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Looks good, just keep in mind that those swords will try to break the surface. Actually will be quite good with the Dems as less for them to eat but may shade tank.( assuming it is an open top tank)

Looking good Nick. Remember to allow some ventilation once the plants become established or you will end up with the mould like last time. Do you have a heater in there? At this time of the year you prob wont need it as it will get too hot in there. I gave up with the heater in mine as it is in my fish room and the temp in there stayed at about 18 during winter. Once the plants establish they are fairly hardy as long as it stays humid. Not wet just humid. One of my Crypts that I left outside last year was still alive in July. Let me know when you are ready for those plants.

Pretty cool, Shame I dont understand the commentary.

Burn, I suggest you use google and read up about Cryptocorynes. They are tropical plants and you wont find them at the local garden centre. Also, your posts are so hard to follow. Not everything you write makes sense. Maybe its just me but I find it hard to understand what you are getting at in you posts.

These plants do have smells particular to each variety but o they do not have water in the flower. C. cordata for example smells like a dead rat. It took me a good hour of searching my fish room till I discovered the source of the smell. C. walkerii "lutea" smells like musty old socks. They are not carniverous and the only purpose of the flower is to pollinate.

Correct, and as these plants tend to grow in large groups and are all experiencing the same environmental conditions at the same time, it is quite common to have lots all flowering at the same time. The life of these flowers varies from one to four days before they melt. In saying this, sexual reproduction seems to be the secondary form of reproduction in Crypts. Most are produced by plantlets on runners from the parent plants. Seed is likely to be a way of spreading itself as the plants grow in boggy and seasonally submersed areas where the flow of water will help distribute the seed pods.

Get a quote in writing ( most wont quote a price as it may end up more) but get them to write out what is wrong with it. Then take it to be checked at another reputable mechanic without stating why you want it checked. It may cost you for the inspection but hey whats a $100 inspection if it saves you $1900.00. I am not sure how they can say it is a "leak" and it is going to cost $2000 without actually giving you a proper report. How did they find this leak? Did they do a compression test? Is it a head gasket? does the car blow white smoke? is it sluggish? Take the oil cap off and look inside, does it look like peanut butter? If yes, then its a good chance its a head gasket. Lots of questions, but these questions will help determine what sort of "leak " we are talking about. These days work and money is in short supply. Easy answer is to create work. It happens more often than most think.

This is true with most flowers, but crypts, being the unusual plants they are, have evolved a method to prevent self pollination. The male and the female parts ripen at different stages. Once the female part is ready to be pollinated the male part is past its best. This is why insects are the best pollinated.

That is the plan. Time is something I am quite short of lately. Intentions are to write up a whole article about Id'ing crypts and growing them to produce flowers. A lot of my crypts are in a very sorry state at the moment as I have cut down my tanks considerably and they are just being stored in tanks that are not quite ideal for their preferred conditions. As time allows I will restart my project and try getting the ones I never got to flower and a new one I have come across going.

Hmmmm, seems to be an error in the title of my article and the contents. Black worms, not bloodworms. :sage:

Nick, Where have you been hiding. What crypts are you getting?

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-id/79209-limnophila-id-please.html see this

Yes, they are commonly used for roadside planting as in your pic. They are everywhere once you know what you are looking for.

My experiance was that the person checking me in said straight out NO. They would have to be put on as luggage in the lugguge compartment with the bags. This was going to cost me nearly $50.00. I turned away and checked myself in via the automated system and walked straight on. As mentioned, it depends on who you ask and what mood they are in. BTW, No Xray for my flights. Only 15 people fit on the plane that I take. LOL

Those two statements contradict themselves. You want to save money on fish food yet you buy ready to eat potatoes which are like five times the price of fresh.

Yup

Cant wait till Monday Night :happy1:

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Nope, tried that, it was just not happy with firefox. I opened IE and tried and it went first pop. As I said all go now so thanks CrunchBang

+1 to bloodworm eggs. I have these in my critter tank outside also. After a google search I see images that look like what you and I have in our tanks.

Thank you. For some reason it didnt like Firefox. All connected now .

No, cannot do anything. The DSL light is on but internet light is not

Yes, that is the IP address on the modem, all I get is 404 error

This is all I get. Is there a step I am missing ???? I am pulling my hair out. (In case anyone is wondering, I am connected to the net at the moment with my old non wireless modem)

Further from my recent post about my wireless modem dropping the wireless signal, I sent the modem back as it was only a month old. Turns out it was faulty and they sent me a new modem. But a different model. SMC brand that I have never heard of but the supplier assured it was a decent one. OK so I connect up as usual and then connected the RJ-45 cable to PC and then typed the ip address into browser. All I get is a 404 error. What the hell is wrong now?? Is this modem a dud? Can someone more savy with these things help me please