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The stock filter on the tank (in the hood) is 200L/h which was just too strong and would have uprooted all the plants. I currently have a small internal canister filter in there to keep the water moving. It's also 200L/h, but at least I could direct the flow away from the glosso

Hi All So, I spent most of my Saturday morning painstakingly planting glosso plantlets in my new 20L tank. It's finally all done, so I can show off the final result I'm hoping the glosso will fill in and carpet the bottom, but I've heard that you should give the plants a chance to recover before dosing. So, how long should I wait? The plan is to add Flourish Excel and Comprehensive. As far as fish go, I'm thinking of getting a few guppys and maybe some fresh water shrimp if I can catch them. In any case, I won't be adding fish for a month or so.

So, if I wanted to go out and catch myself a few shrimp, how would I go about it? There are fresh water streams near my house. Do I just wave a net around and hope? Do I use a bait of some kind?

The plan (after reading comments from Jennifer) was to dose with Excel once a week, and then add a little Comprehensive each day. I used to have minor algae issues on my main tank, but after I started following the above regime it seems to be better. Based on that experience I figured that I would have a better chance of avoiding algae if I added some ferts (or maybe I just need to keep the lighting low, I dunno). I could dry start, but I have heard that this causes glosso to grow upwards rather than horizontally.

I am setting up a new tank and trying to grow glosso as ground cover. Since I won't have any fish in there for a while, I figured that I may as well keep the water level low (5cm or so) to help the light reach the plants better. My question is, while my tank is like this, should I add my liquid ferts at their normal levels (as if the tank was full) or should I reduce the ferts to match the water volume? I think the plants will use the same amount of nutrients regardless of the water level, so I should add the ferts at the higher rate, but I'm not sure if there is anything else to consider. What do you guys think? :-?

Background: I have had a bunch of different fish tanks over the years, but while I have always had happy/healthy fish, none of them have every lived up to the aquascaping hopes I had before I started making them. Here's a shot of my current tank (18 months old). Click for stocking info: I've always loved tanks which have lush looking ground cover because I think they look natural, but the stock lighting in my tank just isn't up to the task (because it's so deep). Last week I saw the video of Sam's tank and I have been reading about the Walsted Method. This got all inspired to try something new. My Idea: Inspiration: Get a small tank (30-40L) Put a layer of potting mix under a layer of fine gravel Plant a bunch of dwarf baby tears and hair grass (going for a grassy hill look) Chuck in a bunch of duck weed to help soak up the initial excess nutrients Build a stone henge like structure in the middle to look interesting Keep the tank lightly stocked. Just a few guppies or corydoras The way I figure it, the short, rooted plants will benefit most from the substrate nutrients and having a small tank will allow the short plants to still get plenty of light. Questions: So, do you guys think this would work or would I be better off just using normal CO2 injection with liquid ferts?

Sweet. Sounds awesome (sad I missed the sausages...)

What is "Conference 2013"?

What kind of ferts? and how much?

A couple of things to look out for when over dosing excel: * It will kill some plants like Twisted Val * It also killed my Bala Sharks within 30 mins of putting it in the tank

Looks really cool

One big angel with a school of tetras is nice, or a couple of dwarf gouramis