40g Planted Apistogramma

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[Hannibal the Bichir]

I watered before and after planting, anyone with any experience with DBT DSM please help?


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[Finntastic]

I'm sorry I don't have any experience with those two but the tank looks amazing

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[Hannibal the Bichir]

Thank you so much. Looking at the picture, should I add more wood to the left side?


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[Finntastic]

Thank you so much. Looking at the picture, should I add more wood to the left side?


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Try a really small peice

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[Hannibal the Bichir]

That's what I was thinking too


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[Finntastic]

Yeah I'd look really well right there.

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[Hannibal the Bichir]

Day 3


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I'm not keeping the tank completely humid or spritz ing it with water. I have a small humidifier that I could put in the tank if necessary. However, I'm seeing great results as all of the BDT sprouts are raised up and lively. I'm afraid when I flood the tank however it will all die off? Any thoughts or experience


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Everything is going good so far! Expecting a lot of snow and I went away for the weekend, so I left the 24/7 feature on. I'm thinking about some submerged (roots in the water) ferns on the top of the tank, what would you suggest off of this site.
http://www.palmcentre.co.uk/category/fern


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[Hannibal the Bichir]

Rad max and coral bandit thank you for the advice, the tank is much cleaner and the receivers work so much better!


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[Fresh2o]

I'm not doing DSM with HC Cuba and Glosso and it is a challenge keeping the plants rooted.
Looks like they are doing fine in your DSM setup. I did save a little clump of HC Cuba and put it into a terrarium.
When is the flood date?


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Fresh, your toothpick idea seemed like a great idea! Yea I was really worried about the HC just floating to the surface, so I did the DSM. I'm hoping it will fill in quite a bit in the next two weeks. The flood date will be when I get my final pieces of equipment: the 5lb co2 tank and I got a bigger online diffuser that is being returned by GLA, and one piece of spider wood. I should be all set once I get the co2. I'm looking at getting some fissidens Fontanus to dry start those with super glue. I'm also worried about sinking my spider wood:/


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[Fresh2o]

Toothpicks worked with Staurogyne repens but HC Cuba and Glosso are much, much smaller. After a couple of failed attempts with the toothpicks, I ended up cutting stainless steel mesh into 1"x1" squares and gluing the plants to those. Working fine except for 2 out of 20 have been uprooted by the colony of MTS in the substrate.
For the spider wood, if you can soak most or all of it in a bucket that would help. Slate or stainless steel mesh can be cut to the appropriate size and can be attached to the wood using stainless steel screws.


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[Hannibal the Bichir]

It looks so healthy fresh, ?oh man I though the toothpicks would work out for you. Unfortunately I can't boil the pieces due to their size, I might try the stainless steel method that would be a good shot.
I'm looking to DSM some fissidens Fontanus by super gluing it to the spider wood. I'm looking on eBay and the pricing is close to $20 for 1 by 1inch of it. Is that really a good deal?


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[Fresh2o]

Slate is heavier and might be a better option. I found some scraps (asked before taking them) in the tile cutting section at Lowes and used them to support some manzanita branches.
I'd keep looking on the moss. I hope that price included shipping. I ordered mini fissidens (slightly smaller) from JungleFowl and I also got some regular fissidens from Tiger Terror a while back.
In the right conditions it grows quickly. Here it is in my shrimp tank:

I have it on DW and on SS mesh squares on the substrate.


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