Well,

I'm getting increasingly frustrated at my plants' inability to
keep up with my fishs' appetite for plants. I'm not sure what to do.

The plants don't have time to establish much growth since
they're eaten so quickly. Even trimming of water sprite I float in the
tank to suck up any spare nutrients end up as stripped stems in a few
days.

I was told previously that my large tetras - Buenos Aires and
Columbian - were the likely culprits. Didn't know they liked salad so
much when I bought them ::-(.

I've even tried transplanting some established plants from
another tank. They're soon devoured. It's getting very frustrating.
Any suggestions? I've considered increasing to two or three feedings a
day, but am afraid of violating the "do not overfeed maxim". This tank
grows algae very readily.

The critical info:

29G tank, 72W AH-Supply CF, 10 hours a day.
Occasional fertiling via Seachem Flourish (but rarely - poorly
established plants means that most of the nutrients end up in a fresh
coat of algae).
I've got bacopa, hygo, water sprite, some small java fern, a
bunch of vals, and a hunk of dragon's breath (not sure if this is a
common name...).
The tank isn't too heavily planted - I'd say moderately light
planting job. The substrate is ~3 inches of Seachem Onyx.
The fish a 3 Buenos Aires, 2 Columbian, 2 Serpae tetras, 2
swordtails, one bristlenose pleco, 3 coryodas, 3 dwarf ottos, and a pair
of kribs.

--
Ross Vandegrift


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