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Originally Posted by HiJaC Is this the reincarnation of the 2.5G unpowered freshwater you had at work? |
Yes. I lost my job in October, and the tank moved to a neglected corner of my home. To boot, the outlet near that neglected corner wouldn't accept my light timer, so the light cycle was messed up. I rescued the surviving plants (some of which I had already moved to a better maintained aquarium, some of which were still struggling under the algae mat) and washed the sand. The driftwood is new, the rock and moss wall base is from the previous incarnation.
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Originally Posted by HiJaC The crypt could even be allowed to shade out the Nana on the thick end a bit with its leaves coming over the top. |
The crypts I have don't get quite that big. I have wendetti in the other tank I can import, but it grows more wide than tall, maybe up to 2" tall. To be behind the driftwood and shade out the Nana, it would have to be 4" tall. What variety would you recomend for that?
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Originally Posted by HiJaC The photo is a touch small so i can't see where you put the moss. |
The moss is between the sheets of plastic canvas. It has yet to grow into it's own.
Here's a picture of the previous moss wall in it's prime to get an idea of what I'm aiming at:
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Originally Posted by HiJaC a black or white background is more to my preference. |
I kind of like the moss wall, it is a unique character of this tank. (Even though it's a pain to trim.) There is actually a changable black/blue background behind that, but you can't see it through the moss wall.
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Originally Posted by HiJaC Didnt you have CO2 on the 2.5 before? |
I briefly had DIY
CO2 on it, but the bottle was tippy and I wasn't keeping up with the refueling, so I gave it up.
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Originally Posted by HiJaC Might be easier to use tiny daily doses of Excel with PMDD with a good stir to allow proper distribution to keep algae away and speed growth, and root tabs for the crypts. |
That is something I'm considering. I think I'm low on some of my PMDD ingredients, but I have some dropper bottles around for dosing into the little tank. (I am now using one for Prime, since I buy Prime in big bottles for the 75 gallon tank anyway, and at my new workplace will frown on my having a brita at my desk for dechlorination. There are approximately 100 drops in 5 ml, which treats 50 gallons, so I only need a few drops with each water change.)
I'm really low on cash at the moment, but Excel does intrigue me. I may do some biochemistry research and see if I can concoct some PME. (Poor Man's Excel.)
On a news front: I made a bit of a mistake setting up the tank. I turned on the light before I finished filling the tank. A couple of the upper Nanas are a bit damaged from dehydration. I'm sure they'll grow out of it, but these old leaves will have to be trimmed off when there is enough new leaf to sustain the plant.