The 13.5 Full with plants

The fixture is 55watts, so I get about 4w/gallon @ 6700K. Co2 is coming from a pressurized system with about 1 bubble every 2 seconds. The plants in this tank are: green rotalas, Ludwigia inclinata var. CUBA, dwarf baby tears, hairgrass, anubias nana, japonica, rotala arcuata, stargrass, Bolbitis heudelotii & java moss tied to the wood.

3.5 Gallon in April

We decided to finally introduce new plants to this tank: Myriophyllum simulans/foxtail (the soft feathery green one), Myriophyllum tuberculatum/red foxtail (the brown/red thin long needles), and the one that sort of looks like rotala indica, but looks more exotic: Didiplis diandra.

55 Gallon Update

Hair grass in full force, baby tears in a close second. We've discovered staghorn algae, so we've since trimmed the grass and added some Do! Aqua clearing agent... supposedly gets rid of excess phosphates. We've since added a couple flag fish and a couple of flying foxs to deal with the thread algae. My guess is I'm adding to much liquid fertilizer? Used to add 6 drops a day, now 3 drops a day. Usually 15 drops on a 50% water change. The thread algae blossomed first before the stag. We used blow-out combs to comb the alage out, then for some reason I read somewhere that phosphate pads are bad for planted aquaiums so I removed the one I had going form the canister and then 1 week later the tank was infested with staghorn. ARGHH!! phosphates good? or phosphates bad? how much is ok and how much is not ok? Also anyone know of a safe dechlorinizer for tap water... i read potentially my conditioner drops could be adding crazy amounts of phosphates.

and a new 13.5G!

We found an amazing store in Santa Monica called Nature Aquarium (2836 Santa Monica Blvd.) and it turns out to be an amazing store for planted aquarium enthusiasts!!! They had a giant ADA sticker on the window in the front and pretty much after that, we walked out with a new tank set up kit (not Amano's ADA stuff, but the store carries really good gear for a good price, along with the ADA products.) We did get to use ADA power sand and lake soil for our substrate,
woop woop!