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Indoor outdoor plants, Try tubbin! Wanna try something different with aquatic plants? Check out this link; http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/threads/37496.1.htm?0#...	ACIDRAIN	1	18-May-2008 17:37
Echinodorus Uruguayensis Anyone had experience with Echinodorus Uruguayensis. Do they get really big. I really like how they look & would like to incldue a fair few - but if t...	TW	1	18-May-2008 17:03
Java Moss so the moss i attached to my driftwood about a month back has settled and i removed the lead weight pieces, its looking good. one thing i noticed i...	greenfootball	2	17-May-2008 02:46
Banana lily flower in my little plastic pond One of the banana lilies which I took from my aquarium tanks and placed in m little plastic outdoor pond has flowered. [IMG]http://i220.photobucket.co...	Brengun	3	15-May-2008 22:34
Need To Kno From The Experts i have a four foot by 18'' by 18'' and i wanna turn it into a unreal planted tank like u see on some websites. I have propper lighting and fliter etc...	jungle_one	7	10-May-2008 06:38
Help...Do I need a higher watt light for just a few live plants and good number of small fidh? My 55g tank has a Perfecto Manufacturing Fluorescent, 40 Watt, 48 inch light in it. It glows a little pink. I'm trying to add a just a few plants to...	daddySEAL	7	09-May-2008 15:12
Co2 Or Not? Huh? I saw this Running your tanks around 2 to 2.5 watts per gallon is fine as long as you add fertilizer. The plants will be able to extract the ca...	Gilraen Took	5	08-May-2008 19:45
Looking Fo A Bit Of Help From The Experts hi all im looking for help with regards to a reduced growth rate im my planted tank. its low tech with a round 2.6 wpg and the plants are fairly low...	fandan	5	07-May-2008 05:13
White Dust On Jarva i have i piece of bog wood and a bamboo tube both are covered in jarva moss which seems to be growing well but they both seem to be covered in some so...	papasan	5	03-May-2008 20:10
Scaping a planted nano Hey all I've been playing around with the scape / plant selection in my planted nano over the last few months trying a few different plants and t...	Gone_Troppo	19	01-May-2008 12:00
Lights! Yeah, I'm a sucker. A big one. My oscar is a big baby, and I'm wanting to put plants in his tank. HARDY ones. Anubias barteri, java ferns, bolbiti...	Gilraen Took	5	01-May-2008 01:02
Floating plants I guess I'm in the right area(I hope), even though this is called "Planted Aquaria", but it was suggested to me by an Administrator in another area to...	daddySEAL	11	30-Apr-2008 18:09
Comment regarding Seachem products.. If you'll recall I ended up buying every seachem product under the rainbow. Ive been dosing for what, like a month now and my plants are exactly the s...	El Tiburon Tailandes	3	29-Apr-2008 12:25
What is this growing on my plants? Algae? Hi all, I have a Aqua One AR620T 130L tank with a canister filter. Ive had this tank for just over two years now and ive been getting this black hai...	saiya	5	27-Apr-2008 23:13
LITTLE_FISH 29G Log Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 OK, bensaf and gang, Although I still don’t have a digital camera, I managed to take a regular picture of my tank and to scan it in. This mean...	LITTLE_FISH	471	25-Apr-2008 13:12
LITTLE_FISH 20G Long Log Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Gang, Last week I set up a new 20G Long. The idea was to “park” some plants from my [link=29G]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Aq...	LITTLE_FISH	416	25-Apr-2008 13:05
LITTLE_FISH 40G Breeder Log Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 Gang, After quite a few weeks of getting the equipment together, not to mention the additional weeks of planning, it is time to start my 40G long bre...	LITTLE_FISH	1464	25-Apr-2008 12:57
Carpeting Plant has anyone any good ideas for front of tank carpeting plant IE something that only grows approx 1/2 in height as i have just received an order which w...	papasan	4	23-Apr-2008 23:47
today's upgrade - Let There Be Light I felt like yuck today, so I treated myself after work. I beelined to the fishstore and came home with a Coralife 96w 6700K lighting unit 1.5 to 2...	DaMossMan	11	21-Apr-2008 06:12
Cleaning Planted Aquariums Hey everyone! I've always used the long plastic syphon to clean my 25gal aquarium and make water changes. I find this method a little more challengi...	Altpower	6	15-Apr-2008 05:28
33 Gallon Tank Log Pages: 1, 2 hi everyone i have seen many different tank logs on this, and other sites so i want to give it a go. Curent tank info: aqua clear 70 outside box fil...	platy boy	26	15-Apr-2008 04:50
Is there a real advantage to having live plants? What is the advantage of having live plants in a tank? Seems as though I mostly hear that the cause more problems then anything. I hear about fish e...	AgentKash	11	15-Apr-2008 02:23
Daughter Plants? i have recently heard the term "Daughter Plants" i think it is something about spines growing of plants anybody any ideas cheers papasan....	papasan	2	14-Apr-2008 02:49
Cutting Down Plants i have background vallis planted at either end of my 4ft tank they are growing very well and putting out lots of new shoots the problem is they have g...	papasan	2	12-Apr-2008 16:39
Quarantining new plants vs. disinfecting I've read that you should disinfect or quarantine plants before introducing them to a new tank. I know about the options for dipping them, but I haven...	LMuha	6	08-Apr-2008 20:47
