DutchMuch
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omg now i know what tim looks like
i always imagined u as a 25 y/o hiker.
Well now i know the face behind the mask, nice beard!
also good video well done!
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omg now i know what tim looks like
i always imagined u as a 25 y/o hiker.
Well now i know the face behind the mask, nice beard!
also good video well done!
Thanks Iain. Thought I'd give the foreground planting a go see what it looked like.Good work Tim, I like it with the foreground planting. Great vid too
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Thanks, I'm fairly new to this video malarky, so it's taken me a while to get to grips with iMovie...
It runs on a programme, so the control unit is on all the time but it operates the reactor on a timer.
No worries, nice image.
Haha, I wish, and thanks...
Jayefc1
Member
Ahhh cool so that is what mine does then thanks Tim
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Aquarium Glaser have them occasionally - they are listed as 4-5cm (catch identity apparently confirmed) though fishbase suggests 3cm
(apparently there has also been German bred fish available)
I’ve also heard of them as “coffee bean tetras” - ordered some when they appeared on an Asian fish list but no delivery of course and haven’t seen them listed since
Wet Spot Tropical Fish which brings in a considerable amount of wild caught SA fish, has them listed occasionally
@ Tim Harrison
for continueing the fish side forayI miss the awesome gravel foreground but now waiting on the green
Visited IKEA yesterday and found this beauty in the plant section at the end...
Dionaea muscipula
Light ramping up...
Dionaea muscipula
Light ramping up...
That is a nice example, I have not had much luck with them, I have kept them alive for a year or so in my emersed set up but never managed to get one thriving.
I even bought some specialist food, tried flys of course, in fact some sites say they don’t need feeding in that manor at all.
Good luck with yours.
I even bought some specialist food, tried flys of course, in fact some sites say they don’t need feeding in that manor at all.
Good luck with yours.
zozo
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Wonderfull!.. But don't play to much with touching the catchers..
They only store enrgy for maybe 3 times and than stop functioning..You never know how often they are already touched by passing ikea visitors..
Everytime i'm in a garden centre i see people to that and than joyfully say look how neat to there partner.. Than i just can't help it to say while passing "You are killing them that way". You should buy what you break..
It's a fantastic specimen Marcel. It was also completely covered in it's own little plastic terrarium; so hopefully it hasn't been played with
Thanks foxfish, I've kept them before. I think they prefer rainwater, but I might try tank water...I'll see how it goes.
zozo
Member
Well that is great!, Never saw 'm like that.. But thats likely because i rarely visit ikae.. We live to close to belgium and german border with no ikea for many many miles and miles. It chooked full with people every day, back pain waiten at the register..
If it is fertilized you'll likely going to kill it.. And it's a temporate North American sp. goes into dormancy during the winter. Actualy this month not the best time to buy it, it might go down soon.. Absolutely best is rain or demineralized water. They realy need nothing concerning fertilization if you give them pure water and insects. Nitrogen absolutely burms the crap out of them, they want it moist and to make their own nitrogen from the protien you feed.
I've tried to keep 'm alive with my tap water and it always kills them, to much nitrogen. Now i buy 5 litre canister Demi water at the wall mart for € 2.50.. 50 cents a litre. Only use that and only feed swaped flies or mosquito larvea, froozen does also very good. I do few months with 5 litre.Haven't had a venus trap for a while.. Right now i'm playing with this for a few months now.. Also fits beter hanging above tha asian themed tank.
Same story strickly pure water and swaped flies etc.
This site can give you all info you need if it goes into dormancy..
http://www.sarracenia.com/
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Hi all,
I think they are difficult in a centrally heated house, probably because they need a much cooler winter.
We used to have some in the teaching lab., in the goldfish bowls (that now house the Pinguicula "moranensis" from <"this thread">). They were fine until we had the steel framed <"single glazed windows replaced with double glazing">, which killed them off fairly quickly.
cheers Darrel
That is a cracker.
I think they are difficult in a centrally heated house, probably because they need a much cooler winter.
We used to have some in the teaching lab., in the goldfish bowls (that now house the Pinguicula "moranensis" from <"this thread">). They were fine until we had the steel framed <"single glazed windows replaced with double glazing">, which killed them off fairly quickly.
cheers Darrel
It's a beauty Tim. Correct on rainwater, you probably know this but if you feed nutrientsby way of tankwater it will stop creating 'catchers' and just make little boring leaves. You probably know all this but while they like to be wet the are also prone to rot... wet feet but not swimming. Sundews are great to keep with them as the also look good and generally flower year round... can pop some in the mail if you want some fella...
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Thanks Marcel, Darrel and Iain for the info, rainwater it is then from now on. Iain, I'd love some Sundews, thanks, PM sent.
That's it, I've had enough...
That is, enough of BBA...I'm fed up with the stuff...I've been battling it constantly in my scape. The only variable that's different to my other scapes, where it has been totally absent, is the huge chunk of wood.
I think it's disintegrating and giving off more organics than the system can handle. It's going to have to come out, and then by de facto I'm going to have to rescape
The only issue is do I try and rescue some of my existing plants and risk infecting my new scape, Or do I bin the lot and start again ?
That is, enough of BBA...I'm fed up with the stuff...I've been battling it constantly in my scape. The only variable that's different to my other scapes, where it has been totally absent, is the huge chunk of wood.
I think it's disintegrating and giving off more organics than the system can handle. It's going to have to come out, and then by de facto I'm going to have to rescape
The only issue is do I try and rescue some of my existing plants and risk infecting my new scape, Or do I bin the lot and start again ?
PARAGUAY
Member
Put the heathiest ? in a bucket with ambient light,check in a few days if they look ok and you can use/ or give them away() healthy) Shame about that wood
Edvet
Member
I don't think i would worrie using the plants again, good tank health should take care of the plants.
zozo
Member
Or be patient and wait it out.. I have simmular issues in my low tech that also contains a massive amount of wood. And indeed always some BBA growing to it.. Since its a low energy it slow energy it took me 3 years but gradualy i seem at the winning hand of the battle. Last time i killed it with spot treatment it was the most effective treatment i ever gave 2 months ago and it's still nothing growing back. The first 3 years it was about indestructible, it probably is as strong as its food source.
But can imagine, in HT situation and if you like to rescape once a year anyway, getting fed up with it after a few months.
I have simmular issues in my low tech that also contains a massive amount of wood. And indeed always some BBA growing to it.. Since its a low energy it slow energy it took me 3 years but gradualy i seem at the winning hand of the battle. Last time i killed it with spot treatment it was the most effective treatment i ever gave 2 months ago and it's still nothing growing back. The first 3 years it was about indestructible, it probably is as strong as its food source.But can imagine, in HT situation and if you like to rescape once a year anyway, getting fed up with it after a few months.
PAYN3Y
Member
That's it, I've had enough...
That is, enough of BBA...I'm fed up with the stuff...I've been battling it constantly in my scape. The only variable that's different to my other scapes, where it has been totally absent, is the huge chunk of wood.
I think it's disintegrating and giving off more organics than the system can handle. It's going to have to come out, and then by de facto I'm going to have to rescape
The only issue is do I try and rescue some of my existing plants and risk infecting my new scape, Or do I bin the lot and start again ?
Interesting to read this. I am also struggling with BBA at the moment and it's very disheartening. If you have seen my tank you'll see I also have some huge pieces of bogwood that are always giving off loads of organics. The substrate around it takes endless hoovering and the plants constantly have detritus sitting on them. Not really thought about it being the issue but it's quite possible.
