DennisP

Nice tank. Questions: How long has it taken for the grass to look like that? How do i get my moss to attach to wood and not turn brown and yuk and horrible......?

Where would i get reflectors from? possible to make them with tin foil or something? lol :bounce:

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How would i add lights into a juwel aquarium? anyone know? The lights i have are about 6 weeks old, so still fairly new.

ANOTHER question. =] I have either cabomba or ambulia... not sure which... but it is not looking very healthy. The leaves are far apart and not very bushy... Is this normal? what do i do?! :-?

Have done that. About 3-5 leaves each. Took aaagess... What nice looking Stem plants would you recommend?

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/ ... rio001.jpg removed the taller piece of wood so i have more room. What plants to add? Any Ideas? I added 3 pots of hair grass and spread them across the front. Hopefully they will form some kinda carpet.... :-?

If it helps, after i had set up my new tank, i left water in my old tank with like 2 java ferns and some rocks/wood with no light, filter, or heater, or substrate... a little bit that looked like this turned up on my java fern. There may be some factors in there that will help u kill it. Could be something other than algae.... Not sure what tho.

Bought myself Some excel today, a large crypt (not sure what type) and 3 bundles of hairgrass. Hairgrass has been split up and i now have heaps of it.

Where are some good LFS in CHCH? preferably ones with good supply of plants too. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Well, i took over half of the water out so i have some if i buy the soil tomorrow so it doesn't have to recycle, but, after this thread im not sure if i will spend $100+ on some dirt which many reckon i do not need. Also regretting it because my tank hasn't fully cycled yet, it should be right at the end, but still.. its only setting it back.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/Coconutwins/Fish/Trademefish002.jpg Is a rough photo taken by my phone, like 2 minutes ago. Did a big water change today - sorta regret it now...

"what works for some, doesn't work for others"

i have 2 large ones, Not quite sure, i think about 13cm, could be wrong. And i bought 3 little ones a few weeks ago, the largest of them aobut 5 cm, smallest about 4cm. Growing well.

There is none.. =] :bounce: For some reason, i just dont want to do it. *shrug* @jenniferh, Cheers. Will have a look at what i can find.

The problem with stones is that i brought them home from the marlborough sounds, I find they look great, they are nice and flat and make good hiding places, but this means that i cant really add little ones without it looking out of place. I may buy me some new stones tomorrow if they are reasonably priced.

Haven't actually got any. Only a few crappy ones on my phone so i cant record how much it changed. May take some tomorrow if i find the camera. i have enough substrate, Im using sand, so its annoying to plant plants in because its always loose when u first put them in.

Yes, my 1 amazon sword(not sure if its the real thing, as i got it for free) is doing well, started off with like 4 leaves and now that it has settled in is growing fast. Same with my lotus. Except my cories and BGk keep up rooting it and it hasn't grown enough roots yet to stay in place, so i have to keep topping up with sand every few days. My larger swords started off well, then my nutrients must have run out and they started to die, i bought me some liquid ferts for it... helped a little bit, but the new leaves still died. They are doing much better in they week that i have had my JBL balls.

Alright. I'll strart with a 100ml then if they have one. Should last me long enough. Will probably spend the rest on plants. Any recommendations?

Alright then. I will buy me some excel tomorrow, and speak to the LFS ppl about what they think. I have some JBL balls atm, which i bought last week. The staghorn is still in controllable amounts, it is starting to grow on the rocks and wood, but that can easily be boiled/scraped off. Most of it is on the vall, on single leaves. What would make a good carpet plant? What i have read (not much) about glosso is that if conditions aren't right it will grow too high and not look as great... should my juwel lights be fine for that? Also, how much excel should I buy? i dont wanna buy too much, but i dont wanna end up going back in 2 weeks to buy more.

Thanks. Will The vallisneria die from dosing normally? Oh well, i can sell that and put the $$$ into new plants. =] I heard that scaleless fish (are discus scaleless also?) are affected more by meds? With this apply to my black ghost knife too? Any recommendations for tall and preferably top covering plants? that dont look messy like some stem plants? I also read somewhere soemthing about filter media turning off and excel and stuff? Anything i need to know about that? or do i need not worry...? Also, my java fern seems to be dying? yet the newer leaves on it look really healthy. Is the light too bright for them and they are getting "burnt", should i get rid of it? Also, my javamoss never seems to grow well.... I'm After some xmas moss if it would survive... Soo many questions! None of my friends keep fish or anything so i never really talked about it ever.

I dont have very much sunlight, maybe 30 mins worth of early morning sun. my tank sits in a corner between 2 windows (and i usually keep my curtains pulled while at school for exactly this reason) but the Sunlight doesn't shine directly at the tank. I live in Mt pleasant hill - CHCH

Hi, A few weeks back, for xmas, i was given a new juwel rio 240. At the time I just set it up, cycled, added fish and plants as it was. (pretty low tech) I have been looking for a while at planted tanks and looking at what i need so i do know a few things about them. What i have decided this week is that i would like to convert it into a planted tank and hopefully end up with a nice planted tank. There are a few problems though... 1: as a 16 yr old, I do not have unlimited funds so I cant just go out and buy co2, external filter, all the elixirs and potions needed. 2: My tank is already set up with fish and all. 3: I have a problem with staghorn algae... :evil: I know it is caused by high ammonia etc and it seems to have slown down a lot, but it is still slowly starting to pop up on rocks and my driftwood. It would be appreciated if i could get some advice from a Hobbyists Point of View and not a salesmans point of view. So i would like to know, What I need and what is of high importance. I am thinking this weekend that i will buy me some under gravel substrate for my plants and possibly some flourish excel to stop/slow the algae. I would also like to know what the average cost is for everything i need - i get about $40 a week so i cant really afford the most expensive so i would also like to know what is best value for money. Also, if anyone has had experience putting in undergravel substrate in a set up tank and can lend advice would be good. i have me my old 120L which i can put the current tank water parameters wont jump as much. Also what can i do about my staghorn algae that isn't too expensive? i have me 5 discus, a BGK and a couple of smaller fish in there which i dont really want to stress out or anything. I also have quite a lot of vall nana, some anubias nana, Java Fern, amazon sword, 2 tall swords, a small redish sword which WAS dying but seems to recovering, a baby tiger lotus which is starting to grow nice and fast, some cabomba, and quite a few dwarf sags which are propagating quickly now.(unfortunately the older ones have become infested with staghorn so they may have to go. Thanks in advance - Dennis

Thanks.

Is it possible to get any fresh water shrimp for planted tanks in NZ? Never seen any... But i may aswell ask. Thanks.