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    Red Eleocharis ID

    Hey, I went help some colleagues setting up an experiment on the lakes here in the Azores and brought with me a little bit of a plant that we found but we were not able to id. It is very similar to Eleocharis vivipara but gets a red tinge towards the upper part of the plant. See photos below...
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    Quiet Little Thing

    I had an old tank sitting by and decided to put it to good use. There some scratches on the glass... but such is life. I hereby port my recent creation for your consideration. It is still as a drystart as I am waiting for some furniture to put it on. Tank: 50 x 25 x 30 cm Light: PLL 2 x 18W...
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    spiky moss. Does it ever attach?

    Hey, I just ordered some spiky moss but now I am reading that this particular moss never really attaches to anything. Does anyone has experience with this moss? Is this true? Many thanks GM
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    Excess of K, Na, Ca, Mg... fact or myth?

    It has been suggested that the excess of some nutrientes, namely K, may interefere with the absortion of some others (Ca, Mg) resulting in curled plant leaves. Is this a fact or myth?
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    Stoneheart

    Hi guys, Due to summer laziness I had to teard down my last scape and so I just put another one running. This time, I break some basic rules and use an even number of rocks. I quite like though. The aqua was set up 2 weeks ago. All plantas but Rotala (which was planted this weekend) came from...
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    lux to PAR convertion?

    Hi all, I thought that there was no direct convertion but I found this equation on Tropica's website (See caption of Table 1). [1] 1 micromol.m-2.s-1 = 60.2 lux Any thoughts on this? Source: (http://www.tropica.com/en/tropica-abc/b ... light.aspx) cheers GM
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    Litopótamus

    Hi, This weekend I decided to rescape my previous tank and thought it would be nice to create a journal so everyone can follow. Details: Tank: 30 x 20 x 20 cm Light: 18 W 8000K Blau Filter: hang-on eheim liberty 100 CO2: pressurized via blau difusor + excel (0.5 ml daily) Substrate: ADA...
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    Hydrocotyle spp question

    I am a bit confused: Is hydrocotyle sibthorpioides the same as hydrocotyle sp. "Japan"? If not, which is the smallest and stays lower? GM
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    ADA Africana

    I am planning a rescape of my tank and I'm considering the experience of using a fertile substrate. So far I've been successful with inert substrates but I'd like to take the best of both methods (substrate and liquid ferts). My tank is a 10L so even the more expensive substrate are relatively...
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    could this be a hydrocotyle?

    Hi, was walking around and saw this plant. I know it's terrestrial but... could it be a hydrocotyle? It's growing on the mosses in a shaded area. Air humidity is quite high here in the Azores so may it's in a "natural" emersed form???? cheers, GM
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    The myth of red leaves

    Hy guys, just found this article online about the factors that may induce red leaves. http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda%20ch ... leaves.pdf Any comments? cheers, GM
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    10L NANO - New photos

    Hi, it's been a while since I registered but so far have not posted any pic of my aqua. This is a learning aqua so the layout has been somewhat left behind. I have kept fish in the past and plants (low tech) as well (mosses, cryptocorine), I even tried with DIY CO2 but things did not work out...
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    fish for small coldish planted tank

    Hi, currently i'm more into the plants stuff but I may benefit the overall looks of the tank if some animal life is added. I've got a 12l high tech, low light tank with no heater. Water temp is approximately 18-19C now but it may drop to 15C during winter (non-heated house). I currently have 9...
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    Daphnia as bio-control of algae

    Hi, After seeing some tiny animals around my tank, which I am pretty much certain they are Daphnia, started thinking about this. If you have fish you can forget it as they will promptly eat them up. However, many of us are keeping fishless tanks (some shrimps maybe). I know that some species...
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    Persistent BGA

    Hey, I've been upping my nitrate levels (via KNO3) to get rid of BBA but it keeps on growing back. It has completely disappeared from the substrate but it's growing on plants. It's been like this since tank immersion 3 weeks ago (it started as DSM). Tank specs: 12 l (~10l with hardscape)...
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    shrimp exuviae

    Hi guys, What do you guys do when the shrimp cast their exuviae off? Shoud these be left in the tank or removed? I can see some shrimp around it. Would this make an important source of minerals to the animals? Do they contribute to leaking amonia? cheers, GM
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    Is this a lime-green DC?

    Hi guys, as per title, really. It's using 4kh water. cheers, GM
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    low light tank - below plant compensation point?

    Hi everyone. I've been reading a lot in this and other foruns for a while now but this is actually my first post. After a few years away from this hobby, I decided to give it a try and I'm starting a 3 gallon planted tank. I'm using the dry start methods mostly to build up some biomass...
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