Okay, so I've been dosing my tank with Flourish for about a week or so, and today I picked up Flourish Excel as a CO2 supplement. The other I need to get is Potassium. The progress of my plant growth is as follows.
Anubias= Leaves are looking better, older ones not dying off as quickly, so the ferts must be working. Also pulled the whole plant up above the gravel a bit to allow it to grow 'legs', and to avoid damage to leaves by decor or displaced gravel.
Anacharis= Took a while to settle in from being planted and is finally starting to grow upward, but slowly. Some stems are still floating.
Crypt. Wenditii= They are popping up out of the gravel bed everyday, at slightly faster rate. Looking goodm as far as coloratation and growth.
Hornwart= Faster growth. It has almost covered the surface of the water, but not entirely. Bright green, the fish love weeving in and out of it, sleeping in it too, I think.
Java Ferns= Leaves bright green, new leaves especially. Slow growth mainly, but seeing difference since adding ferts. Smaller plants seem to be growing a bit faster in shade.
I might try placing the larger ferns in shade too...
Java Moss= Not much is in the tank, but it is creeping around in its small masses. It should fill in leftover spots once the rest of the plants have filled in.
Last part of this post is about a new filter I'd like to get and its maintenance.
I was looking into getting the Eheim 2013 canister filter for my tank, which is a 55g. I was wondering if this size was adequate enough for this size tank and what kind of maintenance this kind of filter requires, as I've never had a canister type. Thanx in advance.
Anubias= Leaves are looking better, older ones not dying off as quickly, so the ferts must be working. Also pulled the whole plant up above the gravel a bit to allow it to grow 'legs', and to avoid damage to leaves by decor or displaced gravel.
Anacharis= Took a while to settle in from being planted and is finally starting to grow upward, but slowly. Some stems are still floating.
Crypt. Wenditii= They are popping up out of the gravel bed everyday, at slightly faster rate. Looking goodm as far as coloratation and growth.
Hornwart= Faster growth. It has almost covered the surface of the water, but not entirely. Bright green, the fish love weeving in and out of it, sleeping in it too, I think.
Java Ferns= Leaves bright green, new leaves especially. Slow growth mainly, but seeing difference since adding ferts. Smaller plants seem to be growing a bit faster in shade.
I might try placing the larger ferns in shade too...Java Moss= Not much is in the tank, but it is creeping around in its small masses. It should fill in leftover spots once the rest of the plants have filled in.
Last part of this post is about a new filter I'd like to get and its maintenance.
I was looking into getting the Eheim 2013 canister filter for my tank, which is a 55g. I was wondering if this size was adequate enough for this size tank and what kind of maintenance this kind of filter requires, as I've never had a canister type. Thanx in advance.
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