Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / December 2005

I have a 26 gallon bow front.  With lots of plants.  I have 55 watts of
light running 12 hours a day.  I notice some of my plants are dying.
The leaves look like you can see thru them.  Like as if it is
disintergrating or something.  Other plants are fine.  It is strange..

Hi! Does anyone know what the typical nutrient uptake per day is from
plants? Chuck Gadd's calculator is great for figuring out how much of what
compound to reach target ppms...but if I don't know how quickly this is
being used up then it's either a guessing game or I have to ...

In a subsequent post I had asked what lighting was recommended for a 29g
(US) planted tank.  Currently I have the stock lighting, and although the
plants are doing alright, they could obviously do much better with the
proper lighting.  I have looked on a couple of site and found ...

I've been using CO2 injection on my 75 gallon tank for several months
now.  I noticed today that every plant was just covered with bubbles
which normally would be a good thing except that it started happening
all at once.  I also noticed that I'm getting a continuous stream of

I am going to set up a plant tank ... or at least a tank with as many
plants as possible. I would like to keep a few fish in it to produce
some nitrates for the plants. What fish are plant friendly? (I was
thinking about some neon terta, a beta, and maybe some of the aquatic

it has big leaves and a vine growing out of it. i was told it could
survive in the aquarium, but learned not to trust fish stores.
think i woke my tigers up :x, thanks

My Magnum 350 filter is going on 6 years old with replacement of only
o-rings and gaskets.  It has been making a 'rattling' or 'buzzing' noise for
many months that I don't remember.   It is working hard pushing water
through a CO2 reactor.  It could be air or CO2 in the impellor ...

im about to begin my first planted tank in a 55g.  i have the red sea
co2 setup, 4 40watt flourescent bulbs, but the red sea substrate was too
expensive so i settled on this box of laterite from petsmart.  i have no
idea what it is but i followed hte directions and mixed it into ...

As you may have read in my previous post, I am purchasing a new tank in the
new year and I'm looking at making some improvements on my current setup.
I my current tank, i notice a lot of film on the top of the water and today
when I was at the LFS, there was a 4x2x2 with a corner ...

Does Onyx gravel give off as many fine particles as Fluorite?
I was wondering if I could swap out most of the gravel in my Tropical tank
without tearing down the tank? I've added small amounts of Fluorite (pots)
before and even with extensive rinsing it still clouds the water a ...

I have a well setuped planted tank. Recently, I found there was some brown
thing cover the amazon sword and water sprite. The other plants don't have
problem. It is slime and quite hard to get rid of mechnically. I am not sure
if it is brown algae. How to get rid of it? BTW, ...

is anyone familiar with the red sea co2 injector?  is it worth buying?
it has a powered head that delivers the co2 into the aquarium, sounds
like it would suck in lots of co2 too fast, thus making you buy new
product to refill it for $$$.  of course, id use the DIY yeast method

Hey all, it's been a while.  Lots going on, school, work, life, etc...
Recently moved, and had a very fun (sarcastic) time moving the tanks of
fish and geckos, and now the turtle... but that's another board
altogether...

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I have an old external filter casing. It was sold for use as extra
filter capacitor. Basically it is an external filter without the
impeller.
I wa going to make an external CO2 reactor using plumbing parts, but was