Munkii Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 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. I don't have an answer for you, but that foreground is going to look rad when it fills in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 The ferts can be dosed from the get go. What are you going to do about flow in that tank, I can't see a filter anywhere. It will look good when it fills in but I'd add two smaller rocks to "support" the large one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkii Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 What are you going to do about flow in that tank, I can't see a filter anywhere. 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I would go a bit easy on the ferts and lights until you see the plants are established and propagating. They will not need a lot of light or use a lot of ferts until they get their roots established. If you get too keen you could have problems with algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Just make sure you have as much flow as practical once the plants are rooted. No flow = algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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