{"product_id":"digital-product-4","title":"The Foreground Encyclopedia - The Complete Guide to Carpeting and Foreground Aquarium Plants (FREE)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Foreground Encyclopedia\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Complete Guide to Carpeting and Foreground Aquarium Plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Liam Penkethman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransform the bare front of your aquarium into a dense, healthy underwater landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Foreground Encyclopedia is a free, comprehensive aquascaping ebook dedicated entirely to carpeting aquarium plants, foreground plants, rare collector species, planting techniques, CO2, lighting, substrate design, trimming, fertilisation and long term carpet maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross approximately 98 illustrated pages, you will learn how professional looking aquarium carpets actually work, why some carpets thrive while others slowly disappear, and how to choose the right foreground plants for your aquarium rather than simply buying whatever looks good in a shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not another five minute list of easy aquarium plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a deep dive into the entire foreground layer of a planted aquarium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLearn How to Grow Stunning Aquarium Carpets\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing a dense aquarium carpet depends on much more than simply using strong lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guide explains the relationship between light intensity, CO2 availability, water circulation, substrate nutrients, planting density, trimming technique and plant selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will learn how to create the conditions that encourage plants to spread horizontally instead of stretching upward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ebook covers popular carpeting aquarium plants such as 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