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Does anybody keep an aquarium like Diana Walstad? Are there any members who keep an aquarium ba sed on or excatly the same as Diana Walstad lays out in her book Ecology of the Planted Aquarium ?...	Bignose	17	21-Jun-2005 18:23
Does Laterite’s Usefulness Expire? Hi, I have a 29G well planted tank that has between 2 to 3 inches of gravel (small). The lower half is a mixture of 50% gravel and 50% Aquarium...	LITTLE_FISH	3	21-Jun-2005 17:55
Grey colored thread algae Well I thought I was past this, but I'm starting to get thread algae again. I'm not sure why, my co2 is up to about 18 mg/l. Could it be my nitrates...	tetratech	3	21-Jun-2005 17:24
What plants can live in sand? ? Preferably list plant that could go in a 5g, but all suggestions are greatly appreciated (I'm planning to put them in a shellie tank, maybe in a...	Hoa dude_dude	10	21-Jun-2005 08:00
removing anubias well I have some anubias nana growing on some driftwood, and i have a feeling it may grow larger than i want it to. Its pretty established and has ro...	Megil TelZeke	6	21-Jun-2005 05:24
easy plants for high pH? I'm thinking about adding some live plants to my brand new 45 gallon. Right now it has gravel and that's about it. The pH is high (it's a cichlid...	stariel	2	21-Jun-2005 02:48
Plants for 10g paludarium? I'm planning on doing a 10g paludarium...not sure on the animal stock yet, but I'm thinking frogs or something I've got 1.5wpg on the tank, no CO2, n...	poisonwaffle	5	20-Jun-2005 22:29
Plants doing too well??? Recently my plants have for some reason been growing really well, are lovely and healthy and generally look great. I only have straight vallis, a cryp...	cookypuss01	8	20-Jun-2005 17:45
Java Fern 'crested' Hiya Just want to ask how can I attach Java Fern 'Crested' onto Terracotta pots and also what requirements do they require to keep healthy. I al...	Forever-mango	6	20-Jun-2005 17:39
brown algae on glosso i just noticed today, my patch of glosso are not doing as well now. the older leaves are dying off because of brown algae covered all the older leave...	greenfootball	6	20-Jun-2005 17:03
i think i've also found redmoss just lately ive been noticing this red algea type stuff on the leaves of the elodia plants and this stuff seems to be some sort of parsite that blocki...	Darth Vader	0	20-Jun-2005 06:57
Plant questions Hey i have 3 diferent plant i have 2 java ferns and one lace java fern now there all directly under mt light but for some reason mt 2 java ferns are b...	xlinkinparkx	7	19-Jun-2005 19:39
CO2 and lightening issue hi all. Finally I have obtain my co2 system from fish store yesterday but I have read some article about co2 system can also kill ur fish if you dont...	IMCL85	8	19-Jun-2005 19:06
5g betta tank plant ideas I recently moved my one & only betta from a 2.5g hex to a 5g Mini-Bow. It was previously a grow-out tank and only had the crypts in the right of t...	Theresa_M	4	19-Jun-2005 03:32
Darkening Leaves, Crypts Okay checked Chucks nutrient deficiency chart and didnt see what I was looking for. Many of my crypts (both in sand and gravel tanks) are having some...	Babelfish	6	19-Jun-2005 00:31
Ahh crap I mess up the name amazon leaf and amazon sword :( well this is horrible I just bought this amazon sword plant from fish store and thought it was amazon leaf(the one that ppl said is easy to grow under...	IMCL85	6	18-Jun-2005 20:55
Ricca I bought some Ricca about a month ago and i used mesh to place it on a rock. But it seems some just float to the top of the water...making a mess of t...	Forever-mango	6	18-Jun-2005 14:01
white hair algae? I am distressed. Last week, I bought 3-5 Java fern, about 4 dwarf Sagittaria, and and an Amazon sword. I bought these at an auction and unfortunatel...	daviine	2	17-Jun-2005 16:24
Newly planted tank = green water? Over the past few days I have been planting my tank and out of the blue the water is green. Any correlation? Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, PH 7....	Caviar	15	17-Jun-2005 16:03
what is better what is better...	bettachris	6	17-Jun-2005 07:07
some plant questions -I've read complaints that duckweed can take over a tank...would it satisfy plant eating fish or should I just avoid it? -I'd like to try attaching A...	Theresa_M	8	16-Jun-2005 21:25
need comments this is actually posted in aquascaping as well, but kind of hard to receive feedbacks there... plus i have done some minor adjusting to the tank, so h...	greenfootball	4	15-Jun-2005 18:28
Tranferring planted tank to another. Hiya, I would like to ask for some advice on transferring an existing tank to another bigger tank. The existing tank is my 18inch planted tank ([link...	Forever-mango	14	15-Jun-2005 12:32
Floating plants i have a dwarf Gouromi upside down catfish some dwarf frogs 3 schools of fish 2 mystery snails and one algae eater i know the Gouromi and the Catfish...	judz	11	15-Jun-2005 06:54
Duckweed and Hornwort How do you keep your excess of these plants? Currently the Hornwort is in a pot of water and the Duckweed is in a bowl. There is a small pond on my...	Caviar	1	15-Jun-2005 05:15
