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Post by mmfed01 on May 1, 2016 7:31:47 GMT -5
I try to keep balanced circulation in my tanks....while not trying to uproot anything. I'd give it a little more time. Did you add root tabs yet? The only easy thing to grow is algae I think things look good in your tank. Refresh my memory on what kind of lighting you are using? Mike
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Post by troybtj on May 8, 2016 0:13:40 GMT -5
Lighting is a 36" Fluval LED Pro For Planted Freshwater. Very bright. Added the root tabs about a week ago. Was adding the PMDD/Plantex + NPK dry mix for a week, but am now adding the AAP Macros + Micros pumps 3x per week. I've removed practically all of the Water Sprite save for one plant. The LFS was sold out so I re-stocked them. Now its just 2x crypts, 2x swords, 4x unidentified (in photo on previous page off edge) and the Java Moss on the driftwood. Even the Water Sprite didn't grow as tall in the left side of the tank where the circulation is strongest. I also don't know what my other plants are to add to the list of "kept". They have ruffled leaves, dark green on top and rust or reddish on the bottom side of the leaves, they stick close to the gravel on both sides of the aquarium. They are either very slow growing or dead. The unidentified in question are to the right of the driftwood, and to the right of the smaller crypt and sword on the left side (Click for bigger): The remaining water sprite visible in this photo has been removed, so it's pretty bare looking now.
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Post by cptcaveman on May 22, 2016 16:03:37 GMT -5
What about Rams?
The have good color and are non-aggressive.
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Post by troybtj on May 22, 2016 17:34:45 GMT -5
Thought about them while browsing the LFS, but realized right now I need to cycle through about 20 small-adult size Mollies per month and a half or so.
Between all the different deliveries the mothers are making, I have a bit of an explosion of them. I trade them off to the LFS for RODI water and sometimes some frozen shrimp or some other random thing. It turns out to be a good deal for everybody.
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Post by troybtj on May 23, 2016 13:22:34 GMT -5
Found out the stuff on driftwood is called Flame Moss.
Also, if you leave any bit of root in the soil, the Water Sprite comes back. It's now pretty big all around the tank again.
The good news is the crypt on the right has seeded, and the Sword on the right has thick, green new large leaves, I'm guessing the root tabs dissolved.
The bad news is that the sword on the left looks pretty much the same, but it's in a wake zone from the SunSun filter.
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Post by troybtj on Jun 6, 2016 19:59:17 GMT -5
Ok. The root tabs seemed to have kicked the sword on the right into overdrive, while the left one still... lingers. You can see the water sprite from where I left little roots remaining creeping back from my eradication of it a month back. Also got some little leaved plants up in the front by the driftwood, I don't know what they are called, but you can see the runner root structure nicely, and they carpet well. I sort of like the one tall one behind the driftwood, hiding the heater and plumbing. Any ideas on something prettier to replace it with? It looks sort of... weed like. Maybe that's just because it grows like a weed. I'll say I'm impressed with the Flame Moss on the driftwood. (Sorry, phone pic, no Pro Photo work today with the aquarium as subject...)
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Post by coco on Jun 6, 2016 20:48:07 GMT -5
I like your water sprite right where it is. And your flame moss is beautiful! I had a good amount of christmas moss growing on a hanging net I made. It was bright green and fluffy for quite some time, then it just turned brown and died back. Don't know what happened to it.
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Post by Carl on Jun 7, 2016 13:08:32 GMT -5
You definitely got some good growth going on in there, especially the Flame Moss as you noted! Carl
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 7, 2016 16:55:40 GMT -5
I also don't know what my other plants are to add to the list of "kept". They have ruffled leaves, dark green on top and rust or reddish on the bottom side of the leaves, they stick close to the gravel on both sides of the aquarium. They are either very slow growing or dead. Are you talking about the Crypts?
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Post by troybtj on Jun 7, 2016 21:12:58 GMT -5
I also don't know what my other plants are to add to the list of "kept". They have ruffled leaves, dark green on top and rust or reddish on the bottom side of the leaves, they stick close to the gravel on both sides of the aquarium. They are either very slow growing or dead. Are you talking about the Crypts? The one crypt seeded already and went away. The ones I'm talking about are now a bit larger with the all red leaves in the latest photo. Both on the left side and near the right side of the driftwood. If those are also crypts, they are slow growing ones that have a cool color. Just dont know the name of them, or the little green leaved buggers at the front.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 8, 2016 12:29:55 GMT -5
Are you talking about the Crypts? The one crypt seeded already and went away. The ones I'm talking about are now a bit larger with the all red leaves in the latest photo. Both on the left side and near the right side of the driftwood. If those are also crypts, they are slow growing ones that have a cool color. Just dont know the name of them, or the little green leaved buggers at the front. Kinda look like Crypts to me Could be wrong of course.
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Post by troybtj on Jun 8, 2016 23:14:07 GMT -5
Ok, thought crypts grew faster, seeded, and died, these things are in super slow motion, I guess I'll find out.
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Post by Carl on Jun 9, 2016 9:03:26 GMT -5
Ok, thought crypts grew faster, seeded, and died, these things are in super slow motion, I guess I'll find out. Is this the plant we are referring to (taken from a snip of the picture)? It does look like crypt, but I am unfortunately not positive Carl
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Post by troybtj on Jun 9, 2016 10:39:36 GMT -5
Ok, thought crypts grew faster, seeded, and died, these things are in super slow motion, I guess I'll find out. Is this the plant we are referring to (taken from a snip of the picture)? It does look like crypt, but I am unfortunately not positive Carl That's the little leaves that are spreading like carpet, I don't know what they are either, unless it's a crypt of some sort, they don't get off the substrate, just spread out. Above that is flame moss on driftwood, with water sprite in the upper left of that snip. The ones I'm referring to are the brown-red leaved ones on the other side of the driftwood from your snip, with the clearest example on the middle far left of the full tank photo, near the little sword that isn't growing much. I ripped out a couple pounds of water sprite last night, so I'll try to get up a new photo of it looking a little cleaner, along with some macro photos of the exact plant I'm trying to identify.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 9, 2016 10:46:22 GMT -5
I think we're talking about this one. Along with the other two on the left.
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Post by Carl on Jun 9, 2016 15:49:25 GMT -5
I think we're talking about this one. Along with the other two on the left. OK, this looks more correct to me Carl
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Post by troybtj on Jun 9, 2016 18:18:38 GMT -5
I think we're talking about this one. Along with the other two on the left. That's correct, so those are some other variety of crypt?
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 10, 2016 14:39:22 GMT -5
I believe so...ya.
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Post by troybtj on Jan 21, 2017 13:48:48 GMT -5
A little update... The aquariums are now just plants. I cleaned the floor with this stuff, it's great at making a house smell "hospital sterile fresh", but even though it wasn't as an aerosol, I managed to nuke my fish... So, if you are going to use biguanide disinfectants, heed the warning that it kills fish, and not just a "impedes bio filter" way. Took 3 days to go from uncountable swimming Molly's and Tetras to easily countable to none within a week. I will restock, still have the root tabs, but have that nasty hair algae messing with the flame moss. I'm cranking up the CO 2 while there's no fish in it to hopefully get the other plants going better and the algae gone. Once that's stable, I'll start swapping out Activated Carbon for a while and then add some new fishies. Back to the start! Luckily, there was no emotional attachment, other than to Survivor, who didn't.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jan 21, 2017 14:53:31 GMT -5
Here's to new starts! lol.
Consider just adding a little more co2, if you crank it up then have to turn it down over time, the plants might not like that as they were used to more co2.
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