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Before I begin, let me show a photo of the diffuser in action, though this photo was taken when the CO2 first entered, so there aren't as many bubbles. Now, I'm pretty impressed. There are tiny bubbles everywhere and they are moving in a sort of infinity sign-shaped current throughout the tank. I think I've got it in a very good location, and I don't want to move it.
The two canisters are now directly hooked onto the tank and the tubes are connected to the diffuser via a T-connector. The air was just moving too slow, when I tried to have long tubing and hide everything in a box. I'm thinking about replacing it with the manifold I have, as now I think the tubing is short enough to make this efficient. There is so much CO2, that I am considering conserving it by turning it off at night, but I'll see. We're still experimenting here, but the results so far, are very good.
It took about 2 hours for the drop checker to turn yellow near the place where I'll plant the HC. Too much maybe for now. It is now situated in the opposite end of the tank from the diffuser, right above the Hydrocotyle and is now a lime green. I think I need another drop of the reagent. I added three. One more might be best.
Planning is not the same as Execution...
Much to my surprise today after I installed the drop checker, I received a surprise from the post. My moss came!
I'll let you know now, I had ordered the moss from Aquaticmagic. The reviews for them have been mixed with regard to live plants, but it seemed a good deal, so I would give it a try. My package went out Thursday, the 6th and only took 4 days. Not too bad. Needless to say, I had a ton of moss and still do. 21 portions of weeping moss, and 1 portion of Christmas that I bid on by mistake.
I was expecting the worst, but this was the quality of a typical bag of Weeping moss.
The Christmas moss was a little worse, but still very much alive and well.
I'll tell you, putting up the wall took the better part of the afternoon and the early evening. :jawdrop It was tedious work, but I was quite pleased with how my idea turned out. It was difficult finding a needle with a small enough eye to pull line through the holes, yet with a large enough eye to actually fit the thread. I went through about 3 needles and just plain threading with my fingers before I finally found a needle that worked well. I fitted a ceramic mister with tank water and was spritzing the moss to keep it fresh as I went along. When I needed a break, I submerged the wall into the tank. Some progress shots.
The moss is dense and very vigorous looking. I didn't need very much to get good coverage, and you can see from above, that there are places where you can definitely see through the moss. The fishing line performed very well. I was pleased with the rinal result.
Before.
After.
Here's a photo of the wall from the back of the tank. You can see the gaps. I purposely made it a little thin, especially in the bottom.
I love this shot with the anubias, the wall already looks dense, and I didn't even use half the moss. That's insane. Very nice quality, I'm quite impressed with Aquaticmagic right now.
Finally, a shot of the Christmas moss. I had to put it somewhere, so I covered a little piece of wood with it. and put it with the Hydrocotyle. To me, personally, it looks like it's been grown emersed, so I imagine there will be a conversion time.
I have a breeder net full of weeping moss and a little christmas moss in my 20g. I don't know what to do with it right now. Because it is under light, I'm not too worried and can keep it safe while I finish planting the 8g. Saturday, I will see what tanks can use some moss. What I don't use, I'll trade out among friends.
Thanks for looking and bearing with me in this really long thread. These posts have been murder and I apologize. I'm really trying to be as succinct as possible and still explain things.
As always comments and suggestions are welcome.
llj
The two canisters are now directly hooked onto the tank and the tubes are connected to the diffuser via a T-connector. The air was just moving too slow, when I tried to have long tubing and hide everything in a box. I'm thinking about replacing it with the manifold I have, as now I think the tubing is short enough to make this efficient. There is so much CO2, that I am considering conserving it by turning it off at night, but I'll see. We're still experimenting here, but the results so far, are very good.
It took about 2 hours for the drop checker to turn yellow near the place where I'll plant the HC. Too much maybe for now. It is now situated in the opposite end of the tank from the diffuser, right above the Hydrocotyle and is now a lime green. I think I need another drop of the reagent. I added three. One more might be best.
Planning is not the same as Execution...
Much to my surprise today after I installed the drop checker, I received a surprise from the post. My moss came!
I'll let you know now, I had ordered the moss from Aquaticmagic. The reviews for them have been mixed with regard to live plants, but it seemed a good deal, so I would give it a try. My package went out Thursday, the 6th and only took 4 days. Not too bad. Needless to say, I had a ton of moss and still do. 21 portions of weeping moss, and 1 portion of Christmas that I bid on by mistake.
I was expecting the worst, but this was the quality of a typical bag of Weeping moss.
The Christmas moss was a little worse, but still very much alive and well.
I'll tell you, putting up the wall took the better part of the afternoon and the early evening. :jawdrop It was tedious work, but I was quite pleased with how my idea turned out. It was difficult finding a needle with a small enough eye to pull line through the holes, yet with a large enough eye to actually fit the thread. I went through about 3 needles and just plain threading with my fingers before I finally found a needle that worked well. I fitted a ceramic mister with tank water and was spritzing the moss to keep it fresh as I went along. When I needed a break, I submerged the wall into the tank. Some progress shots.
The moss is dense and very vigorous looking. I didn't need very much to get good coverage, and you can see from above, that there are places where you can definitely see through the moss. The fishing line performed very well. I was pleased with the rinal result.
Before.
After.
Here's a photo of the wall from the back of the tank. You can see the gaps. I purposely made it a little thin, especially in the bottom.
I love this shot with the anubias, the wall already looks dense, and I didn't even use half the moss. That's insane. Very nice quality, I'm quite impressed with Aquaticmagic right now.
Finally, a shot of the Christmas moss. I had to put it somewhere, so I covered a little piece of wood with it. and put it with the Hydrocotyle. To me, personally, it looks like it's been grown emersed, so I imagine there will be a conversion time.
I have a breeder net full of weeping moss and a little christmas moss in my 20g. I don't know what to do with it right now. Because it is under light, I'm not too worried and can keep it safe while I finish planting the 8g. Saturday, I will see what tanks can use some moss. What I don't use, I'll trade out among friends.
Thanks for looking and bearing with me in this really long thread. These posts have been murder and I apologize. I'm really trying to be as succinct as possible and still explain things.
As always comments and suggestions are welcome.
llj
Thank you, the wood choice and hydrocotyle are among my favorite parts of the tank as well. 
Nobody cares, the vendor won't speak to me and UPS is useless. I am filing a claim, but they will go out of their way to make it my fault, so I know nothing will come of it. A lesson learned. I'd give the name of the vendor, but I find that exceedingly tacky. They simply will not be listed by me in the US directory for plant sources. You'll see two major omissions in that list and you'll then know who I won't deal with. 
I am officially a member of a very special club. 
