Forum: Plants
Yesterday, 08:56 PM
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Rio xingu plants...
I'm going to he setting up a planted tank soon that will be a rio xingu biotope. And other than amazon swords I don't have a clue what other COMMONLY AVAILABLE plants come from that river basin. So...
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Forum: Low Tech Forum
06-17-2013, 09:55 PM
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I do have a planted tank currently so I'm not...
I do have a planted tank currently so I'm not completely new to it. Just new to soil. My tank right now (10g) is a jungle and gets 50PAR and I do a 40% water change weekly and even then my nitrates...
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Forum: Low Tech Forum
06-17-2013, 09:49 PM
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I'm expecting tannins all the time. From the...
I'm expecting tannins all the time. From the soil, peat, and wood. I like the black water look. Not sure if the rio xingu is a black water river tho...but at any rate I am planning on the soil...
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Forum: Low Tech Forum
06-17-2013, 06:32 PM
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First plan for NPT
Forum
Ok so after weeks of planning and talking with people on this forum and others like it. And reading "the ecology of the planted aquarium" twice I think I finally have a step by step of what...
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Forum: Equipment
06-12-2013, 02:35 PM
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-23-2013, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 40
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The krib crib (10g low-tech)
UPDATE:
So the female krib died of excel overdose and almost lost the male. He recovered nicely tho. No more excel or ferts and today I added some plants I collected near me. Also reaquascaped...
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Forum: Plants
05-19-2013, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Plants
05-19-2013, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 129
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-15-2013, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 7
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60g planted West African tank
I'm not worried about driving off CO2 I'm going to stock the tank probably a little more than I should but still not overstocked. I'm trying to add oxygen at night. If I leave it on 24/7 won't the...
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-15-2013, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 302
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-15-2013, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 7
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60g planted West African tank
Doing more research and hoping somebody has an answer. During the day fish need air that plants provide, and plants need CO2 that fish provide. But at night they both produce CO2. So to add O2 at...
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-14-2013, 07:14 PM
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60g planted West African tank
I'm only doing 2 pairs of cichlids. And as far as plants go idk which species yet but I wanna do as many plants as needed to sustain the ecosystem. So it will be trial and error for a while
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-14-2013, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 302
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Forum: Tank Journals
05-14-2013, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 302
60g planted West African tank
I recently acquired a 60g flat-back hex from my uncle and decided I want to do a planted West African tank. Ill get into the finer details in a bit. First off I'd like to say that I have a planted...
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Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion
05-10-2013, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 9
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MTS...quite the sickness lol
Yeah my wife has tried curing mine all she can do is make the effects less intrusive. I'm allowed 4 tanks and she doesn't give me any time to clean them lol
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Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion
05-10-2013, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 9
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MTS...quite the sickness lol
Yep it's all a pain. I'm doing the daily water changes on my 5.5g right now. Set up a week ago almost and it's incredibly overstocked ATM. I have 28 1/2" fry in it. 6 are going to BAP at my club...
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Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion
05-10-2013, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 9
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MTS...quite the sickness lol
I tell ya, the more tanks the more fish the better the quality of fish (through breeding) the diversity alone you can keep is overwhelming. But so is the maintenance. I have friends with over 40...
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Forum: Lighting
04-30-2013, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 12
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T5 NO good enough for plants?
Decided for now to use fluorite as a substrate and leave it unplanted and use my marineland double bright for now. And save up for a 30" t5HO fixture
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 312
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 312
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 12
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T5 NO good enough for plants?
The part I worry about is the size. My fixture is 48" but my opening is 30" so 18" of the bulbs will be over black acrylic, never reaching the water and that's part I worry about melting
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 312
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 312
T5 NO good enough for plants?
Ok. I thought it was an HO fixture. I bought it off a guy for $10 so still a good deal. Just wasnt sure if it was good enough for plants. I have a 30" opening in the cent of the tank that's where...
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 12
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T5 NO good enough for plants?
I have a 52g flat back hex (20" deep) with 2-3" of substrate can I grow medium light plants with a dual t5 NO fixture? Also about 1/4 of the light will be blocked by the shape of the top. Hoping I...
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Forum: Lighting
04-29-2013, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 2
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Lighting for acrylic 52g flat back hex
Another correction: it's normal output not high output. So it would only push out 56w total. Would this still be sufficient for a planted tank? Going to build legs to sit it 1" above the glass. And...
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