#meanwhile ludwigia and hydrocotyle don’t give a shit

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Some very honest State of the Tanks photos. They always look better in person, can’t photograph them to save my life, but the colors are popping. (No color adjustments on these!)

The 40 gallon is growing quickly despite nasty algae that conveniently doesn’t show up that well in photos? Mostly black beard algae/cladophora and green spot, so my fertilizer dosing/CO2 injection needs to be fine tuned. Despite this, the brand new rotala “H’ra” (5th photo) is getting pink/orange/red. I love it! The bucephelandra are also growing despite the algae, they may need a little repositioning to help with that. A good trim of the nearby rotalas will also help the alternanthera reineckii get beefier, but it is holding its own now that it’s got plenty of root tabs. (6th photo)

Maximus’ tank is chugging along slowly but steadily. The bolbitis and bucephelandra keep floating away. That is extremely annoying. Root, damn you! But the hygrophila difformis is back after nearly rotting into oblivion.

I need a more aggressive trim routine…

#planted aquarium #planted aquarium saga #fishkeeping #freshwater plants #40 gallon breeder aquarium #20 gallon long #betta splendens #giant plaka betta #Maximus the betta #TETRA TOWN! #rotalas are both gorgeous and assholes #you change one thing on accident and the new growth goes fucky #meanwhile ludwigia and hydrocotyle don’t give a shit #time consuming hobbies yay #so much algae I gotta relearn all over again #at least all my new plants look cool and are doing well #look at my teeny pink flamingo cryptocoryne #she’s doing so well I’m so proud!