ukco2guy
Member
Hi,
A couple of months ago i dry started a 60cm scape which grew very well but shortly after flooding i had a big BGA outbreak which resulted in a 4 day blackout. The blackout seems to have knocked out all of the BGA, well it has not returned yet after about 10 days (Clive as ever thank you so much for the guidance). Since the blackout a large amount of my HC has been wiped out but their is alot of roots so i have left it in the hope that it would grow back but since flooding i have regretted just using Oli Knott Nature soil as for me it`s a pain to work with, any slight movement and everything gets covered in powdered soil
I have been toying with the idea of getting a layer of something on top so that it looks better and also so i can add/change plants as i need to without bringing a load of soil up with it. So ideas guys? What would be worth considering and are their any specifics i should consider like particle size etc as i don`t want it to mix up too much. I was thinking quartz or maybe a light gravel, again worried it would just look like tarmac if it mixed up If i do change this then i`ll just rip out all the HC roots and re-scape it saving some of the HC, as i don`t have any fauna in there at the moment i guess it wouldn`t hurt to do a 100% water change as i`d prefer to attempt all this without any water in the tank.
Cheers,
A couple of months ago i dry started a 60cm scape which grew very well but shortly after flooding i had a big BGA outbreak which resulted in a 4 day blackout. The blackout seems to have knocked out all of the BGA, well it has not returned yet after about 10 days (Clive as ever thank you so much for the guidance). Since the blackout a large amount of my HC has been wiped out but their is alot of roots so i have left it in the hope that it would grow back but since flooding i have regretted just using Oli Knott Nature soil as for me it`s a pain to work with, any slight movement and everything gets covered in powdered soil
I have been toying with the idea of getting a layer of something on top so that it looks better and also so i can add/change plants as i need to without bringing a load of soil up with it. So ideas guys? What would be worth considering and are their any specifics i should consider like particle size etc as i don`t want it to mix up too much. I was thinking quartz or maybe a light gravel, again worried it would just look like tarmac if it mixed up If i do change this then i`ll just rip out all the HC roots and re-scape it saving some of the HC, as i don`t have any fauna in there at the moment i guess it wouldn`t hurt to do a 100% water change as i`d prefer to attempt all this without any water in the tank.
Cheers,