Would like some feedback/opinions (scape in progress)

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I have a really hard time growing aquatic plants in my water currently... I can't figure out the science behind it as to why they struggle. Even java moss died in this setup...

Just to prove that I know how to grow plants you can have a look at my youtube channel and see some of my earlier videos where I have grown near perfect specimens of many type of plants. I have also had several farm tanks in the past where I sold over $5000 in plants in just short of a year.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1O6JBprlri4zBw9EeXVZ1A?view_as=subscriber

Anyhow, with that said I currently have some anubias barteri and nana that I have been able to keep growing very slowly. I decided to pickup a single anubias congensis (something bigger) and give that a whirl. If I can get it to grow well it should create some nice height as they can reach up to 16" tall.

On a side note, my terrestrial plants do quite well. I just introduced some frogbit as well to see if I can get that going strong. I really like the hanging roots look.
 
What do you dose?
 
Hendre said:
What do you dose?
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As of late, I haven't been dosing anything. I know for almost fact that with the mass amount of faster growing terrestrial plants I have on top of the tank that there are sucking everything (nutrients) out. Not leaving much for the aquatic plants.

My water is extremely hard with high levels of tds (800). We run on ground water with rich mineral contents. Very high gh and kh... I think its possible blocking the uptake of nutrients for the aquatic plants.

Look at this tank, I never used any ferts.

And here, no ferts.
 
They should still be able to take nutrients in? Can't view the videos on the schools wifi.

Terrestrial plants will have unlimited co2 so will easily outgrow the aquatic ones.

Btw what did you sell to make so much?
 
I used to sell over 100 species of plants. I had a extensive collection of rare cryptocorynes, and anubias, and bucephalandras.

Also sold stuff like mosses, ferns, floating plants, vals, swords, aponogetons, stem plants ect. I had many species that you would never find in stores plus everything that you could find in a local pet shop.

Selling my crypt collection of mother plants when I was done with all of that made me $1200 in just short of a month. Many crypts can sell for $10-$30 each.

Also keep in mind these are much larger plants compared to that of normal potted plants you can buy. I ran full co2 and full ei dosing. very high light as well.
 
philipraposo1982 said:
I used to sell over 100 species of plants. I had a extensive collection of rare cryptocorynes, and anubias, and bucephalandras.

Also sold stuff like mosses, ferns, floating plants, vals, swords, aponogetons, stem plants ect. I had many species that you would never find in stores plus everything that you could find in a local pet shop.

Selling my crypt collection of mother plants when I was done with all of that made me $1200 in just short of a month. Many crypts can sell for $10-$30 each.

Also keep in mind these are much larger plants compared to that of normal potted plants you can buy. I ran full co2 and full ei dosing. very high light as well.
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Oh awesome. I bought 2 crypts from a wholesaler, they were barely plants and he felt bad. He gave me 15 'plants' in total for the price of 2. Growing well

That's awesome though. We have an online shop here with awesome prices. Like 3+ barteri anubias for $4 (+-)
Stanzzzz7 said:
Have you tried hornwart? It thrives in hard water.
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May be why mine is failing, I have soft water
 
crypts gotta be once of my favorite species of plants. So much variety in color and texture plus you don't have to be constantly trimming them like stem plants.

One thing that you gotta be mindful of when keep crypts is to not change up the water parameters too drastically. Example would be swing in temps or co2 levels or a spike in nitrates. Crypts melt at the bat of an eye... I would have a gorgeous pink flamingo growing great one day and a week later 5 out of 8 leaves and melted away.

Crypts love their root tabs, don't forget those. I mean they can do fine without them but if you want to see lots of growth and runners you should keep them going every 4-5 months ish.
 
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I'm getting osmocote for root tabs :)

Maybe some river stones would compliment your scape
 
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