Pearling Hi, my plants are pearling at the moment and want to no why is it different from day to day, some do then the next day they dont and when i did a w...	eureka red	3	15-Jun-2005 00:24
Pond Plants in the Aquarium About a week ago i went in the road and got some plants from a pond and put them in a cooler just incase there were any parasites on them, and now the...	Fish Guy	9	14-Jun-2005 12:50
co2 tank, drained overnight is this possible? couple days ago i checked, and the pressure was around 700+, and today i looked, its at 300, i have only had the tank for a little...	greenfootball	5	14-Jun-2005 09:38
Undergravel Filters and plants Hi, i was speaking to someone a few days ago and he said that plants dont like undergravel filters. The reason being is that the plants dont like oxy...	paddy	2	14-Jun-2005 05:48
Stem plants ...or, why can't Kitten keep stem plants growing long term? I've had lloydiella, watersprite... several different stem plants, and they'll all grow f...	kitten	10	14-Jun-2005 05:13
planting tank.. need more ideas plz =] hey.. well i finally got the diy co2 up and running nicely.. just wondering if anyone can help me out on some choice of plants.. below i have attached...	r0b3y	13	13-Jun-2005 21:33
Crinum thaianum(onion) Hello, What is the best way to prune this plant, in which I mean in terms of keeping it healthy and not damaging it. Also, does anyone know how to ac...	openwater	4	12-Jun-2005 23:39
Found a CO2 tank. I found an empty CO2 canister in the ba sement of my new apartment. It looks to only be a few years old, because it doesn't have any signs of rust or d...	mattyboombatty	8	12-Jun-2005 19:43
sterilizing plants w/ malachite green? I just bought a bunch of water hyacinth for my pond. I don't have any potassium pergamate or alum on hand, but the pond shop (which I generally trust)...	LMuha	3	12-Jun-2005 02:45
Plants and lights I just wanted to know what is better for plants normal light or neon lights? and if it is a normal light does it really make a difference? I have t...	nickthe1	7	11-Jun-2005 05:07
Rose sword Does anyone have any experience with rose swords? I just bought one and it's really cool! If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate the...	123mjb	5	11-Jun-2005 04:40
Floating plants??? Hey i have a dwarf gourami and i know he likes live plants but i have never seen any does anyone know of a site that talks about floating plants?...	xlinkinparkx	13	10-Jun-2005 23:36
Sailfin Pleco Will a sail fin pleco or something similar be able to knock out these established plants Swords of all sorts Crypts of all sorts giant vallis java fe...	Alex	5	10-Jun-2005 16:07
how much nitrate do plants absorb? i know plants absorb nitrates in the water, and i know i will continue to do my water changes regardless how well plants absorb nitrates, but how much...	greenfootball	15	10-Jun-2005 10:37
Aquarium Salt Everytime I ask a question at my lfs about my fish one of the first questions they ask is if I'm running aquarium salt in my tank. Unfortunately the s...	hzrds	8	10-Jun-2005 04:34
How do you... How do you get algae off of live plants? Can I just rinse it under running tap water? Last edited by T/A at 07-Jun-2005 15:53 [/...	T/A	10	10-Jun-2005 00:15
plants fish won't eat Other thank plastic, are there any plants that fish don't particularly like to eat? My first problem are the loaches (queen & yoyo) in my 29g, w...	Theresa_M	4	09-Jun-2005 17:52
keep marimo balls down i am sick of moving them back to where they are suppose to be every couple days, is there a way to keep them stay?? i was thinking about sticking a...	greenfootball	3	09-Jun-2005 11:15
HairGrass Hi, a week ago i planted some hairgrass in my 6ft tankl which has 3.2w of light and now the leavse are starting to go a light brown in colour is thi...	eureka red	9	09-Jun-2005 09:04
hair algea? In my twenty gallon aquarium, there has been an increase in hair algea. Why does it only target some plants and how do i get rid of it? Thanks for yo...	Fisher	6	08-Jun-2005 16:04
heavy feeders what plants are best for taking up nitrates? i currently have 2 large amazon swords in the 75g and have potential to add either a floating plant or 1...	hembo666	7	08-Jun-2005 06:04
vacuum with eco-complete and small carpet plants some of you already know that i recently swapped out my regular gravel to 100% eco-complete. now the plants are growing pretty well, just have some p...	greenfootball	3	08-Jun-2005 05:58
New plants :D Happiness is new plants. I stopped by Petsmart (they do have a rather nice plant selection, and for a decent price) and selected a few differen...	kitten	10	07-Jun-2005 17:51
Plant ID please I recent bought a plant from the lfs and it was labelled with "Pink Baby Tears" but I don't know if its true, because they labelling the common plants...	Forever-mango	5	07-Jun-2005 13:31
Bacopa. Hello all. I now have 3 different types of Bacopa. I have B caroliniana, B. monnieri and B. ??????. Heres the story- This past friday i stopped at my...	clownloachfan	2	07-Jun-2005 08:13

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