Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / January 2004

Hey people!
Can anyone recommend good online ordering for plants IN CANADA?  I
know of one web sight, ottawa aquatics, and they seem to have a good
sellection, but I'd like to check out all my options before diving

Does anyone have any suggestions on getting rid of "Staghorn Algae" or have
had any experience with it?

I carry the largest selection of hard-to-find aquatic plants at reasonable
prices.  Please email me at beadgc@nyc.rr.com for a current availability
list or to get on my mailing list.  Special requests welcome!!!
Thanks.

Hello..
I'm in the process of making Pmdd and I need 1/2 liter of water.
I guess I could purchase a 1lt of bottled water and dump ~1/2 of it out.
My question...

does anyone have any idea where to pick these puppies up for cheap in
the toronto area?
i'm looking for plant specific spectrum, so they should be 6700K.
thanks in advance.

Hi...
I'm upgrading my lighting to power compacts and have the option of
getting several different kelvin rated bulbs. I realize that the
higher the kelvin rating, the cooler the visual of the bulb appears. I

It seems that the prevailing experience favours 6700k lighting for planted
tanks. How about MH lighting? Does it work?
Thanks

I have a planted tank that isn't doing so well anymore. This is partly
due to my lack of time on it and partly due to the way the wind has been
blowing, the alignment of Jupiter as opposed to my lunch yesterday, etc.
I want to revive the tank and have it blooming as it used to do, ...

Dear Tom,
Many thanks for your good advice in the Internet that has helped me a lot
with my planted tank in the last 12 months. I am a beginner, but I want to
ask a bit more about the use of sticks for terrestrial plant as substrate

I have a 55 gallon planted tank and I will install bottled CO2 within
the next two weeks.
What is a conservative bubble rate to start with, i.e. something below
the optimum which will give me a chance to slowly adjust up to the

Can anyone tell me in how much time should I replace my T5 tubes ?  (6 / 8
months like T8 ) ?
Thank you
Pedro Pereira

I have a 90 gallon that I got 2nd-hand complete with 3 gigantic java ferns
and some amazon sword.
I've been reading that java moss looks pretty on logs, and I was thinking of
adding some.  But many LFS (Toronto/Mississauga - Canada) don't stock it,

Does anyone have any luck with a complete and SIMPLE plant food formula?  I
used lots of different products in the past, but would like to settle on
something simple and inexpensive.
Thanks,

Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite
substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails
in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be
permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has ...

I need to equip my new 110 gallon tank with some java fern. Anyone know a
good online store that delivers a nice quantity for the money? Most places
show you a nice picture, but in reality you get two or three stands with 1-2
leaves on each strand per bundle. Anyone has good ...