yeah fair enough, you could always shoot me an email with some pics, would love to see your setup! [email protected]

Nice, the use of air lifts should work well I imagine as long as the different levels aren't too high. And I agree, the red root floaters and all the other floating plants have really exploded since this video, specifically the dwarf water lettuce!

Haha oh yeah I've done the exact same thing, luckily it wasn't too much wasted nutrients but hey, it's all part of the learning process.

I'm not 100% sure what the best height would be, I would imagine it would depend on the strength and spread of the light that you are using. For this setup the height is around 7ish inches, but that is only because I wanted to fit five tubs on the rack and that was the height I was left with after evenly spacing each shelf. Hope that makes sense, Thanks for watching! :)

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Hey Sean, I just crunched the numbers on this based on the data collected from my previous anubias experiment. Based on the relative growth rate determined for the highlight grown plants, you should be able to double the size of an anubias plant in around 2 months (58 days to be exact). So, in other words taking a 10g plant, cutting it in half, in around 2 months you would have two plants both 10g in weight. Alternatively, if you cut the 10g plant into three equal pieces, it would take ~3 months (93 days) for those pieces to grow to 10g. It takes a bit longer because the starting size is smaller but you would end up with 3 anubias plants in 3 months, so in a round about way that averages to 1 per 30 days. Realistically, a lot of other variables would impact the growth rate but it gives a rough idea on what is possible. Thanks for watching!

Hey Sean, I just crunched the numbers on this based on the data collected from my previous anubias experiment. Based on the relative growth rate determined for the highlight grown plants, you should be able to double the size of an anubias plant in around 2 months (58 days to be exact). So, in other words taking a 10g plant, cutting it in half, in around 2 months you would have two plants both 10g in weight. Alternatively, if you cut the 10g plant into three equal pieces, it would take ~3 months (93 days) for those pieces to grow to 10g. It takes a bit longer because the starting size is smaller but you would end up with 3 anubias plants in 3 months, so in a round about way that averages to 1 per 30 days. Realistically, a lot of other variables would impact the growth rate but it gives a rough idea on what is possible. Thanks for watching!

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

Sure, email me and we can work something out. [email protected]

I wish lol I was just in the Netherlands a few months ago, I could have brought you some! 😜Beautiful country btw

@Widquatics aaah damn when your coming back xD

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Yeah that's a good point, I'd be interested to see those results! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I have a small heater in the sump set to around 76f, but the lights also add some heat to the bins above them, which helps keep the plant roots nice and warm for growing.

Thanks for the great tip! I'll have to play around with that in the future. Could be a good way to keep the humidity high for more finicky plants.

@@Widquatics my rotala did NOT like it lol, but buce, crypts, anubias, and ferns seem to be doing really well. I’m getting submersed phenotype expression in all my plants except buce, they seem to know the difference.

No, unfortunately nothing too formal. It would make for a cool experiment to test out some different levels of fertilizers though!

@@Widquatics pretty plz 🙏

Yeah, aquarium ferts work really well too. The hydroponic stuff is quite a bit cheaper though so is worth it if you are planning to grow many plants this way.

Thanks! Really appreciate the support!

Always great to see another fellow Canadian! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Glad you enjoy :)

Haha thanks, I agree the driftwood does look gorgeous covered in plants, if only they grew a bit faster. And yes this tank did have some CO2 injected combined with a soil capped substrate. It ended up working really well!

Thanks!

Yeah, Buce is definitely on my list of plants I want to start growing and experimenting with. Hopefully soon but I think they will do really well in a setup like this

Thanks for your support and kind words! I plan on doing many more experiments, the possibilities are endless!

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Perfect timing, thanks for watching! :)

Thanks! Actually yeah, I've encountered something similar to anubias rot once. It was after I I harvested a bunch of anubias for one of my experiments and kept them in a bucket of water for about a week (which was probably too long) until I had time to propagate them. By the time I got to replanting them their rhizomes were starting to melt, starting from the newest growth and working its way down to the older growth. But once I planted them back into my setup the plants rebounded and sprouted new leaves from the non-rotten portions of rhizomes. In my case I think it was the lack of light that caused them to start to melt/rot. So hopefully in your case it was just some stress from shipping and they will hopefully rebound once you get them into a good setup.

Way over kill due to how the aquarium distributes its downward force at the perimeter. With the corners directly over the posts it negates almost all of the force on the span.

Yeah, I agree with that logic. That said, it doesn't hurt to over engineer a bit 👍

Thanks, yeah in theory it should also work for aquariums, I've been testing it out a bit and so far it seems promising. Of course it would need to be diluted down quite a bit from the full strength stuff.

That's a good point and would make for a good experiment in the future too!

ahh bummer lol Thanks for watching regardless! 👍

Thanks, I appreciate the support!

Haha that's the plan! I recently picked up some really nice driftwood so I going to try to cover them in anubias! 😃

Nice! Thanks for the tip. Love that idea of using snails and blackworms to clean up the excess food

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Thanks for watching, one of my most recent videos goes into which fertilizer I've recently switched to and covers the proportions. It's the Jack's nutrients hydroponic fertilizer at half strength. It's pretty easy stuff to use, let me know if you have any questions.

Yeah that's a good point, in this case I had way more anubias than I thought so needed to overcrowd the tubs a bit more than is probably ideal.