NEW 550mm CUBE

no its not but u do get very impressive growth out of your non co2 tanks though i must admit! weldone!!

im starting to feel like using co2 is like cheating

 

Haha Shihr, thanks dude. I think of pressurized as stomping of the accelerator or like a bodybuilder on steroids. Personally I've nothing against it. I like my plant growth nice and slow and steady so I don't have to trim and fettle with it so often. Guys with stem plants and co2 will know what I'm on about.

 

Haha.. U right.. Trimming every week gets a bit painful.. But i enjoy the lush plants.. Also, I'm also quite an impatient guy

co2is like steroids

 

Update time!



The E quadricostatus was removed save for some in the rht back corner. I planted some Lilaeopsis brasiliensis in its place which is forming a nice dense carpet now.
Some E tennelus 'red' has taken over the foreground and grows like a weed sending runners all over. I also planted some HM in front of the Rotala rotundifolia on the left.

 

Some more pics

 

Damn.. really nice!!!!!!!

 

dude ur al natural scaping skills are sick!! I love ur tanks man.. They really matured..

 

Thanks guys! I'm happy with the scape now and will let it grow out from here. What really took me by suprise is the speed at which the tennelus 'micro' grows. It's speed is only outdone by the E quads. Imagine if I had co2 injection!!

 

@boebie

Can I ask your fert regime on all your tanks? Lighting and substrate... you have a natural knack for this!

 

@Zoom, thanks dude.
I have 3x 15w Sylvania Grolux and 1x 15w 6500k daylight tubes. I am only dosing DSD once a week with a 15% water change.
Dosing excel daily too.
Substrate is PFP and chemicult topped with Microbelift CAPM.

 

I do believe in the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid)

 

Been waiting for that stuff to arrive in JHB!

 

Why don't you ask your local LFS to get some from Henk ? Even if it's a special order just for yourself.

 

I've thought about it... but I'm waiting for @Henk Hugo to give some information about it first and whether it really is worth it's weight... and secondly... there's another option I'm looking into at the moment... just waiting for certain things to fall into place.

 

Well I've got no bad experiences with it thusfar, in fact the micro tennelus in the foreground is growing in a section where there isn't any pfp only the Microbelift CAPM. I really cant keep up with trimmings and it's already spreading between the lilaeopsis. I'm just going to let it do it's own thing and let it go where it wants to.

 

@Zoom, I forgot to add that the Microbelift CAPM was about half the price of Flourite.

 

Love the Tennelus carpet, I could never get mine to grow in a thick patch like that.
I checked the first page of the thread but couldn't find it, what thickness glass is in this cube?

 

Thanks @Whipme, I used 6mm glass alround including bracing. Tennelus does tend to grow quite slowly and takes a while to carpet.

 

I'm getting a little algae growth on my Lilaeopsis carpet probably due to the lack of water flow. I'm thinking of getting a small vibration pump to angle some water flow over it. Are the small ones too powerful? The tank is only 550mm square.

 

Heya guys!

Sorry for the late reply - i havent been on TASA for the last two months or so. We have the new Biologically Alive Substrate for planted tank arriving in the next 10 days or so.

http://www.microbelift.com/products...aurium-products/biologically-alive-substrate/