Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / November 2004

Hau kolas..well my first foray into planted aquaria seems to be going pretty
well so far; just basic beginner  plants. Several plants that have really
taken off, in particular "red ludwigia" and really need to be trimmed back.
So, as a general rule of thumb, where is the "ideal" ...

I have a bunch of rigid acrylic Tube in diameters up to 3" ID, and as small
as 1/8" ID. All of it is over 6 feet long, is there anything I can make out
of it? Maybe some kind of fluidized bed filter? Preferably i would like it
to be useful to my planted tank.

I'm looking for some help in mixing, and dosing fertilizer for my planted 29
gallon tank..
I wish to dose Macro Nutrients (Potassium Nitrate and Potassium Sulfate)
twice per week from a single container and Micro Nutrients (Plantex CSM+B

One of my Amazon swords shot this stalk thingy up to the surface, and
along the length of this tendril are now found maybe 8 daughter
plants.  There's also a leafy/flowery thing opening above the surface.
My question is when and how I should clip these daughter plants from

I have 15 gal tank that is about 2 months old. Stable, water is clean, fish
happy. Java fern is nice and green. Lillys seem to grow good. However,
hornwort and frill will grow for a bit and then turn brown and die back. Is
this normal for this plant? I've grown hornwort before, and ...

Help. I've got a CustomSeaLife BriteLite PC fixture and I need a
replacement bulb for it, but I've discovered that CSL has gone out of
business.
Can anyone tell me if there are other bulbs that can be used with this

For those who might be interest in building their own reflectors, I am
offering this design based on a T-12  (1.5")  fluorescent bulb.
Note that the overall width is 5.25" - something to keep in mind when
stuffing 6 tubes into a hood.  ;-)  This width is optimum for this

I have a very established 29 gallon planted tank..  About 2 months ago, I
started dosing PMDD...  Growth was FANTASTIC for 2 months..  Now suddenly, I
have a major problem with BGA covering everything..  Even after massive
water changes every 2-5 days, and having removed 95% of ...

I just got my first CO2 tank today.  A friend of mine who works at Pepsi
gave me a 25 pound tank that he said was full.  When I plugged in my
regulator that has been sitting here for days it barely went up 1/4 of the
gauge to stop around 750 PSI. My question is, Should I go have ...

I am having a real tough time with some GBA. I have four oto's and they
don't touch it. I can not locate a local source for real SAE's either. It is
really starting to take over some of my small Echinodorus Tennellus (pygmy
chain swords).Its on my Ludwigia also. I am worried ...

I want to create a new underwater honey, but my bees refuse to fly underwater.
What can I do?

I usually get about 25-30ppm of CO2. After a while I didn't bother to check
since the plants were flourishing and everything was great. However, in the
last month I've been noticing algae that I've never had before, namely the
green spot algae on some of the leaves and some ...

An article at the krib cautions to get a test kit that properly reads chelated
iron, if that is what you are dosing. Any recommendations on kits that make a
measurement in the useful 0.1ppm range in response to chelated iron ?

I noticed that the tips of my java fern is putting out small roots and a
small upward growing shoot. The leaves themselves are very stiff and point
up, so the tip isn't likely to contact the gravel soon. Can I cut the leaf
off and put it so the tip is contacting the gravel? I'm ...

well I have to buy some SAE's to combat my BBA. its my last resort before
bleach or Cu treating of the tank. So where is the best, most reliable,
(Cheapest shipping to Pa) place to buy SAE's from online. I have already
considered Arizona aquatics, but i don't like their quantity ...