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...lp remove po4. Maybe that's what help reduce duckweed growth (I hope I am not wrong here). When I buy new plants, I simply rince them well to remove as much of that crap. once this is done, I add it t...
... Petco today to buy some feeder fish for my hawk (subject for another thread), and I had to look at their plants.
My favorite fish dept guy was there. I really like this guy. He remembers all my fish...
... water supply has ammonia. Depending on levels, it's toxic to humans as well as fish. Live, floating plants like hornwort and water sprite will directly metabolise ammonia, so that may be the bes...
-Java Moss and Java Fern are some of the most common aquatic plants and they are very suitable for beginners. Java Fern should be attached to a piece of driftwood or rock. After the roots are formed i...
Suzer62 wrote:
Just curious, why would you want to mess with clay?
It gives root plants more hold with fish that like to swim around the stuff and they uproot the plants if they are not anchored ...
Some aquarium plants don't require much light. Java fern is one. A couple more are Anubias Nana and Cryptocoryne Balansae. Sorry for all the Latin words; the plants are not too common, probably b...
*A*W*E*S*O*M*E* piece! Thank you! One more reason to have a partial water change is to give plants some new nutrition (assuming that some of the new water are tap water and not only RO). I was fertili...
...ornings, before the light is starting, I see my fish at the surface breathing heavily.
I have a lot of plants, and I'm adding a bit of CO2 to the aquarium (using a DIY mechanism).
I'm ...
...ething about stringing together meaningless sounds to make meaningless words, but there was nothing about plants. Some rare plants, although sold for aquarium use, cannot spend their entire life cycle...
Well, tried the breeder cups and put a TON of plants in the nursery tank, so it is mostly plants now with a four by four inch space for free swimming.
Lessons learned: Balloon Mollies do NOT like ...
Many common aquarium plants do not require supplemental carbon dioxide. Some examples are low light plants like Crypts, Anubias, Java fern, Java moss, anacharis, and hornwort. In addition, excessive C...
In a tall aquarium, less light will reach the plants. However, there are several species of aquarium plants that thrive in relatively low light.
...ight and nutrients. Fish and uneaten food provide the nutrients, so it becomes a contest between the live plants and the algae. Slow growing plants like Java moss and Java fern have a slow metabolism,...
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I would recommend using maybe some floating plants, or potted plants in the beginning, if you don't want to fool with fertilizer.
If you just plant the plants directly...
...visited different zoos or displays... The large ponds have NO substrate. Of course they don't have plants either, but I'm thinking to help with the ammonia issues... Potted Pond plants or ...
Andrea wrote:
Vashe, that's a nice tank you got there... are those all live plants?
THanks and yes they are all live plants. Most of it I got free at the lake. To bad the sand doesnt hold i...
okis.w8 for the best/i think they will spawn shortly..give more and more plants as possible and obviously the big leaf plants...
I'm gonna get some live plants for my 10 gallon i was hoping to get some foxtail and/or some hortworn or something like that.
they look just like the fake plants I have in there now.
I think lots of aquatic plants go through transplant shock just like other types of plants do.
I don't have any plants in the aquarium yet. I was going to wait for the cycle to complete before adding plants.
Dead plants can produce ammonia, and most plants don't do well directly in a stream of bubbles.
...pectrum. Strictly based on wattage, the U-shaped lights seem to be better. I've read that freshwater plants need light in the blue spectrum plus the daylight spectrum, whatever frequency that is....
Just some easy plants like swords and hornwort. I'd like to try some type of grassy bottom plants too. I stared using florapride but have seen no change yet.
I have got a 33Litres or 7(UK)gallon tank.i got 1 under gravel filter and 6 plants about 16cm tall. Now I am planing to add more plants and 2 Guppies.
To go further do have to upgrade my filterin...
...nyone please help. even after multiple treatments for slime and ich my plattys are still darting towards plants and what seems to be skimming off the plants. Does any one have anyideas why they may ...
Well, just that pic you have posted, you could probably sell those plants for around $35 US. Look on www.aquabid.com , and you will see just how much they go for! Plants are rediculously expensive,...
I actually saw only one fish with their plants yesterday. It was a female betta and she looked well to my untrained eyes. They also house their Mystery Snails that are for sale with these plants as we...
...e. It may work as a marginal plant in a pond, but it would probably not thrive completely submerged. Many plants also produce toxins as a defense against bugs. Pet stores often sell marginal and seaso...
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