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The 1-2 Grow! stuff when first planted seemed to be affected by soil burn I think as some leaves started to die off so I moved them to my main tank and they died there anyway as it isn't maintained properly as a planted tank anymore. I did however replant a couple of back into the emersed set up...
I done my first trim today of the staurogynes and I replanted the tops to fill out the substrate and I'm starting to get some ideas as to what scape I'm going to go with when I fill the tank. I will be adding some rocks to the scape and moving the redmoor into place from where it is now so any...
So today I finally decided to 'paint' on the moss/yogurt mix using Fissidens and java moss mixed with 100ml of tank water and a good blob (teaspoon) of yogurt.
First I chopped up the moss with a razor blade
The Yogurt I used containing L. acidophilus
Approx. teaspoon blob of yogurt...
Just a wee update on things .... hit and miss with some plants but the Staurogyne repens have done really well and I'm ready to trim them anyday now. Here are a few pics of the staurogynes before trimming ................
1-2 Grow Staurogynes
Rescued Staurogynes form my 5ft tank
Not as yet, I am wanting a new optiwhite tank but with a wedding to pay off every month its not easy having the spare £200 for it. I just couldn't wait to start a DSM, so will probably move everything over to the new tank and continue the DSM but with the mosses and yogurt mix going on...
Thought I would update this a month on ....
I removed some staurogynes from my main tank that had basically died off to stalks and thought I'd see if they would come back to life and they seem to be recovering. Also rescued some Hydrocotyle verticillata and it seems to be producing new leaves...
I'll stop with the EI water but I have removed the Alternanthera and Arcuata to my main tank and just have the staurogyne in there now, might try some HC and hairgrass next
Damn! I was thinking it might be to do with the ADA Substrate ..... nowt I can do then apart from stopping the ei mix misting. Any ideas as to what might do well in this high nutrient type environment? Staurogynes seem ok and the Alternanthera seem ok but havent seen any big growth or anything...
I've removed the excess water and as you say it should stay damp. I've cling film over it and the temperature is sitting around 26c during the day and I mist it twice a day with EI dosed and Co2 enriched water from my main tank. Any tips on how much light and heat from the mat I should be giving it?
The Staurogyne and Alternanthera are Tropica 1-2 grow and the Utricularia graminifolia and Ludwigia Arcuata are similar (in vitro) from a Ebay seller but look the biz! You get loads of plantlets from 1 pot so thats all I ordered, it says on the tub 6-8 small sections but I got probably double...
I now have my first plants in a couple of days now, still have to get some wood and rocks into it as I'm gonna try some moss or riccia mixed with the yogurt aswell. Just wanted to get started so planted them with little thought to a final scape and maybe flooding at some point. Will wait until...
I've been waiting a few months to buy a new optiwhite tank since breaking down my 36" tank full of kribs, but since I've been started paying off my future wedding each month, the extra cash isn't easy to get hold off. So I've decided to set up my 36" to grow emersed plants and see what happens...
Just ordered a heat matt for one of my 36" x 12" tanks that I have lying about, got a 39 watt APS luminare that I have for my new optiwhite tank that I can't afford quite now, so gonna try an emmersed tank with some john innes no3 while I wait :)
Really interested in growing my own plants .... recently split my Anubia and tied it to various other parts in my tank but do intend to try it emersed aswell .... going to really get into it soon. Start selling plants :)
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