Great video! I believe that UG is so sensitive to ammonia because it is carnivorous. Terrestrial carnivorous plants are known to grow in nitrogen defficient soils, hence they get their nitrogen from insects instead. I am no expert in this topic, but seems logical if this is why UG don´t like ammonia spikes. It´s an interesting topic for sure.
Not every design needs to have a raised soil profile in the back. Doing the opposite has the same effect. It feels like you are on the top of a hill and just over the ridge could be more. Very nice
Thank you for the kind words mate! I agree and in this particular scape it was a peninsula design that can be viewed from 3 sides. So it had to be flat for it to look nice from all sides
Awesome scape! I'd like to set up something like this for a long-term tank - assuming that all conditions are met, do you think I can keep UG scape for years to come? Or would they struggle after certain periods of time?
Thank you. As with all carpeting plants, as long as there is enough nutrients in the soil and they are trimmed timely, I believe you can keep them running for many years. You may have to refresh the soil every couple years and replant. But as seen at ADA gallery it is definitely possible, and in fact an artform!
@@scaping.architect thank you for the response. A few questions, if I may, as I’m fairly new to this: 1. Does refreshing mean I’d need to add a whole new soil? Can I use root tabs instead? 2. I thought UGs don’t need that much of a nutrient, and in fact heard that use of nutrient-dense substrate or fertilizer should be prohibited. Is this not true? Also, wouldn’t this mean that UG carpets won’t need the soil refresh?
1. Refreshing can mean both. Depending on the condition of the soil. After 1 year or so the soil granules still hold their shape (round balls) but start to lose their nutrients. You can add root tabs to replenish. But after several years the soil balls itself start to break down into dust/ mud. This is where it becomes problematic where the soil is no longer having oxygen and has become anaerobic. You want a good level of oxygen and circulation through the soil. 2. UGs growing conditions are actually quite broad and can adapt to either lean dosing or nutrient rich dosing. It is a myth that it has to be in nutrient poor conditions. I initially learned about this from Dennis Wong , 2hr aquarist blog. In my experience I grew the UG just fine with all in one ferts that contain nitrates. So while the UG can grow in any nutrient condition, as mentioned above if the soil has fully broken down into mud, then you should consider replacing the soil and replanting the UG for the above reasons. Hope that helps 😁
Excellent video on UG! I’ve attempted to grow it more than 5 times and still without success 😅. Your video helps me understand why. Thank you! Btw, how did you deal with algae at the start of this tank? Or is it because you used mature aquasoil and filter so algae did not bloom at all?
I did have a little bit of algae, I had some floating plants to help. And planted Monte carlo as well for additional plant mass. This is because I didn’t have a lot of UG to start with, as it’s quite rare in Australia. Definitely helps if you have mature substrate and media.
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Great video! I believe that UG is so sensitive to ammonia because it is carnivorous. Terrestrial carnivorous plants are known to grow in nitrogen defficient soils, hence they get their nitrogen from insects instead. I am no expert in this topic, but seems logical if this is why UG don´t like ammonia spikes. It´s an interesting topic for sure.
Not every design needs to have a raised soil profile in the back. Doing the opposite has the same effect. It feels like you are on the top of a hill and just over the ridge could be more. Very nice
Thank you for the kind words mate! I agree and in this particular scape it was a peninsula design that can be viewed from 3 sides. So it had to be flat for it to look nice from all sides
Great video! I'm about to try growing some of this stuff in a few projects!
Really helpful tipps for this difficult plant. Great video!
Thank you!
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Thank you! 👍
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Awesome scape! I'd like to set up something like this for a long-term tank - assuming that all conditions are met, do you think I can keep UG scape for years to come? Or would they struggle after certain periods of time?
Thank you. As with all carpeting plants, as long as there is enough nutrients in the soil and they are trimmed timely, I believe you can keep them running for many years. You may have to refresh the soil every couple years and replant. But as seen at ADA gallery it is definitely possible, and in fact an artform!
@@scaping.architect thank you for the response. A few questions, if I may, as I’m fairly new to this:
1. Does refreshing mean I’d need to add a whole new soil? Can I use root tabs instead?
2. I thought UGs don’t need that much of a nutrient, and in fact heard that use of nutrient-dense substrate or fertilizer should be prohibited. Is this not true? Also, wouldn’t this mean that UG carpets won’t need the soil refresh?
1. Refreshing can mean both. Depending on the condition of the soil. After 1 year or so the soil granules still hold their shape (round balls) but start to lose their nutrients. You can add root tabs to replenish. But after several years the soil balls itself start to break down into dust/ mud. This is where it becomes problematic where the soil is no longer having oxygen and has become anaerobic. You want a good level of oxygen and circulation through the soil.
2. UGs growing conditions are actually quite broad and can adapt to either lean dosing or nutrient rich dosing. It is a myth that it has to be in nutrient poor conditions. I initially learned about this from Dennis Wong , 2hr aquarist blog. In my experience I grew the UG just fine with all in one ferts that contain nitrates. So while the UG can grow in any nutrient condition, as mentioned above if the soil has fully broken down into mud, then you should consider replacing the soil and replanting the UG for the above reasons.
Hope that helps 😁
Helpful tips and i love this carpet plant. btw for how many hours do you run the lights for ? and do you use high co2 injection or medium co2 ?
Lights on for 8 hrs , 80% intensity on all channels on the vivid 2.
I inject co2 till 30ppm. Drop checker shows Lime green 🙏
@@scaping.architect Thanks alot for the response. Will try this settings. Been trying to grow this carpet plant and failled miserably.
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Excellent video on UG!
I’ve attempted to grow it more than 5 times and still without success 😅. Your video helps me understand why. Thank you!
Btw, how did you deal with algae at the start of this tank? Or is it because you used mature aquasoil and filter so algae did not bloom at all?
I did have a little bit of algae, I had some floating plants to help. And planted Monte carlo as well for additional plant mass. This is because I didn’t have a lot of UG to start with, as it’s quite rare in Australia.
Definitely helps if you have mature substrate and media.
@@scaping.architect thanks a lot 😁
Hi ❤love from kolkata
So I cant have UG without Co2?
If you want to have it in a shallow aquarium he said that you probably would be ok without CO2 , strong light is a must.
what carpeting plant does well at 30 C? I want to keep discus thats why
I believe you can try lilaeopsis
Nice, which filter media are you using
Aquario neo media soft