So I decided to keep my tank but not go with an LED light fixture given the height of my 37. So I bought a zoomed 4x24watt T5Ho and 4 6500k's. took out all the old cichlids that I had brought them back to the local store for credit and bough two bags of eco-complete and capped it with flourite then figured I'd let it cycle while on vacation for a few days go home clean the algae and start planting. I know that the light should be pretty effective given the depth of the tank and the bulb output. I know the substrate I bought is much better than the regular gravel I had. And I ditched all of my old plants which were yellowing or overgrown with bba. So I'm willing to take suggestions now and be open since starting fresh. Any comments or ideas on what I should do first. I'd like to create a bit of a foreground with dwarf hair grass and background with the taller hair grass and maybe some tall amazon sword and fill in the middle with different varieties that will be compatible given the light, maybe some clown loaches tetras gilliefish community fish not plant eating Cichlids haha.
Can dwarf hair grass be kept without co2? And will after a period of time will I be able to get the look of it spread throughout the front of my tank I'm trying to achieve?
Update. Seeing a lot of growth with both anubias and watersprite.
Also started dosing Flourish Comprehensive. Seems to have made the plants really take off quite well.
Took out the rest of the rock today in hopes of moving clippings of the watersprite to the left side of the tank to have it come up and curve together.
Cut these micro swards down a little last night to try to induce runners.
Amazing how many good things will happen when you take suggestions of people who know what they are talking about instead of deciding to wing your whole project.
Clipped some anubias that had algae outbreaks. Doing much better now.
still need to cut much more
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Got a Lotus plant showing new growth as well. And a cardinal plant to add a little purple to the mid ground. Not sure how tall this plant grows but I like the way it looks.
Left side of tank before I took the large piece of lava rock out just to show you all how it looks.
From what i have read you usually need co2 to get it to propagate quickly, it seems to be healthy so far. its a pain pulling algae off of it every day but the shrimp do a pretty good job at keeping it at bay. i should go buy some more though.
If you're anything like me, you'll quickly grow tried of pruning the water sprite!
You probably want to pull the anubias up a little higher, so that the rhizome is above the substrate. I can usually get them to stay put just by having most of the roots buried. (Sometimes I have to stick a rock on top of some roots until it gets settled in.)
You probably want to pull the anubias up a little higher, so that the rhizome is above the substrate. I can usually get them to stay put just by having most of the roots buried. (Sometimes I have to stick a rock on top of some roots until it gets settled in.)
And to piggy back off of @Twillz, yes, definitely keep your Anubias rhizomes (the green tube that roots grow out of) above the substrate. If buried it will eventually rot and kill the plant
If you pull it up out of the substrate until the rhizome is clear you should be fine with the existing roots. If you uncover it, it will just get covered again.
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