Recent content by jarthel

If I do that, the plants won't have any leaves left! :(

some pics: http://img714.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=p1100630.jpg I believe these are cladophora based on the pictures I've seen in this website: http://aquariumalgae.blogspot.com/ what are my options? remove the hirsuta and get new plants? I tried using tweezers but I think it's a fruitless task...

so I dismantled the tank because of the algae that is starting to grow everywhere. Can I put the plants in a pail? I need to clean the leaves tomorrow because they are full of algae. Thank you :)

Hello. I started planting in my tank 3 Thursday ago. I used Masilea hirsuta as my carpet plant. But it seems the plant is growing upwards. I am not sure if it's transitioning from emerge growth to submerged growth. Maybe it means there's not enough light? thank you

I changed my lighting schedule. 2.5 hours of T5 only + 3 and 10 minutes hours of halide only (5 minutes overlap on start and finish. I added the overlap because I suppose the halide needs to warm up first) and 2.5 hours again of T5 again. But in saying that, the T5 and halide was NEVER on at the...

not all of that is turned on though. 1st hour to T5 + 6hrs of halide + 1hr of T5. The halide is about 43cm from the water surface. Should I bring it up?

apologies for bringing up an inactive thread but I have a question. cut back = chop off all the leaves? the hirsuta that I have have been grown emersed. It's been planted 2 weeks ago and it showing signs of new growth. Thank you :)

tank equipment and fertilizing regime is in my sig

Hello. I started planting around 2 weeks ago. But I'm getting lots of decaying plants and possibly algae. 1. Here are some plants which seems to be very dirty. I'm not sure if these are algae or decaying plants (could be a mixture of both?) how do I clean these? I tried a gravel vacuum pump...

thanks everyone :)

i think these are better explain using example :) ------------- 1. I decided to do a 50% water change on a 100L tank. Do I add the recommended dosage of water conditioner for 100L or 50L? 2. how about for water top-up? Like due to evaporation, my water level is 1cm (e.g. equates to 20L) less...

thanks everyone for the help :)

as title. Thank you :) ps. searched the forum and net but nothing useful came up. :)

I was reading another forum yesterday and it was mentioned that algae blooms are common in new setups especially those using commercial substrate? Any truth to this? What is its cause? Can it be prevented/minimized? Thank you :)

the trunk is so big I can only fit it in 200+ L bins. :( I was hoping for alternatives to soaking in the possibility that it wouldn't sink after a weeks (or maybe 2) in the bin. :)