Thanks
I will move the heater.
Regarding the plants, I will be trying some amazon sword plants. Up to now, Anubias are the only things that survive
the setup of the tanks very impressive mate, with some amazon swords in there to enclose itll look a million bucks
I do love your wood structure, once the moss takes hold in the light cycle.
bearing in mind its water column feeder hence easy carbo n plant food in water added weekly/daily if you really wish
is speed sup growing a touch, if an amazon sword is doing well its almost a new leaf sprouting every day if you get it right, I used to add a dose when I got up, add easy carbo/flourish, spray vivarium, scratch balls, yawn and go make a brew
Mosses are a lot slower but given a few weeks itll be how you want it, keep trimming it, I personally keep attaching it further along in a thin mat as it grows, instead of going at it with scissors unless its really wild.
if you have T8 lights run them 10 hours a day with reflectors, t5s run 8 hours a day
I stick mine on plugin analogue timers so its the same pattern every day (and id forget tbh
) add liquid carbo dose daily, in water if possible 30mins before lights on.
I replace my t8s every 12months, my T5s every 18 they are pretty cheap, usually combo of grolux and grocolour. Ive had leaves from my motherplants a good 3/4 feet long just leaf....that's t5s reflectors and seachem root tabs pricy but bloody good.
T5s I've had success with most strains of them from the carpeting tennalus to the amazonicus ones. You just need a bit longer on t8s because they are less effective.
Also put root tabs beneath each plant, and youll have motherplant amazons swords flowering in no time mate, they are heavy root feeders, that's the secret to them. if you can fit reflectors also, this gives them more light. the waste from the livestock braely feed them easy to grow species, it helps but not much, pretty much all echids (amazons) are easy to grow with the above combination of lighting cycle, reflectors, tab and daily/weekly feeding regime.