Hi Nas,

I know exactly what you mean about throwing plants away. It happens when we rescape/trim and there's excess.

[Even the plant holding tanks is aquascaped now.]

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Hi,

Thanks guys.

Isaac, you being too kind... ..saw your tank, I just love it, inspiring, you are good too, really ...
Dom, tank #1, I dose only Hagen ferts, occasionally, K2SO4 for extra potassium, especially after replanting. Tank #2, JBL Ferropol for micros, KNO3, KH2PO4 & K2SO4 for macros. Same as tank #3, except API Leafzone for micros and dose a lot less coz only mosses and a.nana, dosage for all tanks depending on plants response and some guts feeling..(still learning)

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Hi,

Some update on Tank #2

Two days before trimming


A day after trimming


The Rotala rotundifolia, a fast growing plant, a good plant if you want to practice trimming bushy stem plants, IME hahhaha..

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Wow. I'm impressed. You must really spend quite a bit of time trimming them. Keep it up and keep posting the pictures.

Tank #3 Update


Changes :
1. Replaced Rummy Nose with Sundadanio Axelrodi (Blue Neon Micro Rasbora)
2. Replaced 36W Philips PLL with 15W PowerGlo, low light for the new fish..

Interesting read about this fish at http://www.geocities.com/rasbora2004/boraras.html


Tried to catch the picture of this small fish, but my camera failed to do it..so borrowed a picture from the net..haha..


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Hi,

So busy with life lately, almost neglected my tanks..hehehe...

Tank#1

Only have time to trim the Ludwigia repens (left)..lol

Tank#2

Finally pull out the thick glosso carpet, and replanted a few, threw away the rest...but no time yet to trim the stems at the back...mmm...

Amazingly, the fact that I do not dose the usual dry PO4 (ran out of KH2PO4), everything seems fine, no GSA, but I do dose Hagen NPK (following recommended dosage on the bottle). Last weekend, tried to buy some more from 88Marine, Pandan Indah but no stock, when ask, got surprise reply, "my boss no longer want to bring it in"

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Looking lush and wild!

Hagen NPK includes phosphorus so that base is covered perhaps.
I find it's a good product but have to be covered with micros or substrate feeding or some problems will come up.

Low levels of P will lead to smaller leaves IME. Not a bad thing if you have a small tank. Less P also mean less chance of algae overrun!

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Hi,

Thank you Stan. Yes, I guess Hagen NPK is enough to cover my macros, even though per dose, give me like 3.5ppm NO3, 0.5ppm PO4 and 2.5ppm K (3-4 times a week), in contrast to what I always target for 10ppm NO3, 1 ppm PO4 and 10ppm K (which is according to EI dosing guide). As for micros, I am using Hagen Plant Gro, for both tank 1 & 2, (tank 2 switched from JBL Ferropol for about a month now). With somewhat more lean NO3 dosing, finally I get some red plants (L. aromatica, stellata, repens etc) to become redder, but on constant look out for BGA...

Having said that, too bad for 88Marine not to stock this great products anymore. As far as I know, their Hagen NPK and Plant Gro are the cheapest. Anybody know where to get this Hagen ferts at the same price as 88? Or maybe cheaper?
The other alternative I would like to try for macros is OceanFree Liquid Fertilizer, which is actually NPK. Anybody using it? How is it?


Regards

Tank #3 Update



The tank is somewhat neglected, overgrown with the moss. Any suggestion how to trim it down? or maybe re-tie it? I am bad at trimming plants esp. the moss, lol..

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Tank #1 Update


Time like this, I wish I had taller tank!!!...

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