On Sunday morning I found the turbidity in the tank had gone down. Not crystal clear but the substrate had definitely settled. I did the following things.
1. Bought a piece of net from Chetla and got the intake tube of the filter covered with help from my mother in law who stitched a conical cover for it.
2. Bought two cups of HC Cuba and a cup of Ludwigia Glandilusa. Got another small piece of Java fern trident.
3. Drained the water out of the tank and planted the Cuba in small clumps on the moist substrate.
4. Covered the top with a piece of clear plastic and switched on the light.
5. Cleared the small puddles by sucking water out with a narrow pipe.
I am in two minds as to whether to go for the dry start method or flood it soon. The Cuba did not have good root formed. So if I flood the tank now, they might float up. On the other hand doing the DSM might be difficult with mold and all. Also when will I plant the Glandilosa then? DSM takes a few weeks.
Let me see what happens to the tank and how things pan out.
1. Bought a piece of net from Chetla and got the intake tube of the filter covered with help from my mother in law who stitched a conical cover for it.
2. Bought two cups of HC Cuba and a cup of Ludwigia Glandilusa. Got another small piece of Java fern trident.
3. Drained the water out of the tank and planted the Cuba in small clumps on the moist substrate.
4. Covered the top with a piece of clear plastic and switched on the light.
5. Cleared the small puddles by sucking water out with a narrow pipe.
I am in two minds as to whether to go for the dry start method or flood it soon. The Cuba did not have good root formed. So if I flood the tank now, they might float up. On the other hand doing the DSM might be difficult with mold and all. Also when will I plant the Glandilosa then? DSM takes a few weeks.
Let me see what happens to the tank and how things pan out.
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