moss is very light weight and will float to surface if not tied. another option is to clamp it together like a ball of moss. but u still need an item with weight to keep it down.

bro, it wont stick. due to surface is too small to adhere to. so at least need a piece of rock / wood / flat stone. u can then glue or tie it up.

worse case, u can also use those plastic nett and then let it grow and cover the entire plastic net. i am doing it for my subwassertang. it grew until like a big ball of moss... haha.. quite liking it. the process takes a few months long...

anything buried for the moss will rot from below la... once they rot, they will start to float then mess up ur scape... not worth...

but i like ur paddy field concept

to be honest, i think u can plug it in one stem at a time. at the same time, ur tank's fish shld not be those that pluck it out... i will leave that to ur imagination because most fish tends to pluck/suck at plants...

then ur waterflow also need to be just right. too high flow will unroot all those moss while too slow u will get dead spots in the tank which will contribute to algae...

either of which is really time consuming...

if it was me, i would just leave the moss with net then let it grow until become a big bunch... but then it will be a bush (semak samun) not paddy field edi.. haha... maybe u need to reconsider other plants that look like the scape u wanted....

Well, personally I haven't tried 16 hours. but from other people experience, algae growth will be the main problem. How old is your tank?

It won't work to have lighting off during noon for 4 hours. It doesn't work that way. You will interrupt the photosynthesis. They don't take nap.

the tank is about 2 months old, and i think it's pretty stable by now, as in no sudden fish/shrimps death and no sudden algae growth that is out of control..
i do partial water change every 2-3 weeks.

I'd say yes, nonstop, uninterrupted period of time for maximum photosynthesis, but not exceeding 10-12 hours. Plant need to rest too.

I also haven't tried timing change. The most I did before is moving forward from 10am to 8am, around that time range, a few hours plus and minus, nothing dramatic for the plant.

For your case, it's possible, but you need to give the plant plenty of time to adapt. For example, slowly moving from 7pm to 12am. I do read some really busy aquascappers who came back home at late night, they reverse the time so they can enjoy the aquarium when they're back from work.

i measured my tank size is 12 inch x 12 inch x 12 inch, and that equates to about 28L..

i guess the various reducer filter works to keep the water parameters at acceptable level longer, but so far no issues(touch wood)..
before i use the reducer filters i kena once where 2 weeks without water change, and suddenly 5 guppies die in a day, quickly do half water change and manage to save the rest, guess that time the ammonia/nitrate level probably went too high..

what pic? tank pic is in post #852

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=78125001

the amount of livestock you have in your tank is too much for a one ft cube.... 10 gold fish... =.=! i think 1 pair of gold fish is still fine, or 4-5 pairs of guppies would be good.

yeah, like many others have already pointed out, long hours of lighting is overkill for your plant, low tech planted tank.
8-10 hours should be good.
actually, if you do only low tech planted tank, with not much of livestock inside (no overfeeding), no water change is fine, just top up of water. i'm trying to achieve this now..... so far 2 weeks never change water ad.

nice!!!!..at least i found someone doing the same..    

this is my replies.

1st point: i did 2 tries..1st with that blue ball diffuser, 2nd with nothing at all (just airline into reactor).both resulted the same, backpressure..can see clearly water going back from the reactor to the tank(i need to plug out the tube from co2 tank just in case the water might going through bubble counter and into the co2 tank itself)..the only way to counter this is to adjust co2 until around 10-15bps according to the bubble counter, only then i can see co2 coming out inside the reactor water with somewhere around 2-3bps (i officially start this system this morning).. but here come the bad news..just now my wife realize the fish suffocating inside the tank..and luckily she manage to transfer those fish into her guppy tank..1 neon tetra died though..RIP..yep..i do need another 1 way valve..might even buy another 3pcs..

2nd point: fyi, my filter housing didnt have any release nozzle..im just indicating where i put my co2 line coz im not using the same design as the picture given..so hopefully no degradation problem..

3rd point: same as 2nd point but for cleaning, i need to disassemble the reactor body from its head i think..

4th point: i used those craft silicone gun for 1st try building this hence the leaks..for 2nd try, i used somewhere the same type u mention..bout the pressure release valve, did u mean the red button or the other 1 way valve?.
u referring to my post or someone else post?.hahaha..if mine, then i can say it quite fun as long as it works..as long as everything works!..haha.
 

my tank after 3 months, just dosed ferts last night(first time). let's see how it goes. algae here and there. otto and sae helps tremendously. still remember when i introduced them to the tank, my whole tank was covered in algae. the next morning almost 30% was gone from the surfaces of the leaves of plant and driftwood. now they're doing a good job at keeping the algae growth somewhat controlled. tank should be fully cycled by now. Plan to go to Nilufar scotts garden to get some Odessa barbs either tonite or tomorrow, only saw them to be available now at scotts. how often i should be performing water changes and at what percentage?

I got this blackout treatment from Tom Barr. He is a popular guy in planted tank. He has done a lot of research in planted tank. I think he invented EI dosing.

Basically:

Day 1, clean, trim leaf with algae and do a 50% WC. Dose excel, switch off co2, no fertz, and 0% light, cover it with blanket/rubbish bin plastic.
Day 2, black out
Day 3, black out, You can feed during blackout but some fish might not able to see it.
Day 4, WC 50-70%, light on for 3 days, heavy dose of co2 and dose fertz.
Day 5, light on, fertz
Day 6, light on, fertz
Day 7, Repeat day 1 - day 7.

Usually need 2 cycle, can be more. That'd kill algae effectively. I'm doing it for the first time, so maybe you can wait to see my result first, I use it to get rid of my green dust algae, those stick on glass.

some ppl said some of their plants melted during this treatment but it does kill algae.

hi guys ,
kindly interested to have planted aquarium , like you all setup

i have 1 feet aquarium , do i really need CO2 ?

but the grass totally need co2 rite?