
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 :)
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
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!
Nice tank👍
Glad you like it!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 😊
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
Hi
With this skimer. All media will be gressy,
Whats the solution?
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you rephrase your question?
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.
Hello sir rotala rotundifolia h'ra and rotala sp h'ra difference
Thank you for that distinction 👌🏼
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
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.
얼굴 좀 나오지 말고 수조만 보여주면 좋겠다.
Dude you have to many alge
Dude, you can never have enough 😉
To much iron