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How do you grow dwarf baby tears (Hemianthus callitrichoides)? Once you master the method, it's actually quite simple

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How many people fail at growing dwarf baby tears? Raise your hand! Have you done well in all four aspects: water, light, carbon and fertilizer? Most importantly, have you been lazy? Tank setup Tank: Yanyan 120*60*55 cm Lighting: two Huanpu EZ-600 units, T5HO lamps 39W*4, of which 865 2 bulbs, Sylvania Aquastar and Life-Glo 1 each

How many people fail at growing dwarf baby tears? Raise your hand! Have you done well in all four aspects: water, light, carbon and fertilizer? Most importantly, have you been lazy?

Tank setup

Tank:Yanyan 120*60*55 cm

Lighting:two Huanpu EZ-600 units, T5HO lamps 39W*4, of which 865 2 bulbs, Sylvania Aquastar and Life-Glo 1 each

Filtration:EH2078

Substrate:ADA Amazonia soil, ADA Power Sand

CO2: Up aluminum cylinder, dual gauge, ADA diffuser, spiral bubble counter, 2-3 bubbles per second, running 24 hours

Equipment:EH surface skimmer, twinstar yotta+

Maintenance:change 1/3 of the water weekly, wipe the tank and scrape algae before water changes, 666 Tornado liquid fertilizer 20ml injected at the roots after dilution every other day, 2% concentration glutaraldehyde 20ml used in the tank occasionally

Aquatic plants:Rotala, Ludwigia arcuata, Cyperus helferi, Eleocharis acicularis, Blyxa japonica, dwarf baby tears (Hemianthus callitrichoides)

How thick must this dwarf baby tears be?

The condition is truly great!

Rummy-nose tetras swimming freely

Beautiful!

This tank setup also came with a lesson: dwarf baby tears should not be kept together with Eleocharis acicularis, because later the Eleocharis acicularis will all grow into the dwarf baby tears, and it will make you regret it deeply.

The incomparable beauty of Rotala

A feast for the eyes!

Beautiful bubbles

The practice crystal shrimp in the author's other tank

There's still a surprise here





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