Looking good HP seems in shape don't forget to trim the Cuba though; the thicker it gets , higher the risk to detach from the substrate ; no to mention the mess trapped under those beautiful tiny leaves
Thanks! I trim every 2 weeks or so
Looking good HP seems in shape don't forget to trim the Cuba though; the thicker it gets , higher the risk to detach from the substrate ; no to mention the mess trapped under those beautiful tiny leaves
you're motivated and you'd better be because it's time consuming ; you could grow it emersed, you know, at the water line: cut a little patch during a trimming session and attach by whatever means you fancy to one of the emerging branches; when partially emersed it's even more beautiful and no more trimming headaches, almost
Yes, I know the feeling; I got "toasted" too with trying to grow HP emersed, but Cuba it's an entirely different story, it's actually the natural condition of this plant in the wild
Well , truth be told, I didn't when I started this RIO 300, I kept the internal filter and I bought a Juwel Filter Cover - this one: https://www.juwel-aquarium.co.uk/Products/Decoration/Cliff-Dark/Cliff-Dark-filter-cover/ - and I planted Cuba in the substrate, like any "serious" hobbist in time, after several trimming sessions, some leaves must have gotten between the filter and the cover which didn't fit tightly and I saw a patch of "lawn" growing emersed; the growth was amazing and then I started to experiment with different plants which I planted in this "lawn" of Cuba ; that's how I got Polygonum Sao Paolo, Bacopa ( explosive growth , really ; it grew even faster than Cuba, absolutely amazing, I had to trim it even more often than in it's submerged form to avoid "suffocation" of the "mother lawn " ) Ranunculus inundatus and Eleocharis growing emersed
This was my " Wabi Kusa " at it's peak, before pulling the cord; now that I speak of it I realise that I miss it
Thanks man I will!Nice tank! Keep up the good job.
Looks good, what level is your light on now? I had to reduce my 60cm A-series plus down to level 4/7 as I was getting BBA on the wood closer to the light, the light is also fully extended to the max height of the wire stand supplied, about 25 cm above the water.
I really like the bit of Pinna poking out of the water on the tallest driftwood.
Thank you! Im really pleased with it also, although it took some time for the plant to adjust to life at the surface.
I'm currently running the lights at 5/7 for about 10 hours. In my experience the BBA is more apparent in areas with bad flow. Adding a skimmer/powerhead to increase flow really helped on the BBA in my tank
I had this BBA near the filter outlet in the strong flow. I found lifting the lilly pipe a little to make more surface agitation, higher oxigenation of the water flow solved the BBA problem.
Added flow from the skimmer will create higher oxigenation of the water too.