Bumblefish
Seedling
Hello everyone,
I have a 10 litre nano tank a few months old in which I've been growing a UG carpet. It's starting to get pretty dense at the front and is finally beginning to look fairly good.
At the last trim I took it down to about 3cm at which point I exposed some patches which were obviously not getting enough light and were pretty yellow. It's been about a week since that trim and those patches have greened up nicely. The photo below is immediately after the trim.
Snails obviously like the smell of freshly cut grass hehe!
However, 3cm is a little tall for my scape as the tank is only 16cm tall.
What's the shortest I can trim the UG down to? Can I go to 1cm or is that a bad idea? Certainly at that depth all the UG would be yellow. Would it recover?
Your advice and experiences would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!
I have a 10 litre nano tank a few months old in which I've been growing a UG carpet. It's starting to get pretty dense at the front and is finally beginning to look fairly good.
At the last trim I took it down to about 3cm at which point I exposed some patches which were obviously not getting enough light and were pretty yellow. It's been about a week since that trim and those patches have greened up nicely. The photo below is immediately after the trim.
Snails obviously like the smell of freshly cut grass hehe!
However, 3cm is a little tall for my scape as the tank is only 16cm tall.
What's the shortest I can trim the UG down to? Can I go to 1cm or is that a bad idea? Certainly at that depth all the UG would be yellow. Would it recover?
Your advice and experiences would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!
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