OK, it's been a few weeks since last update.
So far the new lights have not had a detrimental effect, I've started dosing dry ferts, and there are new arrivals...
I've been pretty harsh with the pruning especially the fore and mid ground. It was looking OK but on the verge of getting out of hand.
Before:
After:
At the front right the dwarf chain grass was taking over. It spreads using surface runners and what started off as a single plant was now about 12. One thing about the chain grass is that the runners are on the surface so for a while I trained them round in circles in that corner but it became too thick. So 90% was cleared out and I'll keep the runners trimmed.
The Dwarf Sagittario was also starting to take over the foreground. I was wondering whether to take it out completely but quite like the way it breaks up the transition from fore to mid. The trouble with Sagttario is that the runners are underground so you don't know where it will pop up next.
The glosso was also getting thick and layering over its self so I gave it a good hair cut.
I also heavily trimmed the crypts as they were getting tall and starting to shade the glosso.
I've started dry fert dosing using an all in one mix that I think is similar to EI: here.
I've been using this for just over a week and so far so good I'll keep an eye and report on progress.
And my Kribs have had babies!!!
They'd hanging around their half coconut shell for a while but I hadn't twigged until I came home one day and saw these little fellas under their mum.
I don't have a fry tank so they've had to take their chances. The parents are excellent at guarding them and 10 days later there are still a good number and they're growing fast.
I feed them by mixing some powdered fry food with a drop of water and using a pipette to inject into the corner that is their home. This covers the sand and plants with a light dusting and the fry happily munch away.
What I do with the baby fish is a problem for another day!
Cheers,
B4M
So far the new lights have not had a detrimental effect, I've started dosing dry ferts, and there are new arrivals...
I've been pretty harsh with the pruning especially the fore and mid ground. It was looking OK but on the verge of getting out of hand.
Before:
After:
At the front right the dwarf chain grass was taking over. It spreads using surface runners and what started off as a single plant was now about 12. One thing about the chain grass is that the runners are on the surface so for a while I trained them round in circles in that corner but it became too thick. So 90% was cleared out and I'll keep the runners trimmed.
The Dwarf Sagittario was also starting to take over the foreground. I was wondering whether to take it out completely but quite like the way it breaks up the transition from fore to mid. The trouble with Sagttario is that the runners are underground so you don't know where it will pop up next.
The glosso was also getting thick and layering over its self so I gave it a good hair cut.
I also heavily trimmed the crypts as they were getting tall and starting to shade the glosso.
I've started dry fert dosing using an all in one mix that I think is similar to EI: here.
I've been using this for just over a week and so far so good I'll keep an eye and report on progress.
And my Kribs have had babies!!!
They'd hanging around their half coconut shell for a while but I hadn't twigged until I came home one day and saw these little fellas under their mum.
I don't have a fry tank so they've had to take their chances. The parents are excellent at guarding them and 10 days later there are still a good number and they're growing fast.
I feed them by mixing some powdered fry food with a drop of water and using a pipette to inject into the corner that is their home. This covers the sand and plants with a light dusting and the fry happily munch away.
What I do with the baby fish is a problem for another day!
Cheers,
B4M