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boss, what brand of potting mix you used for the tank? could you provide the cost of 1 bag?
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$2.50 no brand (it's packed in clear plastic)... i got my friend to buy and deliver to my place.
the nursery is in boon keng, entrance of st george there, but the potting mix have to filter our the larger charcoal bits which were visibly too big (as in chunks)
very good excuse to visit the nearby biopast before that.
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I am still looking for the right soil to use... this is my only planted tank so once go in... nothing comes out until decom...
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bro, just do it. practical lessons are much better. learn along the way.
yes im using topsoil or rather geberic potting mix still with most of my tanks.
my 1st try was horti soil and another horti pack i think was mainly peat and moss inside.
why leh?
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Ok... here we go... first lousy attempt...
Soil is more than 90% ADA and some mix of dirt.
On top a layer of small gravel... gravel will be top up once the hair cover the ground and stabilized.
Doing Siesta 5-4-5 lighting.
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add more hairgrass, looking at how much there is now. it will take a long time... (4-6 months?)
btw, they can be planted in smaller bunches, it will spread better too.
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Noted.. will get a few more and make into smaller pieces.. don't want to disturb the current plants.
By the way, i am topping up fish tank water almost daily until all the substrate are wet, something like swamp as the water seems to evaporate quite fast.
Thermometer showing average around 29 degree.
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Yes, so no algae problem for now since i may have to wait couple of months for the carpet to be ready for other plants and some landscape, and then water, and then shrimp and fauna.
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It is hairgrass. What kind i am not sure, i got it from C328.
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Normal hairgrass can be grown by DSM, but dwarf and the Japanese kind is not able to from experience.
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I think the words 4-6 months has frighten me...
Added more plants to the planned planted tank.
I think i have overdo it this time.
As mentioned by Diana, every new tank setup is different, and even same type of plants will find its new life.
So, it is better to try different plants and see how the plants work out.
I am assuming some plants will dominate and some will eventually disappear.
Hope with heavy planting, i do not have to wait too long to flood the tank ! ^_^
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Some plants seems to be dying off very fast... I think i will have to flood the tank so that all plants are submerge.
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Rear left, that one cannot emerse grow.
The one with the more shiny leaf and pretty much standing is Barcopa. can emerse + likes to grow upward when submersed. Emersed growth when too high it will tilt and grow slanted, cut it before it does.
The HC, can be planted smaller clumps. Search the fourm, should have somemore examples. It will help spreading and easier to spot growth.
i think i see microsword. that one can emerse, very good plant.. correct lighting it will grow pretty fast.
I see you might flood, lets say 4-6 weeks down. (I am guessing) as one bro who over do his DSM said, you flood when you see rooted and spreading well. (ok he said aggressively.)
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is that some stem plants you trying to growing DSM method? cannot see properly from your shot.
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