Can't Stop Trimming

Whatever bushy, thin-leaved plant I have growing in every part of the tank is growing well in every part of the tank. That is, a lot, and quickly shading and pushing out anything that is around. My plan was to cut it up, as well as some moneywort, and take those with the temple to Alamo Aquatics. I was not terrible happy with the condition of the bushy stuff, so some of it ended up in the trash as well as quite a few temple leaves. The temple especially, showed some tell-tale signs of potassium deficiency (brown, pin-point holes forming in older leaves), but I find it hard to believe, since I am dosing not only KNO3, but K2SO4 as well.


I'm not even all that thrilled with what is left, either. The store can do with it whatever they may, but I'll bet they like the moneywort chain, with half a dozen stems growing off of the one stalk. I didn't have time to go this evening, so I bagged them with some water, and I'll swing them by after work tomorrow.

As a side note, I frustratingly looked for my bamboo shrimp for 15 minutes. It is so big, how could it hide? Well, when I got distraced by a long, narrow fallen leaf that looked for a second like his back stripe, I saw the tail end of him (with back stripe) just barely poking out of a hole in the driftwood. I didn't even know the wood had holes that big in it. I'm hoping he's just being nocturnal and not stressed.

He came out with the lights off, and I spotted his white stripe by the red lotus; I don't know it was a trick of the light, but he looks like he has adopted a reddish hue already, which according to this site, is a good sign.

Speaking of stressed, I'm afraid my latest mystery snail is dead. I noticed him on the ground under the spray bar, rather motionless. His shell was rather pale yellow, and when I grabbed him, he made no visible effort to close up. I have no idea what the tank's problem is (the 5 gallon snail is still alive and presumably well), but I've having zero luck taking care of them lately.

I removed the CO2 indicator today since it hasn't been doing me any good anyway, the liquid in it recently turned nearly completely clear, and the suction cup had become precariously inverted. It remains to be seen if I will replace it.