My 2ft aquascaping

**felix_fx2** · 11th Jan 2014, 17:09

the top left looks still quite bare, you intend to fill it up?

**hann** · 11th Jan 2014, 17:48

As the soil and lava rocks are of the same color, it may look like it is quite bare now. I am intending to plant more Staurogyne repens on the available soil around the lava rocks.

**Bieffe** · 11th Jan 2014, 18:47

Originally Posted by hann

The foreground plant is Hemianthus callitrichoides. Some called them hc in short.
You can use the following to read about this nice plant.

http://www.tropica.com/en/plants/pla...richoides.aspx

When to Nanyang showed him pic and asked for HC. The staff there gave me a super blank face.

**hann** · 11th Jan 2014, 20:15

Originally Posted by Bieffe

When to Nanyang showed him pic and asked for HC. The staff there gave me a super blank face.

I am surprised. This is quite a common plant, seen frequently in seaview. Maybe you can show them the picture next time.

**felix_fx2** · 11th Jan 2014, 20:20

Originally Posted by hann

As the soil and lava rocks are of the same color, it may look like it is quite bare now. I am intending to plant more Staurogyne repens on the available soil around the lava rocks.

yup.

that was what I was thinking. that way can show the rock better.

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**Bieffe** · 11th Jan 2014, 20:28

I did show them the pic they say they don't know not sure....not clear.

**Bieffe** · 12th Jan 2014, 00:15

At the end I bought glosso but it's so difficult to plant!...and looks like w/o CO2 I won't have good results.

**Dodofish** · 12th Jan 2014, 00:26

Originally Posted by Bieffe

At the end I bought glosso but it's so difficult to plant!...and looks like w/o CO2 I won't have good results.

Actually planting glosso is really not tough. Just need to cut them up into nodes and sink them into the substrate. For me I usually pick only submerged glosso as they usually have bigger leaves to manage.

You can consider investing in a co2 cylinder with solenoid. For 2 ft tank at 1bps, it last easily for a year. And give you more time to sit and enjoy your scape.

**felix_fx2** · 12th Jan 2014, 02:09

Originally Posted by Bieffe

At the end I bought glosso but it's so difficult to plant!...and looks like w/o CO2 I won't have good results.

most plants do better when growing conditions are co2 enriched.

but, it's mostly we hobbyist want to see fast results. true story.

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**hann** · 12th Jan 2014, 10:18

Originally Posted by felix_fx2

yup.

that was what I was thinking. that way can show the rock better.

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I am waiting for my existing Staurogyne repens to grow more runners so that I can trim and move them to cover the left side. Their growth are quite slow though. Maybe because they are directly under my 4x24w light, they spread around their surrounding instead of growing upright.
Not intending to get directly from LFS now to beef up the volume immediately as I am sick of the melting phase.