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As per my last post, I am about to introduce living stuff to my tank,
starting with plants. At the moment, I only have a single 40W tube over my 200L tank, so I'm really in the low-end of lighting as far as plants go. (I read all the FAQs that were suggested in my last thread - thanks!) Although I do intend to upgrade my lighting (to at least 80W), I'm only going to do this after I've built a custom hood for my tank (which won't happen for a few weeks yet). In the meantime, I want to put some "easy to grow" plants in the tank, specifically those that will tolerate low lighting levels. I have two beautiful pieces of redgum (which I have treated and soaked) that I am going to use as part of my aquascape. One has been hollowed to form a large cave, the other is a solid stump with 20mm holes bored through it, to make sort of a "loach house". My plan is to grow some Java Ferns on this timber. I'm also considering Java Moss, Cryptocoryone, Water Sprite and Anubias (assuming that I can indeed find all those at my LFS, here in Australia). Does this sound right so far? Is there anything else I should keep an eye out for? Also, when I "conditioned" my tap water, I used Yardley Tri-start to remove Chlorine and Chloramines. (I have since found out that my water company uses Chlorine only, so this was probably overkill). From what I deduce, this product only neutralises these nasties, but doesn't add any additional good stuff. I know that my water is in the "very soft" range, so some additional dissolved minerals and trace elements won't hurt, especially as the plants are concerned. Can anyone recommend a product to dose the tank with that will help increase my general hardness, and also bump up the trace elements, etc? |
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