水草情迷

Sorry, forgot the fact of your tank, 3 days plus no fish. This is another ball game.

I would suggest you just leave the tank as it is except some weekly 10-15% water change. Fertilizer in minimum or even not necessary. Introduce some low cost hardy fish (not too many). Also introduce some low cost plants such as twisted villas which can tolarate almost any kind of water. Wait for at least 1 month for the tank to settle down. Then start again for the red plants.

Also, 100% no algae is near impossible. Even expert with very high-tech tank cannot achieve the exact equalibrium of the tank. Don't be frustrated to see algae again. Fight with algae is also one of the interesting subject in this hobby.

bird nest,
o, your tank is only 3 days, dont put any 'fat' ar, wait at least 2 weeks sin la, also reduce time of lighting in this 2 weeks. now is the happy hour to all kind of algae.

o icic!

So i am afraid that i need to buy red plant again a month time later lah... hahaha! Thanks Beginner too...

em... i want to ask, if reduce day lighting in the first 2 weeks time, will the 珍珠 grow very fast and tall? how to make it more 貼地?

bird nest,
time of lighting should be increased step by step in this period, depend on what you plant, observe them every day, if they started to 'bill' talk, light is not enough, if excess aglae is found, light & fat was too much, quite challenging & funny. enjoy!