Aquatic Plant Central - View Single Post - Finally up and planted! Algae here we come!

Philosophos · 06-05-2009, 01:23 AM

Looking good.

So what's the plan for when things fill in? Some sort of iwugami hybrid? Varied fine grass is a nice break from seeing the usual carpets of glosso or HC with nothing else in the tank.

Anyhow, I look forward to seeing how this one progresses. You've spent some time reading before jumping in, and that's a welcome change from the usual.

If you find the light hard to keep up with long-term, scaling down the tank and using half the light in starting up a 2nd is always a nice way of doing things. It's not uncommon to do a high light push for the first while, then a lower maintaining light level.

-Philosophos

06-05-2009, 01:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Philosophos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 620 iTrader Ratings: 1 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 32250	Re: Finally up and planted! Algae here we come! Looking good. So what's the plan for when things fill in? Some sort of iwugami hybrid? Varied fine grass is a nice break from seeing the usual carpets of glosso or HC with nothing else in the tank. Anyhow, I look forward to seeing how this one progresses. You've spent some time reading before jumping in, and that's a welcome change from the usual. If you find the light hard to keep up with long-term, scaling down the tank and using half the light in starting up a 2nd is always a nice way of doing things. It's not uncommon to do a high light push for the first while, then a lower maintaining light level. -Philosophos