My journal on my planted 422 CRS tank (in progress)

[atan]

Nice setup bro!

But just out of curiosity, is the a reason why you placed your US Fissiden meshes randomly?

hahaaha.. ya i knw its a waste of electricity, jus trying to do sort of load test on the chiller which i just got.
As for the rocks, most likely will change to dragon rocks, which i had one and tested. Not much of a rise in the kh and gh. The shrimps is another test cos i using the shrimps as commandos to test out my other water parameters etc. will not be adding others till i get the kh and gh rite
Plants... haiz if they cant flourish so let it be, most imptly i wanted the tank to be good for my future CRS. if the plants die, will replace them wif lots of fern maybe whole carpet of us fissiden.

Originally Posted by atan

Nice setup bro!

But just out of curiosity, is the a reason why you placed your US Fissiden meshes randomly?

No specified ans cos the corner i had is for the fissiden. So jus chuck them there loh. Anything wrong?

[atan]

Originally Posted by patson77

No specified ans cos the corner i had is for the fissiden. So jus chuck them there loh. Anything wrong?

Nothing wrong actually. If you want a nice lawn of US Fissiden (as in a full carpet), try to lay them nicely about 1-1.5cm apart. I can see a lot of irregular gaps in between them. Just kapo kapo only.

Cos when they really grow, they will only grow out of the mesh by a bit but not that I know of it will spread. Correct me if I'm wrong as this is whats happening to mine.

Originally Posted by atan

Nothing wrong actually. If you want a nice lawn of US Fissiden (as in a full carpet), try to lay them nicely about 1-1.5cm apart. I can see a lot of irregular gaps in between them. Just kapo kapo only.

Cos when they really grow, they will only grow out of the mesh by a bit but not that I know of it will spread. Correct me if I'm wrong as this is whats happening to mine.

Oh issit. K I ltr go space them out. But like that siao liao cos not enuf, mus order again. Can sent me a poto of ur fissiden, simply love them

[atan]

Originally Posted by patson77

Oh issit. K I ltr go space them out. But like that siao liao cos not enuf, mus order again. Can sent me a poto of ur fissiden, simply love them

Check your PM, I've sent you the photos for my explanation on the above and for your visual understanding.

Hope the photo helps.

[cheetf]

Originally Posted by patson77

A new plant given by my fren - wat plant is this? looks like a rose. so beautiful

It's water lettuce. The rotting roots can be annoying.

[Heuer]

U r going to lose a lot of CO2

Originally Posted by atan

Check your PM, I've sent you the photos for my explanation on the above and for your visual understanding.

Hope the photo helps.

Wow yr fissiden very nice... any infos to share the mini fissiden? growth rate etc?

Originally Posted by Heuer

U r going to lose a lot of CO2

Noted. Understand that surface agitation will disperse the CO2 i injected.

No choice, cant have the best of both world. Why i put this in
1) By having the wavemaker, all the shrimps are flying.
2) off the wavemaker and the water movement is not there
3) Currently my atman 1200 is supporting both filration and chiller, suction power decreases.

Presently looking to DIY some tray like stuff to extend the output so that it can touch the water so as not to lose too much CO2.