[jcgilmore2]

Always exciting to get a new tank going!

As far as fertz - quariumfertilizer.com is the best place I know of. A few 1lb bags will last you over a year with this tank.

i would at least recommend Potassium Niyrate, Monopotassium Phosphate and Plantex CSM+B. Dosing guides and calculators are all over the web so just do a quick google search. Off the top of my head rota.la is a good one.

As gar as scape goes, play around some more, you have the luxury of sitting with it for a while before you get going. IMO, (and this is just constructive criticism, everyone has their own taste so do what you think looks best) Wood usually looks better coming from a corner. The position you have it in looks a little out of place, but if you plan on filling in the left rear with tall dense plants, this could change completely. Maybe turn it around and break off the end if you have to and have it spreading to the right side of the tank from the back corner? I have seen a lot of successful scapes done that way.

Either way, great start and look forward to the updates!

 

[houbanna]

I found this a little too late. This is a link on how to trim plants. The advantage here is not only keeping healthy looking plants, but saving money on how much of a plant u buy. If u know how to trim a plant correctly then u can make a little bit look like a lot.

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...google.com/url?sa=t&sour...rknmUubfyBkvAA

 

[CanuckGame]

So im almost at a month now, and this is my "Progress"












So ive had a little die off, but im not too concerned as i think this plant was grown submersed, so it had to re-adjust. and ive seen alot of new healthy leaves pop up, i havent seen anything start to spread yet, but i do see some nice roots going down against the glass,

im a little surprised that i havent seen much progress after a month, i thought after week 2 or 3 it starts to blow up once the roots anchor themselves!

i got the HC in little pots like this, with water in it, so im assuming they had to re-adjust to being grown emmersed


i guess we shall see over the next 2 weeks or so and see how much more growth i have noticed.

as of now, i am spraying well once a day with distilled water, i have lights on 12-14 hours per day, and i let air out once a day for 30 mins.

 

[Craigthor]

If you spend the time to split the HC into single stems and plant in a 0.5 or 1" pattern you'd be surprised at how fast they fill in.

 

[CanuckGame]

im in no rush, ill give it another month in dry start, i was just hoping for more progress than this, after a month!

 

[CanuckGame]

2 month dry start,

I guess there is some progress, the pics are crappy, but everything is very lush and green now, but not spreading very fast!!! verrrrrry slowwwww!

but there is progress!

 

[180g]

hmmmmm, spreading speed on most foreground plants seems to vary a lot. wonder why? I mean I don't see any thing your doing wrong then again im not the expert.

 

[CanuckGame]

there is a huge difference in health from last month to this month, im not dealing with anymore melting, i think i went through a transition stage from submersed to immersed, so that could be it?

i was expecting to be further along at this point though. its ok though, as i still havent picked up my new filter. i think i will give it another month, and fill it up then. i would ideally like to fill it now, as i have my 10 gallon overstocked right now i took a trip out of town and picked up some of my stock that will go in this tank (6 Clown Killifish and 3 electric blue rams)