p3md

Journal of my Nano HC, Emersed Growth
"Uber" Simple Aquascape

Tank Specs:
16x10x10 Inch
2pcs 23watt CFL's DIY Hood with Cooling Fan (upgrading to 4pcs)
Black Volcanic Sand
PPS Fertilization

Planned Fauna:
Otos
RCS

Pictures:
Day 0


Week 1


Week 4

 

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LordSul

Wow, great pictures.
I would live to hear some tips on you emese HC technique, please

p3md

Thanks LordSul

No special technique really.

-I just planted the HC as individual "plantlets" using small tongs on a 45 degree angle.
-Photo Period is 10 hrs.
-Fertz is PPS-Pro at 5ml Macro and 2.5ml Micro, weekly, mixed with around 20ml or so tank water from my 55g. (I plan to increase fertz dosage to double the amount though.)
-I don't let my substrate get too wet specially on the bottom slope.
-The top of the tank is covered with a glass lid but I leave a 5mm gap between the back wall of the tank and the lid for air circulation.

I think that's about it

LordSul

You make it sound really easy!.. Im interested to see what happens to this tank

Any ideas what would happen if you gave CO2 in daytime?

niko

LordSul,

I've tried pumping a few bubbles of CO2 under the lid of an emersed HC setup. I basically put the end of the CO2 tubing in some water in the substrate and counted the bubbles. Well, 10 bubbles killed all the HC very efficiently. I must have done something wrong because my setup was not airtight or anything and I don't see how so little CO2 can wipe off all of my HC.

Basically you need to be very careful when adding CO2 in an enclosure. But if you use Aquasoil, tons of light, and don't let the substrate develop fungus or BGA your HC will grow shockingly fast without CO2.

--Nikolay

p3md

IME, it is!
If you are having a hard time growing HC submersed (like I do), you will find emersed propagation so much easier, needless to say.


I just hope my transition from emersed to submersed (I'll add CO2 once submersed) will be a smooth one.

p3md

Here is Week 5 (+1 Day) Taken Today:

Augus

Very nice growth from 4th to 5th week.

orion2001

That looks great! From various threads I have read, it seems like HC really lends itself to the emersed growth technique. I managed to grow a nice lawn of hairgrass using the emersed technique too, although it did not spread very fast while emersed. The advantage there was that the hairgrass got well established and when I submersed the tank it spread like crazy.

LordSul

Hey, great going there. This will look great, it already does
About the PPS pro dosing, how do you dose the soil? You said 5ml weekly, which is less than normal PPS-pro dosing right?
Are you going to trim them down so the HC wont build up in chunks and melt itself from bottom?

 

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