RESGuy's RCS Journal

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

The Aponogeton sp. you have in your tank will start to grow like a weed once it anchors itself in your substrate. Especially if it's Aponogeton Undulatus. You don't need co2 for it to grow like a weed either. That was the very first plant in my 29g tank when I first got it. Within 2 weeks it was emersing itself out of the top of my tank and flowering. Extremely fast grower and hardy plant.

Thanks for the reply Cydric. I've noticed! It has grown quite well so far. I think I am going to take another picture of it and post it here I'm not planning on messing with any CO2 things I want a tank as low-tech as possible

[RESGuy]

January 23, 2007 6:55 PM
More Pictures!
The growth of my Aponogeton Picture to compare to the picture I took on Sunday

A river rock that is growing some algae for the RCS to eat

One of the leaves in the tank

A full tank shot

Another full tank shot

Another leaf on a large rock weighed down with some gravel so it doesn't fall off

The bulbs that did not sprout

The algae rock with another rock next to it

The tank at another angle



Enjoy!

[Cydric]

Out of the pictures you've provided it looks like you have a couple female guppies, and one looks like a male guppy (can't really tell in the pic). Just be careful if you have mixed sexes because they'll most definitely breed and before you know it, you have a 5.5g nano tank FULL of guppies(trust me, it happened to me when I was cycling a new tank). Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing since you have a turtle.
I use the same "cycle" fish as you are using. I have a 10g tank with over 100 feeder guppies (don't ask) so I use them to help my new tank setups cycle. I find them to be pretty hardy little fish that can withstand a lot of water parameter changes.

Can't wait to see the new plants when you get them! I love all the pictures! Thanks!

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Cydric

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

Out of the pictures you've provided it looks like you have a couple female guppies, and one looks like a male guppy (can't really tell in the pic). Just be careful if you have mixed sexes because they'll most definitely breed and before you know it, you have a 5.5g nano tank FULL of guppies(trust me, it happened to me when I was cycling a new tank). Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing since you have a turtle.
I use the same "cycle" fish as you are using. I have a 10g tank with over 100 feeder guppies (don't ask) so I use them to help my new tank setups cycle. I find them to be pretty hardy little fish that can withstand a lot of water parameter changes.

Can't wait to see the new plants when you get them! I love all the pictures! Thanks!

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Cydric

Thank you for the info on the guppies. Yeah I think that the largest one is a male. If they breed that would come in great for me, free turtle food
Thank you I'm glad you like the pictures, I used an Olympus SP-510UZ When I add more plants or make any changes I will take more pictures.

January 23, 2007 8:22 PM
Red Cherry Shrimp UPDATE:
I just received an offer from a member at another forum for 10 shrimp for the price of shipping! So I am going to receive 10 RCS for only $10

Plant UPDATE:
I am interested in the following plants:
Java Fern, Java Moss, Anubia, Najas, Aponogeton (have it) and Anarchis.
I am not going to get them all but those are on my wish list I also read that some bulbs may take months to start growing so there is still hope for my un-sprouted bulbs

[Cydric]

Originally Posted by RESGuy

Thank you for the info on the guppies. Yeah I think that the largest one is a male. If they breed that would come in great for me, free turtle food
Thank you I'm glad you like the pictures, I used an Olympus SP-510UZ When I add more plants or make any changes I will take more pictures.

January 23, 2007 8:22 PM
Red Cherry Shrimp UPDATE:
I just received an offer from a member at another forum for 10 shrimp for the price of shipping! So I am going to receive 10 RCS for only $10

Plant UPDATE:
I am interested in the following plants:
Java Fern, Java Moss, Anubia, Najas, Aponogeton (have it) and Anarchis.
I am not going to get them all but those are on my wish list I also read that some bulbs may take months to start growing so there is still hope for my un-sprouted bulbs

Awesome deal on the RCS I hope you get mixed sexes and they breed like crazy for you. As for the plants you mentioned you'd like to get, those are really good slow growing plants for a low tech/no co2 tank but you might consider getting a readily available fast grower such as Hygrophila polysperma and Hygrophila polysperma 'Sunset'. I see a lot of ROAK for this fast growing plant(how i got mine) in the Swap N Shop and i'm sure if you made a WTB there you'd get some PM's.

