I did a clean up on the shallow tank (left) that has moss covered with hair algae. It got so bad that I threw away all the moss. Now just a few strands of hornwort, a driftwood and a lava rock in there. It is still used to house baby guppies and gets transfered to the shallow tank (right) when they grow big enough or my wife will complain they are too big and transfer them herself. It looks empty now. Below is a picture of how empty it looks. Might be closing this tanks soon. However, this is the only no-maintenance tank that I have and not so sure I really wanted to close it since it just 'run' by itself, except feeding and changing/top-up water. Hmm.... There seems to have some green algae growing on the driftwood and lava rock. Will let it be as it will make them have a more natural look.
The moss in the 1 ft shrimp tank is also infested with hair algae and I have taken and removed most of it, including my moss as well. : ( Luckily the oto is still surviving inside. The rest of the fishes either died or taken out already. It looks like a mess now so I should be rescaping it when I can find time to do it. The shrimps are still there but their numbers are not that many, I wonder why?!? Will keep this tank for now unless I can find a good reason not to.
Above is my Planted Tank 2, looks bare now compared to the last time. My moss has also been infected with hair algae here as well and I have also removed some of them and let the spiky moss spread in the tank rather than in plastic lunch boxes. This tank might get a make over if I try to close down my shallow tank. Not a lot of fishes now. Maybe get some more??The Planted tank 1 is the only tank that is able to look nice even when it is not well taken care of. Looks like planting dense does have its merits as you can see below.
I have been removing dead or unhealthy plants and there are more space for me now. The hair algae problem is still there and I have to manually remove them from the bogwood and my moss as well. There has been more green algae growing on my bogwood. They looked nice so I let them grow. Maybe I would be getting my home-made algae ball soon?!? NOT!!!
Below is the sole surviver of my badis badis. It managed to find something to eat and survived after all these time. Not sure it started to take processed food or shrimplets. Well, at least it survives.
Here, you can see it looking at my camera. Must be wondering what I'm doing...
This is the close shot that I took with my shrimps in Planted Tank 1.Also I have turned off all my fans for my planted tanks and shrimp tank. I even turn off the filter for the shrimp tank. The shrimp tank filter was meant to get some cleaning up after I off it but never get to clean it. Should be doing it soon or will remove it. Last time it was so weak that I just turn it off.
Til next time ... Bye.
