Squirrel's 72 Gallon Planted Tank

[Themuleous]

Think a good prune should help most of those plants, get them to be a bit more bushy.

List looks good and think you are right about the petrified wood.

Sam

 

[Squirrelbuddies]

I've started to make a few changes already...

Removed the petrified wood.
Removed the bulk of the java moss so the bolbitis is now exposed.
Planted more dwarf sags.
Cut the lily way back.

In my travels today, I found a cool little fish shop that had a nice bunch of rotalla wallichii for sale, so I bought it and just finished planting it on the left side. What is the best way to plant the stems --- should they be planted individually or several stems bunched together? I planted them individually and they look a little odd right now but I am hoping this will encourage them to branch out and keep free from debris collecting in their fine needles.

Also, the owner of the store told me this plant needs supplemental iron. Does anyone know if this is true? If so, would I be better using Seachem's Flourish or is Flourish Iron better for this?

-sondra

 

[Themuleous]

I tend to plant stems in bunches of two or three, it helps keep them bushy.

I found R.wallichii to be quite a tricky plant, that does best under decent light. A good quality trace fert like seachem flourish or TPN would probably help.

Sam