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Subject: Stupid plants
Content: I tore all the plants out of my 55 gallon last night.  I have had a battle with diatoms for over a year and it won.  Unlike Hillary, I know when to quit! I have a 20 and a 29 gallon, both planted, with lights just barely 1 watt and no CO2 and never had diatoms. This 55 has been a problem forever.  I use phosphate removers, CO2, over 2 watts per gallon and have a diatom factory. Makes no sense to me at all.  I've decided to fill the 55 with wood and java fern and moss, throw a bunch of ugly hornwort in the tank and maybe some anubius and call it done.  It's just getting too expensive to keep buying new plants and trying to keep this tank looking decent. I clean leaves more than I clean house!