Newbie DSM attempt for Iwagumi

[babiwangi]

Oh bro this is my exp.. i also very new with this. So initially i use sc excel and the plant was goo. About 1 week my water shown some green algae abit and water not so clear. So i change 50%water and just let it while dosing excel every morning, water still the same. Then i decided to buy seacham flourish (fert) and dose it into the tank. Then in 3 days without I realise the water soo clear and bright..just dose the fert once a week based in the direction to use. Btw my tank is 2ft tank with at least 30 small fishes

[FaRnieGuy]

Oh bro this is my exp.. i also very new with this. So initially i use sc excel and the plant was goo. About 1 week my water shown some green algae abit and water not so clear. So i change 50%water and just let it while dosing excel every morning, water still the same. Then i decided to buy seacham flourish (fert) and dose it into the tank. Then in 3 days without I realise the water soo clear and bright..just dose the fert once a week based in the direction to use. Btw my tank is 2ft tank with at least 30 small fishes

Thanks for sharing bro.. :thumbup:

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[FaRnieGuy]

updates updates

Day 30 (9 December 2014)



Crawl baby crawl.. climb climb.. SPREAD~!



things are looking pretty good so far. let's just hope that it will spread more and carpet the front fast.
the front of the tank still looked rather "botak".

[FaRnieGuy]

hmm.. how come the photos became so big?

[FaRnieGuy]

Updates
Day 37 (16 december 2014)

Carpeting nicely.. slowly but surely..



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[FaRnieGuy]

Updates again..

Day 44 (23 December 2014)

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps7iq5jzyy.jpg

Should be flooding it soon..

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[azman_haron]

[QUOTE=FaRnieGuy;802208]Updates again..

Day 44 (23 December 2014)

Should be flooding it soon..

44 days!!! How do you resist the temptation????

[FaRnieGuy]

Haha... actually I'm just afraid of flooding it.. the transition phase is scary.. read about too many failed attempts.. :eek:

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[Urban Aquaria]

After flooding, if you have Co2 injection, pump in more to ease the plants transition process, since there'll be no livestock during this period you don't need to worry about the higher Co2 levels.

If no Co2 injection, then consider adding liquid carbon (ie. Seachem Excel) to help maintain the HC growth. Moderate light photoperiod to a 6-8 hour schedule to slow down algae issues.

Test the water parameters and if there is still alot of ammonia in the water, do more frequent water changes to flush out the excess nutrients (even with a carpet of HC, its still considered relatively "low" density as there are no other fast growing plants to soak up excess nutrients, this a common challenge with single-plant iwagumi scapes). Also dose potassium and micro/trace nutrients to support continued growth of the HC, as those nutrients tend to be depleted first and deficiencies will appear quickly.

[FaRnieGuy]

After flooding, if you have Co2 injection, pump in more to ease the plants transition process, since there'll be no livestock during this period you don't need to worry about the higher Co2 levels.

If no Co2 injection, then consider adding liquid carbon (ie. Seachem Excel) to help maintain the HC growth. Moderate light photoperiod to a 6-8 hour schedule to slow down algae issues.

Test the water parameters and if there is still alot of ammonia in the water, do more frequent water changes to flush out the excess nutrients (even with a carpet of HC, its still considered relatively "low" density as there are no other fast growing plants to soak up excess nutrients, this a common challenge with single-plant iwagumi scapes). Also dose potassium and micro/trace nutrients to support continued growth of the HC, as those nutrients tend to be depleted first and deficiencies will appear quickly.

Noted with thanks!!!
I'll probably use Seachem Excel unless I can find a decent set of co2 from marketplace..


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[FaRnieGuy]

Day 51 (30 December 2014)



Got my co2 last night from a nice bro..
Hand itchy.. Can't wait.. So I decided to flood today..

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...pskvoq17v6.jpg

Happy to see pearling.. Don't ask me about water parameters.. I forgot to buy test kit!



Co2 at 3 bps
Dosed 3ml of Seachem Excel & 1ml Seachem Flourish..


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[FaRnieGuy]

More pearling..

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I'm a happy man!


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[Urban Aquaria]

Nice!

[qwert9277]

Looks awesome

[FaRnieGuy]

Nice!

thank you!

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[FaRnieGuy]

Looks awesome

thank you!

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[FaRnieGuy]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1419962486.981671.jpg

I'm in love with my tank.. Lol
Been staring for hours..
Pearls pearls pearls..


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[Ingen]

Very nice, is that all from one tub of monte carlo?

[FaRnieGuy]

Very nice, is that all from one tub of monte carlo?

It's actually from 4 packets of HC.. not monte carlo..

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[Ingen]

Oh, I thought was MC haha.