Hello all,
About 6 weeks ago I took down my hill stream loach tank that had been neglected running in the garage and relocated the sole remaining inhabitant to a 60l tank in the house.
In scaping the tank i just used some plants that had been part of the previous scape, mainly anubias, and added bits of java fern from my hi-tech tank. The java fern also has scraps of hydrocotyle tripartita attached.
The tank has about 50l of lawyer in it, a 2000lph circulation pump and small filter. Turnover must be 30 to 40 times per hour. It's unheated and the lights are on 12 hours a day. No co2 and I add about 10 'ml of macro ferts once a week.
Now, a kind of hair algae blanket weed is fairly rife, but more surprisingly plant health is good, especially the tripartita which is growing steadily and very compact directly in the pump outflow with.
I'm surpris2d because when I've tried to grow this in a low co2 tank before it was a straggly, weak mess. And a 12hr photo period in a low tech tank is quite unusual.
I'm guessing the very high turnover is beneficial, both perhaps by mechanically forcing the plant to grow compact and by ensuring good gas exchange.
One to ponder.
About 6 weeks ago I took down my hill stream loach tank that had been neglected running in the garage and relocated the sole remaining inhabitant to a 60l tank in the house.
In scaping the tank i just used some plants that had been part of the previous scape, mainly anubias, and added bits of java fern from my hi-tech tank. The java fern also has scraps of hydrocotyle tripartita attached.
The tank has about 50l of lawyer in it, a 2000lph circulation pump and small filter. Turnover must be 30 to 40 times per hour. It's unheated and the lights are on 12 hours a day. No co2 and I add about 10 'ml of macro ferts once a week.
Now, a kind of hair algae blanket weed is fairly rife, but more surprisingly plant health is good, especially the tripartita which is growing steadily and very compact directly in the pump outflow with.
I'm surpris2d because when I've tried to grow this in a low co2 tank before it was a straggly, weak mess. And a 12hr photo period in a low tech tank is quite unusual.
I'm guessing the very high turnover is beneficial, both perhaps by mechanically forcing the plant to grow compact and by ensuring good gas exchange.
One to ponder.