Dutch scape experiment update

[@jackanddan]

Looks so awesome Tara!! We like to say sessafora !! lol we hope you have a great weekend!!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@jackanddan thanks so much! Hope you have a great weekend, too and thanks for watching, I appreciate it ! ☺️

[@madcat61207]

Cool Aquatic garden

[@TarasTankFriends]

Thanks Madcat, and thank you very much for watching, I appreciate it! 😊

[@fishismyhobbyofficial]

hello my friend, great update, looks amazing, missed your videos, have a nice day, like 19

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@fishismyhobbyofficial Thank you very much friend, I hope you are doing well! Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@pattys_aquatics]

The tank looks beautiful Tara! I absolutely love it 😁

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@pattys_aquatics thank you so much! It's not quite there yet, will just take more time and patience with a dash of luck 😅. Thank you for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@aquariumdelirium]

You were totally right about that purple waffle plant. It’s on it way out Great Dutch scape 👍👍

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@aquariumdelirium Thanks, Mal! It's not there yet, I would've liked to have gotten more plants, but hopefully I can propagate these. I'm surprised the purple waffle has lasted this long, The fact that it has must mean you were keeping it as happy as possible! Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate it! 😊

[@blackscreensounds9370]

Outstanding quality work here, dear friend👏🔥🏆 Happy to be here🤗🤝 Blessings and respect from Black Screen & Sounds🙏🤝❤

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@blackscreensounds9370 thank you and thanks for watching! 😊

[@BLBADVENTURES]

very cool video

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@BLBADVENTURES thank you and thanks so much for watching! 😊

[@AQUAGUYUK]

Looking great

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@AQUAGUYUK Hi! Thank you very much! The plants are really starting to fill in now, just a bit more to go and I think I'll do an update on this tank. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! 😊

[@larrydsAquatics]

Looking amazing Tara

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@larrydsAquatics thank you Larry and thanks for watching, I appreciate it! 😊

[@gelpines]

That’s really interesting my dear.. thanks a lot for sharing

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@gelpines thank you and thanks so much for watching, I appreciate it! 😊

[@TheNanoAquariumGuy]

Very Nice! That will look amazing once it fills out!!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@TheNanoAquariumGuy Thank you very much! I would've liked to get more of those plants, but it's just going to take time and patience and some crossing my fingers 🤞😅. Thank you for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@TheNanoAquariumGuy]

@@TarasTankFriends it is definitely better and more rewarding to start that way. That way you are paying attention more to how the plants are doing

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@TheNanoAquariumGuy I'm sure you're right 🙂

[@SkullAquatics]

Looking great!!!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@SkullAquatics Thank you very much, Curtis! Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it and hope you have a nice weekend! 😊

[@FishRfun]

I agee that the red looks great, but I really like the way the pearl weed divides the tank, and I think the giant hair grass looks wonderful instead of something like jungle val...I love it ❤️

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@FishRfun thanks so much! I've never actually tried to grow val. Thank you for watching and your wonderful comment, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@Greg.is.a.bot.]

Coming along well, I'd say! I hope that finding the additional plants will not be too difficult.

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@Greg.is.a.bot. thank you and thanks for watching! 😊

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

Wow what an amazing transformation. I love it. Bacopa can act so strangely... I swear by creeping Jenny although I do have some crazy growth on some of my bacopa that I let grow crazy at the top of the water... But that wouldn't look very nice in a formal scape like yours Great job

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@stubbsaquatics6080 thanks so much Chris! I'm getting some of the bacopa caroliniana pretty tall in another tank, if it gets taller I might see if it will grow out the top and flower 🙂. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

@@TarasTankFriends it's totally my pleasure and I always learn something!!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Pearl weed is an absolute weapon!🤣

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@IndoorEcosystem I love it! I think it might be my favorite for versatility and how you can sort of sculpt it. Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@TarasTankFriends It's also one of the few plants that I manage to kill every time I attempt to get it. I think it all goes back to our hardwater conversation from a while back though. At some stage I'll try it again with RO water and a lower mineral dose.

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@IndoorEcosystem I'm on a well, so I have super hard alkaline water. I do dose trace minerals once a week, so maybe there's something in that that it needs?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@TarasTankFriends Quite a good chance! I have a bottle of trace now though I haven't used it yet!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@IndoorEcosystem I swear by the stuff, that and I add 3ml potassium/week to most of my tanks besides the occasional root tab. I almost never use anything else, and I've been doing it this way for a few years. If the pearl weed is new, I give it a root tab to give it a good start, but after that it's just the trace and potassium for liquid ferts. I think it may also depend on why your water is hard. From the tap, I have 8.2 pH, 300kh, a ton of iron and 1-2ppm phosphate. This tank is about 7.5ph-7.8ph because of the co2 injection, but I've grown it in 8.2, no CO2 and lower light without issue as well. So if the trace and potassium doesn't work for you, it could be one of those nutrients. But I really wish you super good luck with it if you try pearl weed again! 🤞🤞🙂

[@garageaquatics2023]

Interesting experiment, Tara. I wish I could grow stem plants. We were talking about that with Keith from @AquaticsFanaticsUK on Jeff's livestream the other day. I'm still not certain, but i'm leaning more towards lighting. Either not enough or not the right color spectrums. A work in progress. 🙂Have a fantastic weekend! ~Ron

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@garageaquatics2023 have you tried pogostemon stellatus octopus? I have really good luck with that one in my low light tanks, though both of those with that plant have dimmer full spec lights on them. Other than that one, I have better luck with them in general in higher light, too. Hope you have a fantastic weekend, too! Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@TarasTankFriends I have not tried the Pogostemon. Not sure I've seen that one. I'll take a look. I'm going to set up andther 40 breeder and I've got one of the Hygge lights. I'll give that a shot and see if it's any better than the Nicrew I'm using. And as always, Tara, it's my pleasure. Enjoy your weekend as well!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@garageaquatics2023 I have a lot of it I can share. Have a crypt balansae and crypt lucens, too. Let me know if you're interested and I can email you.

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@garageaquatics2023 you can see those 3 plants in this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXLCYmOVjLKHmcUsi=jPXj5QpD7vXC7Yur The pogostemon is at 1:16, crypt lucens at 4:16, crypt balansae at 7:35

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@TarasTankFriends Thanks for this video, Tara! It's spectacular. I hope anyone scrolling through these comments watches this. There is some fantastic information on plants in here. Thanks again!

[@Gilsfishroom]

It's coming along well Your Highness. Is the Hygrophila on the right 'Blue Stricta"?

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@Gilsfishroom thanks Gil! I haven't heard that name for it. It was only labeled "hygro blue" when I bought it, and when I try to look it up, hygrophilla salcifolia comes up most. 🤷‍♀️ Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate it and hope you're having a nice weekend! 😊

[@TarasTankFriends]

There's definitely a chance it was mislabeled also.

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[@TarasTankFriends]

Thank you and thanks for watching! ☺️