Tired of my ADA AS degrading so fast

[bsmith]

You can always send them to me, I'll grow a bunch and send them back to you

See the response on TPT.
Looks like CO2/KH issue, as far as the ADA AS, deep vac it, gently, do say 1/8" to 1/4" of the tank with a 50% water change, do this 2x a week, in 2-3 weeks, the tank's soil will be nice the fluffy.

I do this every so often, but I also uproot every so often while doing the large water change. If you really like these plants, bite the bullet, get an RO for your own drinking water, then blend say 1/2 with RO.

I had nasty tap in Davis, GH 18, and 52 ppm of Mg, KH was 16, I did a 3:1 ratio so my KH was 4-5 after.

Let me know when the plants are coming in the mail, okay:grinyes:


Regards,
Tom Barr

You always seem to have the answers Tom, maybe not the easy one but they usually wors.

Whats up with the tropica stagouryne?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

If you really like these plants, bite the bullet, get an RO for your own drinking water, then blend say 1/2 with RO.

this is what i would do. you could go with mineralized topsoil or something that wont be as dusty. the tanks that i have aqua soil in i dont even touch them that stuff for me is a mess.

 

[plantbrain]

You always seem to have the answers Tom, maybe not the easy one but they usually wors.

Whats up with the tropica stagouryne?

Send me some of the weedy L panatanal, I'll send the Starourgyne.
GF wants some of it again. Does not like some of the other red plants which take less work:yuck:
Oh well,

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[plantbrain]

this is what i would do. you could go with mineralized topsoil or something that wont be as dusty. the tanks that i have aqua soil in i dont even touch them that stuff for me is a mess.

It's okay to move and uproot some, just do it on the day of the water change and only do maybe 10-20% of the tank at most. With plain sand, you can do maybe 1/3-1/2 the tank without as much issue\
between hacks/uprooting etc.
I try and space out the real good hacking/uprooting so I do not stress the system out or make too big a mess all at once.


Regards,
Tom Barr