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I decided to do a heavily carpted planted tank. The seeds I had were bought of the internet and not entirely sure exactly what I bought at only a few euros.
Picked up the Beamswork 300 LED lights off e-bay and am seriously impressed by the quality and power of the system. Used a small bag of Amazonia Powder that I had not used as the substrate and picked up the stone for the hardscape.
Day 1 - 04/04
Layout decide upon. I had painted the back of the tank with acrylic paint the evening before,
Day 6 - 10/04
Starting to see plants germinate. Tank light had been on 24 hours a day and sprayed down with water containing liquid fertiliser daily. Tank was covered with cling film to keep humidity up and stop plants drying out.
Day 7 - 11/04
What a difference 24 hours make
Day 9 - 13/04
Decided to drop lighting to day time only. Hope to flood tank in a week after plants have best chance to develop strong roots and not float away. Have a air driven sponge filter cycling in the big tank since the start of this.
More updates to follow.
Dave
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Are they the sort of seed you buy from China on eBay and they just say 'carpeting seed' or something?
Can't wait to see it filled and see what happens to the plants then.
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Decided to flood the tank yesterday as I'll be away this weekend. Just water no agitation in it as filter not added. Now that I have this once it settles I think I'll transfer the fish from the 170 litre tank. About 20 tetras and do the DSM planted method on it.
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Plan is then to move the 28 or so tertras from my big 180 tank while I do the same DSM on it.
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