Thanks Kris. There actually is some low-grade hardscape in there, but it has been obscured by the plant growth. I guess I should count my blessings. Where is a good place to track down some appropriately-sized driftwood? (This tank is a 20H, by the way.)

It's eco-complete.

Are pictured below. At last weekend's meeting, I bought some stems of ludwigia cuba, ludwigia arcuata, pogostemon stellatus, and cardamine lyrata. And learned that I ought to be hacking more aggressively at my existing plant. Oh, and was convinced that there's much to be gained by posting pictures ...

If only I had known before the meeting what I know now about trimming--I could have given away a lot more stems. Thanks to Ghazanfar and everyone else who passed on helpful advice.

--sam

I'm a new member and I'm going to try to come to this meeting--I am looking for some new plants to try in my 20H (currently in need of some work http://gwapa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3800 ). I'd be happy to try just about anything. And if anyone wants cabomba or ludwigia repens, which I recognize a...

Well, I'm still working on this...still without any grand success. I put in a pressurized rig (5 lb CO2 can + a micromatic regulator and a fabco needle valve), and I am reasonably confident that my CO2 is up where it needs to be. My ludgwigia, cabomba, and cryptocorne are growing ridiculously fast. ...

I've been using the estimative index fertilizing method in my 20H, and things seem to be doing ok. Except that when I test the water at the end of the week before my 50% water change, I seem to have very high nutrient levels. For example, I have 1.8 ppm phosphate and 50+ppm nitrate. I couldn't figur...

Hi folks, Though an old hand with aquaria, I'm relatively new to the plant thing, so excuse any ignorance. About a month ago I revamped a 20 high as a planted tank. The tank is filtered with an aquaclear 30 hang-on-back filter. I'm using eco-complete for the substrate and and a couple of 2 liter yea...

Hi folks, I'm new to the forum and hoping someone can help me figure out where to buy parts to build my own CO2 regulator. It's easy to pick up a basic cornelius or micromatic regulator and a cylinder from one of the beverage shops, but I'm wondering whether there is a single source for ordering the...

Hi folks, I'm new to the forum and hoping someone can help me figure out where to buy parts to build my own CO2 regulator. It's easy to pick up a basic cornelius or micromatic regulator and a cylinder from one of the beverage shops, but I'm wondering whether there is a single source for ordering the...