HI Clive
you are right I can not take the result of the second tank to make conclusion on the first one. they are two different entity, with different balance and etc ...
To have a better view I will put a fabric on the tank during two or three weeks. last time when i battled the hair algae i have turn up the CO2, reduce de light (light are still the same since then) and i had put a fabric on it for three weeks. As you said I will have a better view of what is root of that problems !! So lets do it !!! yesterday i have check again the initial ph and the ph in the tank when lights are on. so initial value is 7,3 and tank value 6. So with the talk we had last time I think that the concentration is ok. distribution is done by a inline atomizer. maybe distribution is not enough good ?? i don't know i will take picture of the configuration and i'll put it here. Lights are on for 7 hours.
GOOOOOOOD NEWS yesterday night at 9 PM i have received my plants that have travel from France to belgium than to Congo, 8 days of traveling !!!!!!!!
it's incredible how strong plants can be !!!! 8 days in the dark with temperature fluctuation, chocks etc ..... they are in perfect shape
Yesterday night i was a bit tired after two hour of sport, so i have just clean the plants , took out the wool on it and put it in the substrate.
But i have a question I have received 5 nice pot of Glossostigma, but they are a bit in a mess (growing in all the ways) !!! I don't know if you understand what I mean ??
My question is, how can i proceed to best plant this glosso to have a good low carpet ?? because if i live it the way it now it more grow vertically and runners will grow on the substrate. One day I have read a thread about a guy advising how to trim and plant glossostigma to have it growing in low carpet.
So I wanted to know if you can give me good advice to start planting it !!!
Should i take it out of the tank, than cut leaves by leaves (with roots of course). To tell you the truth I don't know anything about this plants. So if you could share your experience.
Well i Have also received:
2 x cryp wendtii mioya
3 x cryp wendtii green
5 x rotala sp green
5 x glossostigma
It is a very good news for me that i can order plants from europe and received it in good shape. That means I can have what ever I wish when I decide to rescape a tank.
Maybe the cold weather of the winter have helped to keep them alive ??!!
thanks again for your time
Best regards
Zanguli