Pet Forum / Aquaria / Plants / February 2006

Okay, so I got my CO2 equipment "working," and had it set to release
about 50 - 60 bubbles per minute on a ten hour cycle timed with the
compact fluorescents.
Yesterday went fine.  Today, around 6:00 pm  (8 hours into the timed

Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo
my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm
looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much
maintenance.

Probably nothing to worry about...
Yesterday I transferred some Water Sprite from my Q-Tank-turned-planted tank
to my main tank.
The Loaches seem to find it quite tasty. Not bad for them? They surely get

I'm thinking about moving one of my well-established amazon sword plant
few inches from its current position.. (tank is currently
free-standing, but i'm moving it to be against a wall, so I'm thinkng
about moving the taller plants towards the back of the tank)

I've just found a source of these things "I can get anything".
I'd like to hear if there are any tubs people can't find or
can't find easily, especially CF biax and euro-only ones.
What do you guys in Europe use?

I was wondering if increasing the amount of plants on my tank will cut down
on algae growth. If I keep everything else
constant, light hours, CO2, etc...?
I have this persistant hair algae problem that I'm keeping under control

I'm setting up a new 90 gal discus/planted tank and thought I'd give it
a try rather then the Flourite Red that I have in the other tank.   (I've
had no problems with the Flourite, just thought I'd try something else.)
Here's a link:

When I place laterite in plain tap water (alkaline) it's produces very tiny
bubbles and fizzes for a few moments and keeps releasing tiny bubbles for at
least a minute.
Does anyone know what this gas is?

Hau kolas..
Question for the group.. I have heard from various sources that it may be advantageous to control algae to interrupt the lighting cycle during the day..say an hour "pause"..the theory being that plants can "react" quicker than algae can to interrupted lighting (?). ...

I decided to add some to a tank, figured out what I thought would be
an appropriate amount.  For about 144 liters of water I thought 0.6
grams would be right, a chunk I picked up weighed 0.5, so I went with
that.

I have a 75 gallon tank with about fifteen rainbow fish.  I've ordered
CO2 equipment which should arrive this week.
What's the best way to start this up?  Do I just run it for brief
periods of time at first, like an hour a day, and gradually build it

I have used those Doc Wellfish water chemistry test strips a few
times...while I find them somewhat hard to use (some of the color
gradations are too slight for MY eye to distinguish between...), I
seem to consistently come up with the following readings:

Has anybody used these compact flourescent retrofit kits in their
Eclipse hood? I have an Eclipse 1 twin lamp, and the light fixture is
shot. My original plan to give up on the 10 gallon tank and just buy a
bigger tank, hood, stand, filter, etc. for some reason seems to exceed

Good evening, i have a 55 gallon (2 feet tall) cichlid tank with about 9
cichlids in that vary in size and speices i would like to plant it but i
would to get some insider info before i go spend a lot of money. i am
using an under ground filter, 2 whisper power 60 hang on tank ...

I just upgraded my 75 gallon tank with a 110 watt compact fluorescent
and a 40 regular tube light.  I wanted to take another shot at growing
plants...recently all I've had in there were java ferns which are no
brainers.