@@EvilGenius4404 With that (red) coloration, you wouldn't want to go any less than a Chihitos. A little out of my price range but a great light all the same! I use the old Finnex Planted+ on my 36 g. Bowfront. At first, I was using the Fuval 3.0 Plant but because of the incorrect RED (pink) light it provided, I wasn't impressed with its quality. I think fluval tried to compensate for the actual red by breaking down the 3 other light spectrums - cold/pure/warm light. More options for a light than I wanted to be bothered with and then on top of that, some weird formatting timer... Absolutely no thanks! Did I forget to mention it was wayyy too small physically as it was only ¾ the span of the tank.
Due to me living in a tropical climate, a fan is required to reduce the water temperature from 27°C to 22-23°C. The lower temperature allows the C02 to better dissolve in the water. Same result can also be achieved by air-conditioning or a chiller, but a fan saves costs for me while yielding fairly good results.
I understand, I thought it was for promoting circulation of the water surface but yes I commonly see people in Asia running fans above their system, especially important for high wattage lighting which generates heat above the water column too!@@EvilGenius4404
@@pritamat.1863 Now I have been successful to grow it, I think the key is to plant it in mature soil, after the soil is more or less 1 year old then the chances of surviving are higher. If there are melting leaves a few days after planted, just cut that part down to the stem, and never move it, replanted, relocate or touch the soil around the roots, just make sure it's clean by vacuuming a debris and detritus carefully during a water change. Wait a few days or weeks then new leaves will grow, until the time comes when they are adapted and the old leaves are strong and don't melt, which means the sign has been successful 😊. This video is also one of the reasons I managed to grow it successful this time. Thanks EvilG. Regards, sorry for the bad english, i'm from Indonesia.
Wow! they are health plants with no algae.•what is the smaller plant in the front? I'm in Australia, so the co2 art regular is too expensive, then i have to pay for shipping. So i'm using up- aqua co2, adjustable regulator with solenoid at 30 psi. And co2 art inline diffuser with soda stream as co2. • I also have shrimp- neocaridina Sunkist (orange) and fish in my tank. •About your shrimp. So many people in the shrimp hobby say that you should do no more than 25-30% water change, and drip the water in, so you don't alter the parameters and risk premature molting..and shrimp death. But your prove them wrong with your 50% water change. •How do you fill up tank? My water is very soft 30- 70 ppm. Since i got shrimp i've always been scared to use tap water, so i have 2 stage filter on my tap that i use to fill up aquarium. I also remineralize water. • so do you remineralize your water?. I know you don't have fish in your tank, but if you did would you still use 2 to 3 bubbles per second? • So you keep your lights on at 100% for 8 hrs.. So how do you not get a lot of algae? • What then is the par of your light? • How much does pink flamingo cost where you at? Cause that plant is rare and expensive in Australia - 1 plant with 4 leaves can cost over $50 AUD
@@urbansk8r231 1) Regarding the water changes, i basically fill the tank by running the tap at full blast, with a tiny bit of seachem safe added before the water comes in. 2) I'm not running any filters on my tap thus i do not remineralize my water. 3) I had fishes in this tank before and i was able to run 2-3 bubbles too but i do have a air pump on standby just in case of a nitrite spike whereby the fishes would have trouble breathing. 4) for algae, the massive water changes i do weekly, help to keep the organics low and with the pairing on high light and high amount of co2, im able to grow the plants rather quickly, the heavy plant mass helps with algae reduction. i'm not too sure of the par on the lighting but it is a chihiros wrgb2 light 5) crypt flamingo whr i live comes in tissue culture and pot, costs around 40 aud each with 7-8 leaves
i was using specialized too...until i realised that my tap water already contains a lot of nitrates so i decided to change to premium...and it gave good results... The tank is a 60p but slightly different dimensions for the height and width
Cryptocoryne pink flamingo is so rare and so expensive because so few people can keep this plant alive under water. Cryptocoryne pink flamingo is born without chlorophyll green pigments due to a mutation. Cryptocoryne pink flamingo lacks chlorophyll green pigments exposing the pink pigmentation. Chlorophyll in green color leaves is essential in photosynthesis, allowing plants to absorb energy from light. The lack of chlorophyll green pigments allows the pink color to show through but it also means that the plant has no chlorophyll so it is unable to photosynthesize. These plants are very rare and super expensive because without chlorophyll to make sugar, pink plants can’t feed themselves, and don’t usually survive long. One pound weight of Cryptocoryne pink flamingo must cost $5,000 USD easily the most expensive plant in the world.
