Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / October 2003

Are Ph buffers bad for natural plants? I used a buffer recently and I think
that my plants have become less robust.

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Well I use 2 of the Hagen naturafin CO2 systems in my 100 planted gallon
tank - I know this is not enough  but I am a bit scared using CO2 bottles as
for safety reasons..
The plants look green and ok, but I still think they do grow a bit slow.

I added DIY CO2 a few days ago and my bluegreen algae has started growing
3-4 times as fast, but so are the other plants. It even has little bubbles
coming out of it. Is it pearling like the regular aquatic plants are
supposed to do?

I've been getting conflicting informations on what kind of lighting
that I need for my aquarium so I'll tell you what it is that I want
and ask for recommendations.  I'm new to plants and I want to setup a
planted angelfish tank.  Money is tight (getting married and new

I just had the fortune to be given a 55gal aquarium, stand, UGF plates and
two working powerheads for free.
I would like to try setting up a nice tank for live plants. Since I need a
hood does anybody have any suggestions on if I should build one or buy one

Some time ago I bought a really nice, big Jade Sword plant for about
$20. Soon after putting it in my tank, the leaves all died, and it
looked like the whole plant was a lost cause.
Since I'd paid $20 for it, I decided to experiment. I put what

Does anyone know where I might find a hood to fit a 36" bowfront?  I
have the standard 36" rectangle that came with the AGA tank, but I'd
like to put in more light and fit the tank shape.
Cris

I just got a glut  of test kits in the mail, and have been finally able to
test my water for most of the parameters, and I was wondering if someone
could tell me if any of my values need improvment. For background, I have a
130L (3') tank w/ 2 30W tubes (10,000K and 18,000K), ...

I have what I am 99% sure is are Amazon sword plants. Today I was inspecting
them closely as I was figuring out what to do with (how to trim) what
appeared to be leaves so long that they were to the top of the tank and ran
along the length of the tank. I found that these weren't ...

Has anyone tried one of those reptile heating pads that you stick on the
bottom of the tank (outside bottom - not in the tank itself) with an
adhesive?
Do you think this may have possitive results?

What is the best test kit out there?  I'd like to get one that has ALL the
possible tests I could want. I keep both fresh water plants and fish. I may
get into brackish or marine tanks one day.
Are there any meters that one can buy other than a PH meter?

I purged out a message that suggested adding more plants and more
water changes would minimize algae.  I had my tank full of plants and
changed water once a week.  While the green algae on the glass was
tolerable, the black hair algae continued to thrive.

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Registration for the conference is $64, and registrations after
October 14th will be $74. For those of you who aren't AGA members,

I'm thinking about setting up another planted aquarium: 28 gallon. I've had
great success with water clarity and speed of filteration with the Aquaclear
series of filters for about 10 or so aquariums that I've had. Right now I
have an aquaclear with a 15 gallon with C02 pumped into ...