I know this idea has been sparked by interest in a plant index and i think its a good idea, but i feel for this thread to be of any real benifit other than a showcase of nice tanks, people must give a detailed spec of the fertilisation regime they are following, amounts, how often etc in order to show how this has been achieved, i think for the thread to be of any use for us all collectively and for other viewers the attention to detail has to be probably more important than the list of plants in the tank itself.
Also i think the water parameters that we all work and live with are equally important, for instance i buffer my water because of low KH, others will have to live with very high phosphate levels or nitrate levels in the tapwater or high KH and GH, there are many permutations that a viewer will possibility be able to identify with from there own areas water and if you can give a details of how you overcome these problems i think that will benifit everybody and may inspire those with problematic tapwater to give planted tanks a go.
Also perhaps another area we could incorporate is algae, what issues we have had with algae, and what do we think caused them, again for others to gain insight into what areas they should concentrate on in order to learn from our mistakes, maybe incorporating algae may be to wide a remit for this particular thread to encompass but its just another idea of how to made the exercise more benificial for the person that may be new to planted tanks.
My *2 Cents* for what its worth
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Edit: gf trying to outpost me when im not looking...........