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Great tank Henward. The plants should look cool once they grow a bit more. What are the tank dimensions?

Im going to increase the photo period by 10 min this week, and continue to increase for several weeks until its about an hour longer. Hopefully this will encourage some of the others to flower too

Not yet Alan. What is the best way to do this?? Do I use a tiny paint brush Do i need two flowers or can the flowers self pollinate?

Im pretty sure this is Lysimachia, but not sure which type as most have yellow flowers. Ideas anyone??? Alan????

A better pic with a new flower.

What sort of plants are you growing?? JBL balls are great for swords and crypts that are heavy root feeders, but they dont do a lot to help stemplants that absorb nutrients from the water column. This is were liquid ferts are great.

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Melt, Its a term used to describe what happens to some aquatic plants under stress or experiances sudden condition changes. Plants tend to turn brown, go mushy and loose all foliage. Most common in Cryptocoryne species, but also occurs in java fern and other aquatic plants. Excerpt taken from wikipedia 'Crypt melt' A phenomenon often encountered when planting new crypts in an aquarium is commonly called Crypt melt, whereby the plant loses all its leaves. There seem to be two possible causes for this. Rapid environmental changes is thought to trigger this, as these plants don't seem to adapt well to transplantion, and may need thirty days or so to become established and for the leaves to regrow. Experienced growers report that it is better to plant crypts in aquariums that have been established for at least three months

Yeah, Like they said :lol: :lol: :lol:

If anything is obtrusive, then why dont people kick up a stick with Google Earth? That enables you to see into peoples back sections, not just from the road.

Its not different to what they would see if thet drove down the street themselves. I dont understand what the fuss is all about. What are theives gonna do? "Ohhh look that house didnt close their front curtains on that day. that would be worth checking out"

Looks like its melted. Is there much water flow where it is situated?? Java fern likes to have water movement around the rhizome. How long have you had the plant?? Has there been any big changes, eg temp, water parameters etc.

It probably not a fungus, but rather the reproductive cycle of java fern. The brown hairy bit are most likley the roots of daughter plants that will form on the leaves. Actual plants will form shortly.

I, like Caryl, love my books and just couldnt bear to pass them on. I am currently rereading the books of one of my fav authors Tom Holland. Great idea, but I treasure my book collection.

Quality has its price :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

X Box has the redundant HDDVD player, whereas PS3 is Blueray. Rumour has nothing to do with it. Do you seriously think Sony would announce a price drop in 6 months time.that would just kill sales. Sony aint one of the biggest electronics companies for nothing.

There was literally hundreds around the resort, all the same colour, because all the building were that horrible pinky colour. Only saw them on the buildings around the lights chasing bugs. they sure moved fast, and everytime someone walked past they ran and hid. Took me ages to sit and wait for the pic of two together. Oh and there were thousands of cane toads. Even some on the beach at night. That was on Denarau Island just out of Nadi.

I usually feed mine once a day. Sparingly. Its much easier to check for problems while fish are feeding. Do a head count and check for signs of disease or injuries.

Was just browsing through my photos and came across some pics of some geckos around the resort I stayed at. Not sure what type they are but I spent ages watching these guys while sitting on the balcony having a ciggy. I even found one in the room. Thought Id share some with you.

This is the ones I Got

I use them on my DIY Setup with no problems whatsoever.Cant stop my plants from growing. :lol: I got mine from HK via Ebay, for about $4 Australian got a couple sent at the same time and cost abou $23 NZD total.

sweet It should grow good in that then

Preferably in sand or fine substrate. you plant it as you would plant any seedling in a garden. carefully remove pot and rock woo and plant the plants in smaller spread out groups, and it should then spread if given correct lighting etc. If you have normal fishtank gravel, you might find it a bit hard to get it to stay planted as the grvel os to big for it to root in correctly.

Looks like you you had a good night. Its always fun exploring the streams etc.

I use a marker pen and write the date I installed each tube on the ends. I change mine every 6- 8 months and notice increased plant growth when i do. Im only using t8 bulbs so its not that expensive.