phoenix44

Harvey birdman and Porkchop. Do you guys care to explain? :lol:

I just gave him 3 different things, and asked for them back. He took them all with his mouth and held it with his left foot!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/4623726 ... be-lefties I'll be watching Rusty closely over the next few days and see what my little silly bird does. :lol:

Love the Hemianthus! L. Glandulosa L. Arcuata - very hard to photograph if it's not against a black background Glosso Tiger Lotus (green)

Melafix? It isn't a remedy for cyano. Try taking out as much as you can manually, and see if it grows back. Antibiotics will kill it off, but I have heard of cases where it just grew back.

Dumb

Looks great K! When are the fish arriving?

Uber!

:lol: Where is that tui sign?

Zev would poke me if the standard was any lower. I don't intend to receive the stick treatment, even if i have magical blocking abilities! :lol:

I usually just add water, filter, fish + cycle and loads of plants. Don't intentionally set out to cycle a tank, but it is better to do so.

Rabbit is probably the more educated one to ask. Mr pleco might be able to give more insight as well.

I have previously posted stargrass, macrandra and rotundifolia pics. Here they are again L. Aromatica submersed (what I have, we are working on this other one).

It will not be removed from the database Joe. It is commonly sold as an aquatic plant, just like mondo. If I have my way mondo will be on the list too.

Cause it's a plant, and we need pictures of plants to match up the names of plants in the existing database.

must resist.. :nilly:

yeah, it can be. produces a highly exothermic reaction when mixed with some very common household ingredients. Definitely don't want kids to be playing with it!

Yeah, I was :lol: It got me so paranoid that i went to make sure there was none in my tank :lol:

AKA 'pleco mad' flatfish?

Nice selection there D. Hows those cats doing?

It reminds me of a scallywag. Creature in Enid Blyton's books. I'm sure it was called that.

I don't like how it looks at me

We can take a step by step approach at this one. Your tank established an equilibrium with the levels of light, nutrient and CO2. The indian fern is a terribly fast grower, and sucks up a lot of nutrient. Taking that plant out caused an imbalance between the amount of nutrient that is available for the plants to absorb vs. the amount of light, and all of this is relative to the new CO2 levels. Add an excess of ferts (comprehensive or similar) and that should help some things. Can you take a closer up pic of the filamentous algae? I have a hunch at what it is, and I hope that's not it, but at this point the fibrous stuff could well be the roots. The brown stuff on the Java fern is how the plant reproduces underwater. Add JBL balls under the roots of the root feeders like sword plants, and some ferts in the water (too much is more expensive, but better than too little). The same rules apply to most tanks. Thank you for the informative and well thought out post. You can also test the water for Nitrogen and Phosphorous (Nitrate and Phosphate).

lol. There goes the award for the most appropriate use of the :facepalm: and :oops: respectively. :lol: