FlowerHFanatic's second attempt

[weeyang19]

hi all, here is my update.. guess tank is doing ok but still lot to improve...

Side view

Front view



first of all would like to find out why is my taiwan moss turning brown? Hope experts can give some advise....



My riccia, HC and glosso seem to be doing ok but i guess light is not sufficient looking at the direction the glosso are heading...




Plants are doing well:



But not these...

seem to be suffering from lack of something.... no idea.. need your help

and finally getting worried about my downois....going bald soon...



But my tiger lotus seem to be growing back after being mauled by my SAEs and ottos


would appreciate your guidance and comments and thanks for your viewing....

Wah bro nice mann,... swee

[fireblade]

nice setup!!
initially without plant doesn't look good, but now it is simply stunning!!
think your hairgrass is too big bunch ... can split them into thiner and plant again?

[Flowerhfanatic]

nice setup!!
initially without plant doesn't look good, but now it is simply stunning!!
think your hairgrass is too big bunch ... can split them into thiner and plant again?

thanks fireblade... have done that to my glosso and will do that to the HG soon...


i bought 10 pcs of sakura shrimps but they seem to have disappeared completely and i cant see a single trace of them.... what could possibly happened to them?

[Flowerhfanatic]

the shrimps are no where to be found.... 10 of them and cant even see one of them... anyway... the timer failed to time off again and as a result, the plants 'enjoyed' 14 hours of lights and CO2. My riccia bubbled heavily... I dont see this type of result normally when i allow the plants to photosynthesize for 8 hours... does that mean that the 8 hours is insufficient? I am using 4 x 39w T5 lights for this 3ft.... Thanks!






changed the way i plant glosso thanks to bro luncheonmeat for highlighting..

[EvolutionZ]

max go for 10 hrs of lighting.. 14hrs will only invite algae.

[weeyang19]

the shrimps are no where to be found.... 10 of them and cant even see one of them... anyway... the timer failed to time off again and as a result, the plants 'enjoyed' 14 hours of lights and CO2. My riccia bubbled heavily... I dont see this type of result normally when i allow the plants to photosynthesize for 8 hours... does that mean that the 8 hours is insufficient? I am using 4 x 39w T5 lights for this 3ft.... Thanks!






changed the way i plant glosso thanks to bro luncheonmeat for highlighting..

bro can see ur plant qlowing

[cheetf]

Think your moss is turning brown due to the T5. Friend of mine had the same problem. By the way what's you water temp? Moss generally do better in cooler water.

[Flowerhfanatic]

Think your moss is turning brown due to the T5. Friend of mine had the same problem. By the way what's you water temp? Moss generally do better in cooler water.

the main suspect is the SAEs. My temp is ok 26 to 27 degrees. I see some bro with T5 doing well with mosses. bit confused with moss now

[cheetf]

I have a tank of just moss which is doing fine with T5 but instead of using all the 4 tubes I only use 2. Don't know if the temperature of the lights (K) has anything to do with it or not.

[blue33]

Moss needs to adjust themself in new environment, give them some time.

[argonmt]

My moss doing well in cold water.. below 28 not higher.
I am using 4x24w with individual relector T5.. and no browing of moss so i dun think is light problem.

As for the lighting period, 8 hours should be enough and your plants should pearl within an hour if CO2 concentration is sufficient.

[Verminator]

Stunning tank. I'm amazed Cabomba looks good in a tank, its a first i've seen. Keep it up.

What substrate are you using? I'll browse back through the posts incase you've mentioned, but didnt see it anywhere on first glance.

[Verminator]

Never mind, first post i realised how dumb that was of me.

Lapis with JBL base fert - gotcha

[Flowerhfanatic]

hey guys, seems like my taiwan moss is back from the dead. bro blue is right we need to let them get accustomed in the tank environment first. they survived even with 2 SAEs inside. heres is the pic:
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and the full shot of the tank. the background plants are really fast growing and i just trimmed them. except for tonina which i think is not doing well..



here is the tonina.. but seem like some new growth there. cos the tip is whitish and paler.. is it sign of growth?


my hairgrass are slow as well....


and so are my downois... but there is cute little shoot mushrooming! :


i have removed the glosso and HCs are getting sparse as although they creep fast, but they tend to be upwards and eventually float up. gave up and replace them with riccia rocks

[Flowerhfanatic]

other shots

[EvolutionZ]

beautiful tank.. but there seems to be no focus point..

[Flowerhfanatic]

beautiful tank.. but there seems to be no focus point..

yeah bro its kinda panaromic and its all over the place

what do you suggest mate?

[EvolutionZ]

remove the 2 plants in the middle-left.. too big le.. maybe add some long and thick sticks of bog wood or ADA wood not tied to any moss for some hard focus point.

[weeyang19]

Think your moss is turning brown due to the T5. Friend of mine had the same problem. By the way what's you water temp? Moss generally do better in cooler water.

Hi bro so u say with t5 lighting we cant plant moss,...? I am asking as planning to go moss tank

[cheetf]

Can but I find for it to be green I need to lower the intensity.