Help with strip down of tank

[Frenchi]

Hi ppl
I'm going to strip this tank down tomorrow and have it as basic as possible I want to add mainly big bog wood and root and keep the plants that don't require my co2 running please could you help me id the plants that will do well without co2 .. I don't know the names of them ..
I've taken them close up from left to right
Thanks


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[Dominic]

Looks like the majority of the plants are swords, anubias, crypts, and java ferns. They will be fine without co2.

The hydrocotyle triparita would be fine without co2 too- but will require a bit more care than the others. What i'd do is get a propagator or make a bottle garden out of a plant pot and half an old 2L bottle and just chuck that in there. Leave on windowsill. Spray once or twice daily. Done.

Hope this helps 🙂

 

[Guest]

Yep, I agree, although I've never had that much success with stems or H. tripartita low-energy style...but then all our tank conditions are different, so I'd go ahead and transfer the lot, and see how they do, it's a legitimate way of figuring out what works and what doesn't. Be prepared for some die off and crypt melt, but given time they should adapt well and grow healthy again.

I transferred the crypts, Anubias, moss, and ferns from a fuel injected tank to a low-energy tank...from here http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/the-dark-side-or-what-lurks-beneath.24562/page-3 to here http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/cryptic-haven-low-energy-update-pics.28695/. And all is well as you can see.

 

[Frenchi]

Looks like the majority of the plants are swords, anubias, crypts, and java ferns. They will be fine without co2.

The hydrocotyle triparita would be fine without co2 too- but will require a bit more care than the others. What i'd do is get a propagator or make a bottle garden out of a plant pot and half an old 2L bottle and just chuck that in there. Leave on windowsill. Spray once or twice daily. Done.

Hope this helps 🙂

That's great thanks 🙂 so what ferz would you suggest, I am dosing Ei at the moment with co2 should I keep on with that without co2 ?


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[Guest]

That would work fine but you only need to use around 1/5 - 1/10 the dose. There is more info in the tutorial linked below.

 

[Mick.Dk]

Agree in all above
- may be worth to know, you can expect slower growth, than what you are now used to. You may have to adapt light-intensity too (=a bit lower)

 

[Frenchi]

That would work fine but you only need to use around 1/5 - 1/10 the dose. There is more info in the tutorial linked below.

So using the fert I have ready mixed I dose 50ml micro 50ml macro alternate days, so if I drop that to 5ml alternate would that do the trick?

By the way your setups are stunning, I've just had a scan through and am going to read them through fully later on, I have a slight reading problem so takes me a while for info to sink in 🙂

Thanks


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[Frenchi]

This is my other tank but I'm struggling with bba on this one


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