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Journal Thread 'sudiorca's non-CO2 supplemented softwater tanks'

Dec 17, 2022

Thank you @GreggZ for the invite.
I have been maintaining several non-CO2 supplemented softwater tanks for some time and one of them was setup little over 3.5 years ago. Although I do have a pressurized CO2 injected high-tech tank, I love growing several problematic stem palnts including many members of Lythraceae family in my non-CO2 supplemented tanks.
Below are some old pictures of my tanks along with some closeup shots of some of my favorite plants.
My tanks are currently recovering from sevearl weeks of negligence due to my absence and I will post more pictures as they...

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[mrmoss 6]

Tank 4
Emmersed plants storage tank



Apt feast soil
Ceran wrapped (greenhouse effect) (no holes)
Pure rodi (small layer above substrate-allows for easy transition from submersed to emmersed)
Beamswork led full blast

 

[mrmoss 6]

Tank 2 water change shot

 

[mrmoss 6]

Changes
Got x4 new light fixtures using sunlike leds
The goals or already current:
Tank 1 - vichada dominant along with syng mixture
Tank 2 - uaupes/la lindosa dominant
Tank 5 - tonina dominant, aiming for pedra dominant as well (be a little bit after the melt)
Tank 6 - lago grande/giant dominant
Tank 7 - pure eriocaulon tank

Having one eriocaulon tank however is unacceptable to me. Uaupes and tonina dominated tanks are non negotiable to me. They stay. So tank 1 and tank 6 are the changeables. Lucky though, there is time. Time is needed to grow, propagate, sell and whatever is needed to accomplish two erio tanks, uaupes tank, tonina/pedra tank and tank 1(vichada dominated plus mix) and 6 (lago and giant). There just seems not enough room in which the backup moss tank (tank 8) may need to convert into the second erio tank. Emmersed tank (tank 4) is also so far non negotiable, there's no room for co2 as well as electricity plug room so filling it is not an option. Only option is keeping it emmersed or complete tear down (which is what im leaning towards) however it is a no maintenance tank.

These are my goals.
And the goal is simple. Become syng erio tonina king. Which can summarize as "soft water king" i know the summary is tacky. Hehe haha, hehe f-ing haha
Hehe f-ing haha to all i do...the ego and maturity level haha
Maybe just "algae king"
As far as an aquascaper, I failed

 

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Tank 1
The vichada will cover a good amount of area i believe. With the amount of sideshoots I'll pull off. Growth will be faster too once separated from the mother. This tank is on my last to do list and the hardest for me to reorganize. Ive got too many species here that mostly I just want to throw away as I feel they dont belong in this tank. One of those is a giant erio richardianum which im trying to get seeds from before I toss it. Others include uaupes and lago grande which I already have en masse in their dedicated tanks. Pogostemon hieldeberg id like to get rid of too and a erio fluviatillis which i want to transfer to another tank. I have thought turning tank 1 to pure erio but dont have the heart to rid the vichada as well dont have the erio plant mass to fill the tank. So my focus is vichada and then I have no idea where I'll go from there. This is why I've gone so long without doing anything but top offs for this tank. Current plants in this tank are syng pedra, syng lago grande, syng giant, syng uaupes, syng vichada saved (x1 or so syng belem x1 or so syng manaus) - just so they dont dissappear, erio fluviatillis, erio richardianum and pogostemon hieldeberg. The soil is old (mastersoil next) and a lot is powder. I have spare new soil but wont use it unless I convert to a all erio tank. The plants I have in there now dont seem bothered by it so no hurry no hassle. As well there have been root tabs placed in there awhile ago. Anyways enough useless ramblings.

As you can see the empty space used to be all macrocaulon. I did a sale where the buyer backed out last minute so theyre sealed in a bag and just withering away. I dont care to put them back in and away they go...


Most everything has reached the top of water column even the uaupes

 

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Tank 1 continuation
Here are vichadas. They have over exerted themselves over the surface with sideshoots ready to be extracted with all plants ready to be pulled and replanted. As you see the roots are pretty clean white