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So I started up my tank with the attention of having a colony of calvus and wasn't sure what else a couple years ago. Has a regular 15watt bulb and black sand substrate and I ended up with a single black calvus and a single redfin comp along with a colony of cyp unita and a colony of syno petricola. I decided about 8 months ago I want live plants and have been just buying and planting hoping something would take off. Most plants slowly wasted away as I was afraid of with low light and a pH of 8.2. I did however mix some Eco-Complete for plants substrate with the sand to make it a 50/50 mix.
Well I bought a java fern used a rubberband to attach it to Holy Rock, for the time being since I had no lava rock or driftwood. After only a couple weeks I went to go move it and to my surprise its totally taken already!! I figured since its already attached and has 3 new leaves uncurling( only 5 others on the plant so nice growth for only a few weeks!) I would leave it be. So I purchased some more javas in hopes they will take just as well! I also purchased some crypt lutea and crypt spirualis hoping they do well! I also had some tropica swords that have been doing well so I added an Ozeolot and a Radican Sword hoping for similar results.
Anyone have a similair setup, high pH low light? Whats been successful for you?
Also I was tempted to add some bolbitis fern ( another african thats a little rarer but grows into a beautiful specimen plant) I found a store that sells it for only 6 bucks a rhizome ( about 6inches worth). ANyone have experience with this plant? The guy at the store told me it does poorly in low light an d will turn black and slowly waste, but from what *** read they love low light and stay a dark green when in it, in high light they turn translucent green.
Well I bought a java fern used a rubberband to attach it to Holy Rock, for the time being since I had no lava rock or driftwood. After only a couple weeks I went to go move it and to my surprise its totally taken already!! I figured since its already attached and has 3 new leaves uncurling( only 5 others on the plant so nice growth for only a few weeks!) I would leave it be. So I purchased some more javas in hopes they will take just as well! I also purchased some crypt lutea and crypt spirualis hoping they do well! I also had some tropica swords that have been doing well so I added an Ozeolot and a Radican Sword hoping for similar results.
Anyone have a similair setup, high pH low light? Whats been successful for you?
Also I was tempted to add some bolbitis fern ( another african thats a little rarer but grows into a beautiful specimen plant) I found a store that sells it for only 6 bucks a rhizome ( about 6inches worth). ANyone have experience with this plant? The guy at the store told me it does poorly in low light an d will turn black and slowly waste, but from what *** read they love low light and stay a dark green when in it, in high light they turn translucent green.