PLanted the remaining plants from TGM which arrived Friday as they got a delivery thursday. 1 pot rotala wallichi, 1 pot hygro araguia, and 4 pots of glosso. Glosso goes in somewhat easier than HC it has to be said. the Wallichi did look a bit forlorn but its that kind of plant - delicate. Splits into a good 5-6 groups each with 2-5 stems I would estimate, but i wasn't inclined to get too aggressive splitting it as I actually only want it in one small area. The Hygro araguia is a new one, which apparently can creep along the ground, so I've put it down by the sandy river. I expect it will therefore grow 2 feet tall in no time.
Adjusted the co2 diffuser to feed the filter inlet. No idea if am putting too much in - but its about 4-6 bubbles per second as a) still a lot wasting b) no fish yet. Have fitted drop checker now so we'll see.
Anyway, must be doing something right because pretty much the whole tank is now pearling gently. Awesome. Never seen it before as previous tank was low tech. Life in action, love it. Aesthetically of course it fills your tank up with thousands of bubbles, but at least you can tell what your circulation patterns are!!
One of the cheapo timers ain't timing. tedious. will replace with electronic one. must remember to turn off light....
Will transfer some fish tomorrow. Unless have overdone the CO2....
Piccies to follow.
Adjusted the co2 diffuser to feed the filter inlet. No idea if am putting too much in - but its about 4-6 bubbles per second as a) still a lot wasting b) no fish yet. Have fitted drop checker now so we'll see.
Anyway, must be doing something right because pretty much the whole tank is now pearling gently. Awesome. Never seen it before as previous tank was low tech. Life in action, love it. Aesthetically of course it fills your tank up with thousands of bubbles, but at least you can tell what your circulation patterns are!!
One of the cheapo timers ain't timing. tedious. will replace with electronic one. must remember to turn off light....
Will transfer some fish tomorrow. Unless have overdone the CO2....
Piccies to follow.