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    First planted tank- advice on soil please...

    If you look up recent threads by NeilW or myself, we're both starting tanks under DSM (Dry Start Method) I use Columbo Florabase from PlantedBox.com as a substrate - I've got plants growing well within it at the moment, but haven't flooded the tank yet... (and my tanks are relatively shallow -...
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    New pics of tank (s) here: http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=11757&start=30
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    Neil - everything you do and say is useful - I am your apprentice in all this - you're blazing the trail... :) (this may be sad and uncomfortable, but it's true - and I am genuinely grateful for your insight) mx
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    Neil! Good man - your post crossed with mine magical stuff - I can wait 'till Christmas if I have to - this is a long term tank... :) so waiting it is - plus or minus a removal of all or some of the sand ta mx
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    Thanks, all... and yes, Neil, the sand... I have a bag of ADA Nile sand ready - but I did think that it's taking up 25% of floor area and unless I wrap a lot of stones with HC or something equivalent, that's a lot of floor area with no biological filtration to speak of - at least, not as much as...
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    That was my plan... what floating plants would you recommend and where do I get them?
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    DSM - non-CO2/low tech - transition questions?

    Dear all, So.... It's been 5 weeks since I set up the massive DSM project (it feels massive to me) - which is in the 'Learning Curve' journal thread. My step daughter's gone on holiday with the camera, so no recent pictures, but I have a carpet of Hc with roots 2-3 cm down into the substrate...
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    The 'right' light wattage?

    You could still angle sideways, no? but that might not do good things to the deisgn iconology. did you get a quote from TGM on your cabinet?
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    The 'right' light wattage?

    Is it possible to raise/angle the light so that while the watts stays the same, the PAR becomes less? That way you don't have to fork out on a new light... watching with interest, given that i have a 40 litre (32 after substrate) which comes with an 18w light, plus the only place to put it in...
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