jvision Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Just put the heater at the bottom of the tank - it'll be well hidden by your plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeiu Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Took this shot a few days ago. You can't really tell from the photo but my HC is not as green as I want it to be. There are some leaves that are starting to turn brown. I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on this for me. I am currently using a 24W 6400K T5HO on this. Fertilizes NPK and micro minerals. Lights were on for 6 hours but have been reduced to 4 hours because of the browning (I thought maybe they were getting too much light so I reduced them about a week ago) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 You'll want 10-14 hrs of light with that setup. Get a timer and set it for 10 to start and see how things go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubr0ke Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Trim your hc, its growing on top of itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackerberry Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Had that yellowing problem too, searched the web and found that HCs love Flourish Excel. Tried it and they are growing like nuts and turned greener. You might try some Iron supplement too. hb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeiu Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks for all your suggestions. So I went out and purchased some Excel and oh my, what a turn around. Here is a shot of the HC at its most brown point: February 26, 2012 and here it is today: March 6, 2012 (44 days after planting) And some Amano Shrimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Wow, what a change. Looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Flourish Excel, so does that mean you were missing some nutrients before you started dosing? If so, which nutrient do you think it might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeiu Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Flourish Excel, so does that mean you were missing some nutrients before you started dosing? If so, which nutrient do you think it might be? I believe the HC were not getting enough CO2 as my CO2 is a DIY one. So with the addition of Excel, they may be getting a better amount of carbon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackerberry Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Now that's an awesome sight to see.. hb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 That is an awesome turnaround in just a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaVishVish Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Wow! looks very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeiu Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Friday, July 20, 2012 Just thought I would update this as I have not done so in a long time. Picture as of today. Fauna: 2 Black Marble Angle Fish 1 Otocinclus 5 Amano Shrimp ?? Red Cherry Shrimp Flora: Front: Hemianthus Callitrichoides 'Cuba' (Dwarf Baby Tears) Middle: Pogostemon Helferi (Downoi) Back: Eleocharis Acicularis (Dwarf Hair Grass) Equipment: Tank: ADA Cube Garden 45-P 45X27X30 Light: Sunblaster 24W T5HO CO2: None Filter: Eheim 2217 So other than a Amano Shrimp jumper two months ago, things have been good. Light period has been cut down to about 4 hours a day and water changes occur once every 1.5 months. No CO2 injections and only weekly dose of Excel. Edited July 20, 2012 by meeiu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaVishVish Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thursday, February 2, 2012 Just wanted to do a quick update today. Just took this picture and it seems I may need to trim soon. Any suggestions on keeping the HC lower and more dense? So did you find ways on keeping the HC lower and dense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeiu Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hi all! I thought I would update this journal as well. This tank is no longer in its former glorious days. I procrastinate trimming the HC and it over grew and the layers underneath died away. Resulting in the entire carpet lifting on itself. So a while back, I decided to rescape it into a more natural look (?). I am not sure how I like it as of now... a little messy...Perhaps I need the stems in the back to grow more thick and the Rotalla Wallichi to grow straighter.. lol But regardless here it is as of today.. Perhaps this thread should not be named Iwagumi anymore.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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