They don't usually win with rare crazy plants. Its mostly the tried and true plants... no eriocaulon and tonina plants near the top. Best aquascapers don't always mean best plant farmers, but they are by no means poor, obviously.
I think we need to all choose whether we are pursueing the fastest healthy algae free growth or the most stable healthy algae free growth. I like many people pursued the hardcore I can grow faster than you methodology, I have come around, through a little maturing and greater understanding of the hobby, but i still can't help but be amazed by what a bunch of Co2, and macros can do.
I am trying an ADA Mini M set up right now. I had a little to much light in the beggining and I got Crazy stem growth, but a little gsa on one side of glass. I am trying to dose just Flourish, Flourish excel, Diy co2, and kso4. I am basically trying to replicate the low fertilizer low co2 you are describing. Slow growth would be great in such a small tank. I haven't been at it that long but it is growing the plants well.
Do you guys have any problems keeping plants red. I can't seem to find the right ballance to keep my red stems red so I hope this low fert solution will help balance it correctly and help me get some popping reds.
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