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I need to stop replying while tired and just going to bed or getting up from it.

Goby is totally right; I wouldn't tie your current plant to the rock. As Goby said, swords are heavy root feeders. In fact, you might want to invest in some root tab fertilizers and bury one near your plant. It would help make it a nice, lush plant.

Java fern or anubias would be good choices to grow on a rock. With your rock there, you'd probably have better luck with java fern. The roots are finer and more likely to find the smaller nooks and crannies that thicker anubias roots would have a hard time latching on to. Also, java fern latches on more quickly, as anubias are pretty slow growers.



~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Kitten,
I find I occassionally have the same problem when
I'm responding to a question or thread with just a
half a cup of coffee first thing in the morning
I think "we" all do it on occassion.

Frank

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kitten the links denied

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Hmm... sorry, it worked earlier! Here's another link... if it doesn't work, go to the Site Feedback forum and "show all" threads, then do a Find for "kudo". That's how I found the info.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/private.aspx?id=5818&page=1&10#

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

im interested in buying cemicals and stuff in case i need them for my plants what are they called? what do they do? and are they worth it?

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Hi,
The chemicals are fertilizers (nutrients) for the plants.
The easiest way for you to go would be to visit your
nearby LFS and purchase the Floursh brand of plant
nurtients. They have a general product called Flourish
which will give you what is called Macro nutrients, a
product called Flourish Excel which will furnish the Carbon
the plants need, and a product called Flourish Trace, which
will furnish all the trace elements that plants need.

Read the bottles and dose the tank as instructed. I dose
on Sundays after my water change, and again on Wednesdays.
Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

hi all,

planting starts up again in the 33 gallon i got two big handfulls of moss and its soaking in alum im going to put a small handfull in my fish bowl to make it grow more to plant my 10 gallon and a big hand full to put on the rock in my aquarium i was told you could do it with a rubber band? or should i stick with the fish line? tommorow i will take it out of the alum pot and begin planting it i will post lots and lots of pictures also may find some drift wood tonight

p.s. kitten i like the new pic!

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Hi,
While some do use rubber bands, I am not a big fan of it.
The elastic property of the rubber band can squeeze the
plant and pinch it off. The part below the rubber band
will die and rot. This rot can creep under the rubber band
and into the part above. The best way to secure plants
to driftwood or to rock is to use cotton thread. Most use
black color thread because the white thread sticks out like
a sore thumb and is easily seen, even after the plants
start to grow over the exposed thread.

There are many sites that give one ideas about the mosses
their cultivation and aquascaping with them.
This is one site:
http://www.aquamoss.net/How%20to%20create%20a%20moss%20wall/How%20to%20create%20a%20moss%20wall.htm

And another:
http://www.geocities.com/nature_aquarium/XMoss.html

And another:
http://www.aquamoss.net/

Check them out and enjoy the world of the mosses.

Frank




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i found a peice of drift wood the thing is i dont know what to do with it now!?!?!?! i found it 10 feet of the water in a dry spot its twisted and mangled it looks realy cool now what do i do with it to put it in the aquarium saftly (keep in mind it was on the shore)

p.s.frank i will do the cotten thread then

thanks

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Hi,
Driftwood needs to be treated so that it is safe in the
confines of an aquarium. Not knowing where it came from,
one can only offer suggestions. If it came from one of
the Great Lakes, I would be very concerned with pollutants
and with some of the animals that could be living on, and
in, it. A great many problem critters now live in the
lakes and any one of them could cause severe problems in
the tank.

To try to prevent that from happening, you need to scrub
the wood with a wire brush. Get rid of any bark, and
any dirt or dried scum. Then you need to boil the wood
for a prolonged time to attempt to kill off anything living
in the wood. The next step is to soak the wood, submerged,
to get any tannins out of it and to water log it so that
it will stay submerged when placed in your tank. Submerge
the wood in a large enough container and fill the container
with water. After about 3 days, look at the water. If it
is still clear, then you can put it in the tank. If it has
turned the water a different color (brown, tan, yellow)
then it is leaching tannins into the water. The tanic
acid is not harmful to plants or fish, but will lower the
pH of the water. A lot of tanic acid will color the water
brown and can make it hard to see the fish.
If the wood is leaching tanic acid and you don't want it in
the tank, then simply pour off the water and replace it
with fresh water. When the water remains clear, then stop
the drain/fill and put the wood in the tank.

For someone new to the hobby, it is always better to
purchase the driftwood from an LFS. That way much of the
work has already been done.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

then purchase i will! at least i will try

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

the moss!

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t83/zzz099/camara1035.jpg

is in the 33 gallon on a rock

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t83/zzz099/camara1038.jpg

and in the bowl

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t83/zzz099/camara1039.jpg

frank my neons thank you for the help they enjoy there new moss

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

i made my plans i want
1 anubias nana
1 anubias bateri
2-3 crypt
java moss
3-5 java fern
3 anacharis
drift wood
70 watt 8000k daylight bulb
get rid of 3 bleeding heart tetras
and thats basicly my plan for the next 5 or so mounths


33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos