nry
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Re: 120 x 55 x 55cm planted... Home alone
Is it one of these?
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age_medium
Is it one of these?
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age_medium
Mark Evans said:That looks like the fella.
It's down as a hill stream loach AKA hong kong, butterfly.... Great little thing at cleaning. Something i'll be adding the algae crew.
Mark Evans said:That looks like the fella.
It's down as a hill stream loach AKA hong kong, butterfly.... Great little thing at cleaning. Something i'll be adding the algae crew.
Antipofish said:Gee whizz Ian !!! They had them in P@H a few weeks back for £3 each.
I have noticed that when I use old AS the plants do much better with extra Iron in the water column. So I dose 0.3ppm Iron every day and everything exploads in growth. You could try it.Mark Evans said:The soil is about 4 months old. I think your right Ady.
Contributing factors i can think of are...
Old soil, positioning of HC, lower light than normal, lower co2. Also, I do know that some 1-2 grow species can take a while longer to 'settle' in.
This HC still looks good, and is looking better by the day. I do think in the next week, it'll take off.
I do like the fact of slower growth.
One interesting thing I've noticed....
marsillea grows better in soil, rather than gravel. This to me shows it's a root feeder. And the stems that I've planted in gravel i.e Ammania bonsai, grows at the same rate in gravel and soil alike.