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  1. NeilW

    My emersed setup - Tesco Jar 19/9

    Re: My emersed setup - flowers Awesome Tom. Maybe worth replacing the lid with clingfilm and slowly increase the opening over the space of a month to 'break in' the plants. This will mean you won't get the annoying condensation. It worked for my IKEA kilner jar but that has a smaller opening so...
  2. NeilW

    Rescuing Hemianthus Callitrichoides emersed

    This sounds spot on and looks like its paid off with some excellent growth :thumbup: On the 'scaping side of things you may want to be bolder with your rocks or you may lose quite a lot of it under the carpet of HC when it bulks out.
  3. NeilW

    Rescuing Hemianthus Callitrichoides emersed

    Yeah that will help, as you say you'll lose some through evaporation. The soil will stay surprisingly moist without the water being at surface level as it rises from the bottom through capillary action. You can obviously see if the soil is moist enough anyways because it will be a darker...
  4. NeilW

    Rescuing Hemianthus Callitrichoides emersed

    If you've got the time you can try and break the clumps down even more into individual plantlets to make them go further. This is good but you don't want the water 'flooding' the substrate, you only want it so its moist or you may find you get algae on the surface of the soil. Just give it a...
  5. NeilW

    Conventional garden fertilizers??

    If your planning on filling it (as in dry start) then make sure you flush the hell out of it with fresh water before you fill it, or switch to conventional ferts (minus the ammonium) nearer the time of filling it or you'll end up with ammonia in the tank when you start up.
  6. NeilW

    Jewellery Anyone?

    I just found the future of emersed growing :lol: ; http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/09/01/clipboard_VxwqO_1333.jpg
  7. NeilW

    Cyperus Helferi emersed

    Cheers Aaron :D I'll keep you posted either on this or my journal. Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it! They are Crystal Reds indeed, I'm hoping to get some more higher grades soon when the weather gets warm enough to get them posted. I'm also hoping to make this tank less cluttered with...
  8. NeilW

    Cyperus Helferi emersed

    Thanks for the advice :D I'll get myself an atomiser then as its not really much effort to spray it every so often. I'll keep an eye on the light too.
  9. NeilW

    Cyperus Helferi emersed

    Just thought I'd give Cyperus Helferi a go to grow emersed. I know it usually needs CO2 to do well submerged but as its out in the air it shouldn't have any issues? I was thinking of using an atomiser to keep the emersed part from drying out, do you think I need to do this or am I...
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