phoenix44 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 juwel funnily enough makes them and sells them :lol: I'd just use a mirror if price was an issue, and the difference in price is huge. mirror is $11 and silicone is $10. The reflector is upwards of $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 How do you cut it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 diamond cutter, or take it to a glazier and see if they will do it. the warehouse mirrors are horribly cheap and are made of the thinnest glass possible, so are perfect to be made into reflectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 When my algae turns pink, will it fall off? or do i manually take it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Your algae eaters will eat some of it at that point, and some of it will just rot away but the rest you may need to scrub off (it will come off very easily after a few days). Any affected plant leave will not generally recover though so it is best to just clip them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I only have ottos and a lazy whiptail.... kinda hard for them to eat staghorn i guess. My leaves weren't very badly effected. It was mainly on my val, which i trimmed every morning and after school after it hard grown too long on a leaf. unfortunetly it managed to reach one of my logs, but its dead now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 could you take a pic of your staghorn algae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 i would, but my camera is in germany with my mum. cellphone camera is too crappy to focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 i would, but my camera is in germany with my mum. cellphone camera is too crud to focus. Perhaps an identical picture from Google? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 We will be in ChCh this weekend and could perhaps drop by to take some photos for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Haha, i wouldn't object, but my family might think its wierd when some stranger from the internet turns up to take photos of my tank? = P mums home this weekend anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Perhaps an identical picture from Google? Or, perhaps an identical picture from this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43169 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Choice is yours 8) I can assure you we are quite safe and not strange at all I look very much like my avatar so you will recognise me. Plus I will have a fluffy husband and the bird with me :lol: If you do want us to photograph it then PM me your address and a contact number. If we are anywhere near you over the weekend we will text and arrange a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Nope, not at all strange. Except for the wings and halo.... :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Indian fern. Anyone got any good photos of it in a tank? If never seen it in a tank. Only whats on trademe... It looks like it can be quite tall and really bushy. Should i try some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 its a truly beautiful plant. definitely try some, you won't regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Also that crypt someone mentioned before.. the long leaved one..... Where would i buy some? anyone have some spare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 its a truly beautiful plant. definitely try some, you won't regret it. to that, grows really well too, well mine does. I have to trim it back once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Also that crypt someone mentioned before.. the long leaved one..... Where would i buy some? anyone have some spare? balanase? post a request in the PT&E section. someone should have one for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Here is some floating fern. Nasty side tank shot, bit distorted... Surface growth - bit bent where it hits the top of the tank (its an Aquastart 320 Submerse growth - plantlet growing in Riccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 How does it propagate? also is riccia wildly available in NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Plantlets that form on the leaf margins - heaps of them!!! Then they detach and drift around and grow on the surface of the water. The one on the Riccia is a plantlet, and although not wild, Riccia is available in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Forgot to say, Riccia is NOT partial to too much Flourish Excel, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Do the roots attach to wood like... african fern? or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Nope, has no roots just floats about on the top of the tank, unless you tie it down with something, like a hair net or nylon. It dies off if it gets insufficient light, so if you have too big a wad of it tied to something, the stuff underneath usually goes yellow and mushy and dies off - very messy. And if you try and trim or mow it you will end up with a mess that takes ages to try and net out of the tank :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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