yes it will settle down but a little stirring will cloud the water again...
yes it will settle down but a little stirring will cloud the water again...
Yeah & I'm not sure if the ADA nutrients have already been used up, if yes..not much would grow or wont grow as goods a before
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Once you start seeing slow growth or algae on the hair grass means nutrients are already use up. 6-9 months tank setup with hair grass, HC, monte carlo always looks the best. That why people like Fishybusiness always setup their tank 3-4 months before ADA competition. They don't keep tanks like us, 2-3 years type, because they also don't know how to upkeep the tank once nutrients run out.
Last time I clean the substrate using laundry bag. Siphon out to the laundry bag and rinse with tank water before put it back. I added DIY root tabs too to replenish the nutrition.
Right, that's why I was thinking of removing the ADA & getting new one, this time maybe regular ADA, powder type is even more expensive.Hi gimhchng,
Did cleaning the dusty ADA work for you?
I believe once ADA is used up it's almost inert, it wont help grow plants.
Root tabs & fertilizers can help in growing plants
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The one i clean was the normal ADA (larger granule), not the powder type. It works for me, but quite messy in the toilet when rinsing black dust/powder all over the place, you will lose some % of soil during the process too. Substrate usually have better CEC (Cation exchange capacity) that able to absorb nutrition from root tab and release it slowly. Reuse the soil save cost, but if its small tank, you may want to just buy new. Good article from Dennis for your reference too.
https://www.advancedplantedtank.com/...-overview.html
Here we go again!
Restarting my tank with 9L of ADA. This time it is normal ADA. Powder costs much more.Saving costs..ha ha
Hardscaping done. Used the branching wood I bought last week plus some drift wood that was in storage.
Now plants
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Got some HC, small nana & big grass. Hairgrass & other plants are from previous setup.
It will be 2-3 weeks of Dry Start Method.
My fishes are in a hospital tank, fishes will stay there until the tank is cycled & ready
Now lot of waiting....
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9L ada sufficient for 2 ft tank with rocks to hold the slope, so no point adding other stuff. Let's just hope the plants grow well in the 3 weeks of dry scaping
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My tank silicon leaked & I had to buy a new tank & rescape the tank :-)
Update so far.
Changed canister from ehiem to fluval307,
Rest is all the same
Stay safe everyone !
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This time hair grass doesnt seem to grow well. Possibly because I did only 1 week of dry start or its out competing with other plants mixed together.
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DSM hair grass or any foreground plant like MonteCarlo, HC, at least 4-5 weeks dry start in order for it to grow well.
My tank close to 4 years already, even with substrate fert addition, hair grass growth is only so so, pale green color as compared to 6 months when I started the tank.
In my opinion, foreground plants are easy to grow but hard to maintain long term. When I say long term, means more than 6-8 months after starting the tank.
If you look at some of the current advance scapes, foreground plants no longer in use. The separation between mid ground and foreground is now use "sand".
But I still see super lots of newbie on aquascaping facebook trying out iwagumi or scapes using only foreground plants when they haven't even grasp the basics. Hahahaha. Damn funny when I see these posts. Haven't learn to crawl, want to fly already. LOL.
I always enjoy seeing them whining on facebook when their tanks start to have algae.
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Right, I started with a very beautiful hairgrass lawn my 1st time , but then it all went bad. The ADA loses it newness quickly even with co2 & liquid fertilizers. Hard to sustain the green hairgrass.
Anyway I'm enjoying my mixed plants now.
Wish I could change the title of my thread.
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Undecided still, but it’s gotta be the more sensitive species since I have gone to the trouble of doing RO for this tank! Really tempted by Tucanos but they’re still really expensive.
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