LITTLE_FISH 125G Log Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180 Gang, The day has finally come; I am starting the log of my 125G. Preface Before I go into any details, I wish to express my gratitude...	LITTLE_FISH	3583	08-Apr-2008 01:50
Dwarf Hairgrass want to plant some tomorrow (if i can find them tomorrow in town) i know they come in potted, and read some stuff about how to seperate them and all....	greenfootball	2	07-Apr-2008 07:33
How Long For Java Moss To Set In just wandering at petco and found some java moss for 2.49, so i bought 2 good size bundles. yeah a lot of them were a little yellow and brown, but mo...	greenfootball	17	06-Apr-2008 23:57
Longer Day Time? was just wondering about this... since i want to see the java moss to settle in and attach to my DW, so you guys think i could leave the lights on a l...	greenfootball	3	05-Apr-2008 07:42
how concerned should I be???? snail.... Hello, I have reciently turn my 40gal from fake plants to real added a few fish and a lone snail..not sure what kind.. looked it up, but no picture??....	itsjustme1966	4	05-Apr-2008 01:43
Bubbles Per Second 29g tank, light - med planted right now but will eventually go towards med - heavy planted tank. running 3wpg 5500k lights. how many bubbles per sec...	greenfootball	3	02-Apr-2008 02:40
Bulb Length i'm looking at buying a 65 watt power compact fixture for my 38 gallon planted tank which is 36" long. I think these bulbs are around 21-22 inches lo...	ImRandy85	2	31-Mar-2008 21:54
Planting stem plants UPDATE NOW Photo 12-3-08 I have not had much success growing stem plants. I just purchased 3 big bunches of Didiplis diandra directly from the grower Aquagreen in Darwin NT...	keithgh	18	31-Mar-2008 02:41
Best Place for C02 glass diffuser The new 7ft tank has been ordered, but they are holding off until I get back to them with where I want entry points for filter & C02 diffuser. Filter...	TW	1	30-Mar-2008 17:20
Some Pics Of My Planted Tanks Pages: 1, 2 hi folks - thought i'd share some pics, but not sure how to link things - hope this works.... http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/jase101/ 2 foo...	jase101	24	30-Mar-2008 11:03
Pickle's 38 log Pages: 1, 2 Hope nobody minds another one. I am needing some help with my planted tank and i have quite a few questions and stuff i'd like to know. so anyway...	aquapickle27	22	29-Mar-2008 20:50
My New Soil Planted Tank... here is the stats on it: 20 gallon long hang on back filter heater sponge filter( going in with discus now that it is seasoned) 40 watts of light(2 w...	bratyboy2	6	29-Mar-2008 06:53
6,700k? Need Colormax? I just broke the Coralife 24" Colormax 65 Watt/6,700K bulb that i had overtop of my 29G Here is the desc ription of the Colormax bulb: "These lamps a...	FLEXJr	4	28-Mar-2008 13:54
Plant Tanks update & blog. Hello all I haven't updated since mid december, so thought I'd share. Had some major sidetracking lately, including sorting tax papers, bills, th...	DaMossMan	0	27-Mar-2008 02:24
Opinion on a Halide Light Hi All, A follow up question after the previous T5 query. I am now looking at keeping the 6' light fixture (2x30w globes) and adding a small halide l...	Dangerous Dave	2	27-Mar-2008 00:18
Question regarding dosing flourish. So, got the whole nine yards when it comes to the Seachem Flourish products. Just had a question, read somewhere where the carbon in the filter might...	El Tiburon Tailandes	3	26-Mar-2008 07:23
T5 Lighting Opinion Hi Guys, I am looking to upgrade the lighting on my 6' tank. Hopefully one of you planted tank gurus can give me an opinion on the following light:...	Dangerous Dave	1	22-Mar-2008 16:25
Pink Baby Tears?? I bought a bunch of stem plants today that the LFS referred to as "pink baby tears". Has anyone ever heard of an aquarium plant by this common name? A...	Gone_Troppo	6	17-Mar-2008 03:36
Bleach Baths For Plants. Ok here's the deal, I bought a plant from a real LFS, not a chain LFS, and I guess it had spoars of hair algea on it. I figure this out because i gene...	djrichie	2	17-Mar-2008 01:35
To Much Lighting Or Not? i have a 40gal tank quite well planted (more bunches then ground coverage) mainly vallis and amazon with 1x45w & 1x45w nature tubes (t5) so if i add r...	papasan	5	16-Mar-2008 20:09
Anubias In a Cichlid Tank. Can it be done? I recently adopted a number of anubias from JB before she headed to greener pastures... ... currently they're all in one tank, and...	Babelfish	9	13-Mar-2008 07:34
38 Gallon Lighting It is time for me to replace the bulbs on my planted 38 gallon tank. There are 2 fixtures over the tank. One is a coralife T5 fixture with 2 x 21 wa...	ImRandy85	5	13-Mar-2008 01:57
20 Gallon Log Pages: 1, 2 Dear All Seeing as my 10 gallon was a bust at planted, I decided to start a new log on my 20 gallon that i have upgraded it to. The specs are as fol...	fishmonster	22	12-Mar-2008 20:59
35 Gallon Log Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 This is my 35 Gallon Tall I got from my sister in law. I have added some plants today so i thought i would place my log in planted aquaria. The curr...	fishmonster	96	12-Mar-2008 02:13
Hemianthus callichtroides mat Hi, I received some Hemianthus callichtroides which I tried planting strand by strand with tweezers in my tanks but I just can't seem to get...	Gone_Troppo	2	10-Mar-2008 15:22

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