I also subscribed to this thread.

[aelysa]

I can send you a ball of java moss if you'd like, and some narrow leaf java fern plantlets too (from Hoppy's RAOK). PM me your address.

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

Awesome deal on the RCS I hope you get mixed sexes and they breed like crazy for you. As for the plants you mentioned you'd like to get, those are really good slow growing plants for a low tech/no co2 tank but you might consider getting a readily available fast grower such as Hygrophila polysperma and Hygrophila polysperma 'Sunset'. I see a lot of ROAK for this fast growing plant(how i got mine) in the Swap N Shop and i'm sure if you made a WTB there you'd get some PM's.

I also subscribed to this thread.

Yeah I made some great finds from many forum members from different forum I am glad that hobbyists online are so generous, and I hope to be able to give a little back to the hobby once I better myself in the field Can, you link me to a site talking about these plants you mentioned? I will be sure to check the Swap N' Shop thanks

Originally Posted by aelysa

I can send you a ball of java moss if you'd like, and some narrow leaf java fern plantlets too (from Hoppy's RAOK). PM me your address.

Wow, that would be lovely! You are one of those great members online that are so generous and I am very thankful for your offer I will PM you

Thanks Again!

[RESGuy]

Plant UPDATE:Thanks to the very generous Aelysa I will be receiving 2 items from my wish list

Java Moss
and
Java Ferns

Thanks yet again for that! I will update here when I receive the plants and I add them to the tank

[Cydric]

Originally Posted by RESGuy

Yeah I made some great finds from many forum members from different forum I am glad that hobbyists online are so generous, and I hope to be able to give a little back to the hobby once I better myself in the field Can, you link me to a site talking about these plants you mentioned? I will be sure to check the Swap N' Shop thanks

Tell you what, next time I trim my Hygrophila Polysperma I'll send you my trimmings instead of disposing them. I'm sure I'll be trimming here in a week or so since I just trimmed it a couple days ago.

Here's a direct link to know everything there is to know about Hygrophila Polysperma:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...pec=Hygrophila

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

Tell you what, next time I trim my Hygrophila Polysperma I'll send you my trimmings instead of disposing them. I'm sure I'll be trimming here in a week or so since I just trimmed it a couple days ago.

Here's a direct link to know everything there is to know about Hygrophila Polysperma:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...pec=Hygrophila

I am so thankful for that generous offer Cydric! Thank you. I am glad that I have met so many great and generous members on this site
And thank you for the link, read it all

January 24, 2007 3:20 PM
Plant UPDATE: My Aponogeton seems to be growing daily! while I was at school a new sprout emerged and is already half the size of the two tallest leaves. So I now have two tallish leaves one medium leaf and one short leaf from the same bulb
My plant list of plants that will go/are in the tank so far are:
Java Moss
Java Fern
Aponogeton
Hygrophila Polysperma (Thanks Cydric)
Anarchis (maybe)

Feeder Guppies UPDATE:I seem to have one guppy in the tank that has a bit of coloration, so I may have a Fancy Guppy that was mixed in with the feeders when I bought them The others seem to have NO color at all besides their tanned bodies.

[RESGuy]

January 24, 2007 9:40 PM

Guppy UPDATE:Okay I have one small guppy that has quite some color pigmentation on its body. The others are all regular brown feeder guppies. So I am thinking I have an Endlers Guppy. I compared my guppy to pictures of Endlers online and they look quite similar. I am going to try and get a good picture of it and post it on here to see if anyone could verify its species

[Cydric]

I'm thinking your male guppy is still just a regular feeder guppy because one of the pictures you provided looks identical to ALL my male feeder guppies in my 10g tank (and i do have A LOT)

Here's a crappy picture of one I just took:


All my females are colorless and bigger than the males (and much fatter).

Yours:

[RESGuy]

Thanks for the quick reply. So are you saying some feeders do have some color? I think the male you saw in the picture is my largest guppy, he has no color.

[Cydric]

Look at my last post again, i edited it and I added a photo of yours and circled the females and male. heh.

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

Look at my last post again, i edited it and I added a photo of yours and circled the females and male. heh.

Wow thanks! But how can you tell the guppy next to the one with color is male?

I was actually just doing the same thing and had come here to post it.