Tank 2 seems to be cycled already! I'll have to keep adding a drop of ammonia each day to make sure the bacteria stays alive.
Tank 1 is getting there.
Tank 2 was getting a severe case of blue-green algae. I didn't scrub down the small cave I put in there, which had some bga on it, so all my hairgrass was covered in the stuff. I put a powerhead in there while there's no inhabitants to help with more circulation, and to help with the CO2 dispersal. There's been a more rapid growth in the hairgrass since I hooked up the co2 to the powerhead. The new growth isn't covered in bga!
I'm going to use a maracyn treatment to kill the cyanobacteria I have in there already, it shouldn't be a problem if it kills off some of my nitrifying bacteria, since it doesn't have inhabitants yet. I'm going to wait to add shrimp till the hairgrass has filled in more, and is less likely to be uprooted by shrimp trying to get some food.
Tank 1 had a severe case of hairgrass, moss, and even duckweed melting... there's new growth in the hairgrass, so it looks like it's making a comeback. i'll probably take some from the 10 gallon to add to this one, to spread it out a lot more. most of the moss I had on the moss wall appears to have died on me.. there's still a bit doing well in there, so hopefully it'll just spread itself around.
I promise i'll get pictures soon, I have 6 gb of pictures from spring break and my friends' graduation this past weekend, so both my memory cards are pretty full, lol.