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Hello,

I have a 10g (UK) that I want to set up for a number of reasons.

I want to put my femail gupies in it to give birth & then get the fry to a non eatable size. I then also want to try to breed the pair of dwarf gouramis I have & raise therir fry & finally try to breed my dwarf neon rainbowfish & raise their fry.

I'm pretty sure a planted tank is the way to go as the gouramis use plants to build a bubble nest, the guppie fry can hide in plants & the rainbowfish lay eggs in java moss or on a spawning mop.

I have gravel from an establish aquarium & the new filter media is floating in my established set up to get the bacteria going & I'll use the water from that set up.

So my questions are.

How much should I pay for java moss? & how much of it will i need?

What other plant(s) should I get? I've never done plants so it must be easy to grow & I don't really want loads of plants. Also they must not need too much light as this tank has no lid so most of the light from the 15 inch tube goes out again.

Do i need any soil or peat etc or is gravel enough?

How long after putting plants in can a put a couple of hevaly pregnant guppies?

thanks.

Floating plants are very good for Gourami's, as they are bubblenest builders & the Guppy fry will hide there aswell.

I don't know how muck Java Moss costs in the UK but you don't need to buy much, as it can easily spread. Gravel is Ok & you don't need to change it.

Try to get a plastic top for your tank, as fish might easily jump out & surly you don't want that to happen.

If the tank is cycled, you can put the Guppies immediatly, if it's not cycled, just give it some time to cycle.


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thank you jason - it always seems to be you answering my questions !

We're in the same time zone, that's why. In America it's night & in Australia it's evening.

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I am very sorry but I don't recognise your flag :#(

would you be so kind as to educate me further ?

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justicerulesok,

I don’t know if you were joking, or if Jason was joking, or whatever, but:

You can identify a flag by holding your mouse pointer right over it. A tool tip will appear that tells you the name of the country.

And by the way, Jason’s is Malta.

And I hope I didn’t make a fool of myself by interfering with your conversation ( me being )

Ingo

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Hi,
You don't mention a whole lot about the tank other than
it is 10G.
As far as the Java Moss is concerned, buy what you feel
comfortable with. It is usually grown attached to
something, specifically, a piece of drift wood. The plant's
roots attach to the wood and soon the moss will cover it.
Tie the moss to the wood with black thread to hold the moss
to the wood, soon it will over grow the thread and you
won't see it. Eventually the thread rots away and the plant
remains attached to the wood.
Java Moss is a low light demand plant, and so any floating
plant that you use will not harm the moss.

For floating plants, you could use anacharis, hornwart,
riccia, or splatterdock. Your tank light(s) should be about
20 watts or more to encourage the floating plants to grow.
I'd suggest riccia as it is a terrific plant for bubble
nest builders.

All of the plants I've mentioned (moss and others) take
their nutrients from the water so eventually you can use
only liquid fertilizers, if necessary. Keeps things simple.

Frank


Last edited by FRANK at 30-Jun-2005 08:26

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thank you all :-)

I wasn't joking so the tip on flags is great, but i did follow his links so I got the point lol.

I might take a trip out to my LFS tonight &amp; get some java moss, java fern &amp; the the ricci stuff (sorry from the last page to this I forgot it but I'll write it down before I go to the shop.

this will be a little bit of fun then.

Java fern is more of a leafy plant. It's easy to grow and can be attached but I don't think it's a great plant for hiding fry.

I've had luck with anacharis in tanks with very low lighting, grown either planted or floating.

Another option for a floating plant is hornwort.

I've been breeding Endler's for quite some time and recently got into breeding guppies. Endler's aren't known for eating their fry while guppies are...for some reason though I've been lucky and mine don't.

My guppy tank is a 10g (US), Flourite substrate, 2 screw-in flour bulbs and it's planted with giant hygro, some baby Amazon swords, and some small crypts. I also have hornwort floating.

I still have to put a black background on tank, and the hygros just arrived yesterday so they were planted quickly, but this gives an idea of what the tank looks like:



Theresa_M attached this image:


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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

thats very nice...I wasn't planning on being too detailed as I wanted to put them in to spawn/breed/give birth (depending on fish) &amp; then whip the parents out &amp; back into my 33g asap. But I guess if I want to get them to do the deed they have to be happy.

I've ordered java moss, riccia &amp; the one begining with A (I wish you could see the post you were replying to in the same window lol) from my lfs...their plant guy comes on a friday so they hope he'll have it on board otherwise he'll drop it of monday.

OK...After 3 lfs's I finally got some plants...does anyone know any good websites to help me identify what plants I've got?

none of them had or could get what I wanted &amp; also they were jusr "aquarium plants" as no one had the knowledge as to what they are..
thsnks again