Sometime around Easter I hope to rescape my tank as it's been the same for years, the wood is crumbling and a pesky catfish is using the swords as 'an eat all you can buffet'.The crypts and anubias I have are healthy (except for old traces of bba on a couple of leaves)
The tank will be low light (2x54w HO T5) if I can get away with it (2' deep tank). It has been running on the two lights since Christmas and I have lots of new leaves on the anubias plants and the crypts aren't growing much but aren't dying back either so may be OK,
Hoping to go low tech. Currently dose 10ml easy carbo per day but hoping to stop to cut costs and hassle. We go away a lot and I can't rely on others to dose the tank (the BBA appeared when we were away last year)
I dose 50% EI recommended dose as everything in the tank is slow growing.
Loads of filtration 1xFX6, 1xAquamanta EFX 600 and a Fluval 405.
The substrate is Manado so doesn't hold plants well. I gave up growing stems as they were forever floating out of the substrate. I have lots of corys and a catfish in the big tank, I assume they helped uproot the plants.
The tank is big 5'x2' and I'm going to need a lot of plants. I've been looking at tissue culture plants to cut costs. Never used them before.
Am I likely to get away with using them in this setup? Will they grow well in low light/low tech or do they need high light and Co2?
Would I be better to setup a small tank with a quality substrate, more light and Co2 as a nursery tank to grow them on a bit first? As I'm looking at lots of crypts, I' thinking that moving them from high to low tech could be a complete nightmare
I'd love to hear your experiences and have some advice. Thanks
The tank will be low light (2x54w HO T5) if I can get away with it (2' deep tank). It has been running on the two lights since Christmas and I have lots of new leaves on the anubias plants and the crypts aren't growing much but aren't dying back either so may be OK,
Hoping to go low tech. Currently dose 10ml easy carbo per day but hoping to stop to cut costs and hassle. We go away a lot and I can't rely on others to dose the tank (the BBA appeared when we were away last year)
I dose 50% EI recommended dose as everything in the tank is slow growing.
Loads of filtration 1xFX6, 1xAquamanta EFX 600 and a Fluval 405.
The substrate is Manado so doesn't hold plants well. I gave up growing stems as they were forever floating out of the substrate. I have lots of corys and a catfish in the big tank, I assume they helped uproot the plants.
The tank is big 5'x2' and I'm going to need a lot of plants. I've been looking at tissue culture plants to cut costs. Never used them before.
Am I likely to get away with using them in this setup? Will they grow well in low light/low tech or do they need high light and Co2?
Would I be better to setup a small tank with a quality substrate, more light and Co2 as a nursery tank to grow them on a bit first? As I'm looking at lots of crypts, I' thinking that moving them from high to low tech could be a complete nightmare
I'd love to hear your experiences and have some advice. Thanks