Planted Journal : Woodland

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Started my planted tank after a recess of two years............

Tank Dimension : 2' X 1' X 1'
CO2 : Pressurized
Light : 2 X 36 watt PL (color temp -- 6500K )
Substrate : Laterite, used Sera Flored pot, topped by sand gravel
Will maintain this journal and will try my level best to document progress on weekly basis....

Now let the pics talk....

Drifts used in set up.....
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Initial Set up .......
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Later on discarded it .............. n came up with this one ---

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CO2 set up....

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Day 1 : Planting

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Dosing :

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Which didn't turn out well....later on adjusted with extra KNO3 ....

week 2 :

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As of now :

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Everything looking nice. But there is no place for Anubias in the left side. What about the foreground plants?
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Waiting for Glosso to fill in the fore ground..........Anubiuas will be removed...... looking forward for some tips on the foreground part..... it is really taking time to fill in.....the substrate might be responsible for it....
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Please post a clear picture only of foreground. If I am not wrong, Glosso is growing upward. Move your light to front area. How thick is layer of sand in front area?
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Here u go....pic taken a week back ....i noticed some NO3 deficiency and accordingly increased KNO3 dosing..... yes glosso r growing upwards.....as suggested moved light at front area from middle.....lets c
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substrate at front area is 2" thick
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everything is fine, will take time to get the actual show.
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You have to provide direct strong light and lower ph to spread it as foreground.
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parthapratim22 wrote:everything is fine, will take time to get the actual show.
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also choose wisely the plants and location where to plant ..

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Ashok wrote:
also choose wisely the plants and location where to plant ..

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We'll b looking forward for suggestion on plants n it's position ....as of now at background i have L. Glandulosa at fore ground glosso n hydrocotyle tripartita ....my plan is to keep the background red by using L.Glandulosa n foreground green by glosso carpet.......

if u have any specific observation or suggestion then please share ....i'll love to listen
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