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blackwater carpet?

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trying to decided the best carpet to lay in a 5.5 gal blackwater. Currently only has assorted colors of c. wendtti, which after the initial melt came back amazingly quickly. I'm leaning towards glosso, seems it'll handle blackwater conditions fine.

using the following:
DIY co2 diffused through powerhead
15watt CFL (i think its 15...something close to that atleast)
mineralized soil substrate capped with pool sand
dosing flourish 2x weekly, excel 4x weekly.

This is my first time doing a blackwater, and am currently using a blackwater conditioner to get the conditions correct, hopefully I wont have to use it much longer and can figure it out. I've dyed the tank using tannins leeched from wood chips purchased from the bottom of the wood bin at my LFS.

comments/constructive criticism/recommendations greatly appreciated.
 
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