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    UK slate and moss in tropical tank

    Ah..... it certainly does look like that and you described pretty much the exact location of where I found it. Shame it won't survive. Regards
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    UK slate and moss in tropical tank

    Any ideas on what it is an how I should plant/grow/propogate it? Currently just sitting int that bowl in a sunny window
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    UK slate and moss in tropical tank

    Not sure if this will work: This is the moss. It's actualy a lot tougher than I expected.... quite tree like in the stem.
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    UK slate and moss in tropical tank

    Hi, Out walking today I stumbled (quite literally) upon a nice little piece of granite that I thought would fit perfectly in my nano tank that I was planning to setup with some shrimp. I also then discovered some local moss growing on a fallen tree stump half submerged in a stream. Thus I...
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    Soil Substrate or Dirted Tank - A How to Guide

    Hi Troi, From the list of plants on the opening thread would you suggest that any are particularly loving of soft water? or does it really make little difference. Regards
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    Soft water Walstad style tank - which plants?

    Hey, Thanks for the replies. I'd already looked at the map from SW water, sadly I couldnt work out from there where i was as I look to be on the cusp of the central part of exeter/east devon.However, given the lack of limescale in the house and kettle I'm going to assume that I'm in the medium...
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    Soft water Walstad style tank - which plants?

    Hi, I've recently moved from London to Exeter and am trying to sort my tank out. It suffered a little from the early packing and the journey but came back fairly well, however following a one week holiday where my parents where house sitting, I was informed that for some reason the lights did...
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    Moving home vs tropical tank

    thanks. My concern is that between draining the water and getting to the new loction is likely to be round 8hrs+ as we have someone packing and the its a 4hr road trip along with an unpack. How long can tropical fish remain bagged without heat?
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    Moving home vs tropical tank

    Hey, I posted a while back with various problems and with what i found to be the ideal soloution which was following the Walstad setups which has beena huge success! However I now find myself moving home next week and need advice on both how to actual move a tank but also balancing that...
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    Water Lettuce and it's impact on my tank

    mail me your address. Last time I had a clear out it was unexpected, but I had a massive salad bowl of it spare, along with tons still in the tank. Sadly, I have just had a clear out. The Mrs thought I had prepared a salad and asked me if I had already put the Balsamic in ;) THanks for the...
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    Growing Mosses

    Ah... That answer surprised me. In that case I am at a loss as to a reason for all my moss dying in my tank. Once I moved it into the tank, it took four weeks or so to 'get going' (growing green shoots), but recently it has just gone, there are parts of it sitting on the bottom of the tank (I...
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    Water Lettuce and it's impact on my tank

    Hey, I stared a low tech tank some months back and it's been doing fairly well until a little recently. I have lots of light in my tank and historically combating algae growth has been difficult, however it was suggested that I get some form of barrier to prevent to much light getting into the...
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    The last dirt (read ditched) effort...........

    The tank is starting to stuggle a little bit, thankfully this time, it not algae. I purchased some water lettuce and boy do those things grow! I think they might have grown to much as the tank got really dark and also I lost all my mosses. I think it might be reducing the light to much and...
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    Growing Mosses

    WOw...... so lush. I was growing mosses in Jars on my kitchen window earlier this year and it worked out quite nicely. I put it all in my tank and it started doing fairly well, however, do to issues with algae growth in former tanks I purchased some 'water lettuce' to shield some of the...
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