Monte Carlo Carpet No Co2
Hc cuba plant is tough to grow without co2 and should not be attempted unless you have spare time and plants to waste but this approach will.
Monte carlo carpet no co2. Who says you can t grow a dbt carpet dwarf baby tears without c02. So first of all forget about fishes at least till the plants are flourished and a decent carpet. And i have monte carlo floating above in case the carpet fails i can try again. The monte carlo has rooted itself deeper into the substrate.
I hope monte carlo is as easy as described by most. Let me know if i m doing anything wrong. By following the guide below you should be able to grow dwarf hair grass carpet dhg monte carlo mc microsword and marsilea species without injected co2. Glossostigma may require more light.
I have a 120 50 60 cm tank and i used monte carlo as carpeting i had the tank from 10 9 2017 but now the color is very light seems like transparent my ph is 7 the co2 is on for 5 hrs the lighting is same and i m using stability flourish excel phosphorus nitrogen potassium first week i changed water 20 daily. The bright green color of mc monte carlo is really striking. The above video is day 1 21 july 2020 of planting monte carlo. Tank a no co2 tank b add 1bps co2 i want to see how different are the growth.
Monte carlo day 2 in low tech tank. Hopefully it continues to improve and spread out even more. Monte carlo is a carpet plant and is known to cover a huge portion of space in the tank easily. Noticeable improvement in the monte carlo carpet in my low tech no co2 tank.
Learn what i do to grow them and keep them green and happy. You need to remember the goal is to achieve carpet in a low tech no co2 planted tank. I do have a mini time lapse photo of the monte carlo before and after the difference is quite noticeable. Very small plants like hc cuba monte carlo or glossostigma has tiny roots.
In this case more is better 10 20 gallons 40 80 liters will accommodate the plant and other inhabitants properly. Although monte carlo is a good choice for nano tanks the minimum tank size to house this species is 5 gallons 20 liters. I pushed some of the monte carlo plants deeper into the soil using tweezers.