DSM 28 days in, can you see a difference.

[Furgan]

Ok so I’m 28 days into the dry start method. A week in , I thought I would of started to see a improvement by now, with the DHG.

The java moss on the rocks was added 1 week later using the yougart method.

Now I’m starting to get itchy feet, please tell me it will be worth wating X amount of days more.

28 days later

Moss day 1

Moss 21 days later

 

[Furgan]

Has anyone else got experience with Eleocharis Acicularis 'Mini' using DSM. It seems to be going very slowly if anything at all.

I am also wondering if I should trim it to stimulate growth?

 

[tam]

It's probably working on roots rather than top growth, if you have any near the glass you might be able to see it forming runners under the surface. If not take a little bit from one of the clumps and plant it against the glass then you can see it grow and feel like it's doing something I grow it emersed and it does well once it's got going.

 

[Nigel95]

Has anyone else got experience with Eleocharis Acicularis 'Mini' using DSM. It seems to be going very slowly if anything at all.

I am also wondering if I should trim it to stimulate growth?

I have experience with eleocharis acicularis mini in DSM. It grows slow!!! Very slow. I had a nano which I tore down after like 2,5 months and It was still not really spreading. But I had low light when starting with the dsm. Later I added more light but still it was slow. But people tell once it goes it goes like a weed.

You can see my journal >> here <<

 

[Danny]

I gave up on it after about 3 weeks as I didn't see any growth lol when I pulled it to replace it it had grown a good root structure though so had been doing well just not visibly so I imagine the same for yours.

 

[Furgan]

So what do you think, keep going another month and see? I would really like it to do well

 

[tam]

How long are your lights on, I guess if it has food and CO2 that's all it could be short on so you could try a longer light period and see if that speeds things up.

 

[Danny]

So what do you think, keep going another month and see? I would really like it to do well

I would imagine it's rooted well enough to flood by now, if it's not dead you know it's doing something at least.

 

[foxfish]

Tam has a point, if you want fast growth then you want to be giving the tank as much light as possible for 14 hours a day.
It would be difficult to over light the tank with artificial light.

 

[Patrick Crowley]

Hi Furgan, I had a very similar experience with ‘mini’. You can read about it here

DSM no growth
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...php?threads/DSM-no-growth.51363/&share_type=t

I found that adding a heat mat made a big difference, it really allowed me to keep the humidity high. I would not be in a rush to flood it, the growth will be even slower after - less light (14hrs vs 6hrs?) and less CO2 (400ppm vs approx. 30ppm if injecting).

Good luck!


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[Furgan]

Hi Furgan, I had a very similar experience with ‘mini’. You can read about it here

DSM no growth
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=58521&share_tid=51363&url=https://www.ukaps.org/forum/index.php?threads/DSM-no-growth.51363/&share_type=t

How is yours looking now, beautiful tank by the way and love the bonsai

 

[Patrick Crowley]

How is yours looking now, beautiful tank by the way and love the bonsai

I flooded mine after 7 weeks, because of the pending arrival of a betta that was due to take up residence. I wish I could have held off for a few more weeks - as the mini has not really filled in any more since it was been underwater.

I will update my thread with a new picture, but I'm away from home for a couple of weeks.

 

[Furgan]

No problem, ill hold out longer, ive increased the light period to 16 hours to see if that helps and have given some of the longer bits a trim to see if that will stimulate growth.

 

[Furgan]

Little update,
The yougart mixed java moss seems to be coming along well. I can see more growth with a dwarf hair grass that’s pushed its way to the glass so the magic must be working now. Will see what it’s like at the end of the month.

 

[tam]

Woohooo! Glad you are getting some noticeable growth at last. I imagine it will increase at a faster rate now. That's some very nice moss growth

 

[Furgan]

Yes the moss is looking really cool, very happy with it. I’m really looking foreword to seeing what it will look like in a few months when the tanks flooded and settled.

 

[Danny]

Looking good, nice to see it is worth the effort and patience.

 

[Furgan]

I think so but the final outcome will be seen when it’s flooded and settled. I wish I could stick in the Spider wood it would look nicer with that in but I need it soaking so it doesn’t float when flooded.

At least it’s outside in a large container, hopefully building up some lovely biofilm for the shrimp to eat when it goes in.

 

[Danny]

I think so but the final outcome will be seen when it’s flooded and settled. I wish I could stick in the Spider wood it would look nicer with that in but I need it soaking so it doesn’t float when flooded.

At least it’s outside in a large container, hopefully building up some lovely biofilm for the shrimp to eat when it goes in.

Im looking forward to seeing this flooded, I've just had a total rethink on my tank and gone with spiderwood too. I have it weighed down in the tank and hoping it takes on enough water in 48hrs or so to not float so I can plant it.

How long have you been soaking yours?

 

[Furgan]

Im looking forward to seeing this flooded, I've just had a total rethink on my tank and gone with spiderwood too. I have it weighed down in the tank and hoping it takes on enough water in 48hrs or so to not float so I can plant it.

How long have you been soaking yours?

Technicality a year. I had it in a discus tank before stripping it down, and then chucked it in a container.

Planning on attaching a lot of buse around the base and a few bits of süsswasatang around the top of the branches, struggling to find enough of the süsswastang.