People love to show off their beautiful, mature tanks. As someone who is far from getting there, it can be hard to stay optimistic while deep in the ugly stage. Give newbies like me some hope!
How ugly was your ugly stage?
1. Picture of ugly
2. Picture of now
3. Tip for getting through it
Mine:
Picked up a used system and kept it running. Rescape caused mini cycle and provided fresh real estate for algae. Algae bottomed out nutrients. 0 nutrients led to green Cyano. Aggressive cleaning led to Dinos. Dosing nutrients led to more nuisance algae!
Currently improving. My notable remedies have been manual removal > UV > fluconazole.
Before, Ugly, and Now: March -> July
How ugly was your ugly stage?
1. Picture of ugly
2. Picture of now
3. Tip for getting through it
Mine:
Picked up a used system and kept it running. Rescape caused mini cycle and provided fresh real estate for algae. Algae bottomed out nutrients. 0 nutrients led to green Cyano. Aggressive cleaning led to Dinos. Dosing nutrients led to more nuisance algae!
Currently improving. My notable remedies have been manual removal > UV > fluconazole.
Before, Ugly, and Now: March -> July