My 2ft Planted tank

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    will take a few pics now, busy with this tank, busy sorting the plants, and plantings some of the hornwort
     
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    Kwl , id really like to see it with the hornwort planted..
     
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    so last night i replanted the tank, did not use all the plants, the rest got planted in my 3ft:
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    this plant?

    it was removed and planted in my 3ft tank....

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    Yup, attach to a piece of wood with some nylon. It it is covered with substrate, it'll die very fast.
     
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    rather tie with cotton thread.. reason? cotton will rot with time.. but by that time, your plant will be firmly attached to the wood/rock u used. so no need to disturb the whole look just to cut off old thread.
     
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    will do so tonight.....
     
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    looking good.. i prefer to have the hornwort in the back of my tank , as it grows quite bushy in time..
    Its an easy plant to move and experiment with , so dont be scared to try different things..
     
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    when should i start to trim my Moss?

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    Hey. Looking good. I think you should let it grow much more... We do get excited sometimes...but id let it grow some more...
     
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    i think let it grow out abit more?
     
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    thanks, how long must it be?
     
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    hmm.. actually u could start cutting it.. just that it wont look nice because you would just get back to square 1.. or u could cut and plant again?
     
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    nice looking tank, shew thats alot of hornwort, i used to cut and remove a 2 liter ice cream container of the stuff every 2 weeks from my old setup. so try and keep it to the back of the tank it will grow very thick and very fast. as for the moss i think it best to let it grow nice and full first then trim. or if you didnt start with too much then as @shihr mentioned you can trim and replant to spread it more :)
     
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    i think i could trim 50% of it, and give the 50% that i trimmed away? @Lizid has the first few...the rest are up for grabs.....its Flame or spiky moss
     
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    Shot dude I have some awesome news check your mails in 5 mins...
     
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    cool, but im not at work today, so dont use my email...
     
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    HAHAHA I just sent it to you, ok then I will have to shhow you later then bud...
    So when do you plan on clipping?
     
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    haha, just sent you a sms, haha

    will only be back in the office next week. uhm will do some this weekend, let me know how yor weekend looks
     
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    dude I am free most of the weekend I think... I know I have a thing with my son on Saturday but dont have details yet...

    maybe saturday afternoon
     

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