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Thanks. I didnt know plants can be registered. Is there perhaps an similar EU registation? Nope. Tropica didnt take it. 😔

Done. They didnt take it. H

I got this very beautiful mutated plant one year ago in my own emersed plant bucket, and over the winther I have pruned it and replanted, and it seems to be stable as I can see. The mutation gives the plant slower growth, than original, but there is some spots with no green pigmentation, naturly...

Thanks all. When looking at pictures of Spirodela polyrhiza, I am quite confident to say this is it. Very nice to have you all here. Cheers H

I found this floating plant in an pond in Thailand and brought it home. It is bigger than Lemna minor and very similar, but smaller than salvina natans but not the same leaf structure or surface. Slightly red or purple on the downside and green upperside. Any guess on the name?

Thanks A. Yes, It has been propagated for some times now, and this one is an third time propagation from shootings. My first submerged. So I belive it is somehowe stable. But you say it will be more or less stable if the cuttings are taken from furher up or down the plant? please elaborate...

Yes! And propagatet it will. We are on it. H

Thanks dude.

An update of my beauty. How do you fancy this?

Hygrophila corymbosa ´compact´ it must be when I look around the net. Thanks all H

I have this plant grown emersed, but I forgot the name. Possible something ..... compact, because it is quite dense even submerged H

Very nice coloration I´d say. Slightly pinkish. Anyone seen this mutation before? Or can this be first time? Then I´d like to name it... H

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Thanks. I will let it grow a bit longer to see what hapens and then moove it to a tank perhaps. More photos to come... H

One plant in my emersed setup has turned in to pinkish color Is this an variegated mutation? Will it be stable? H

Thanks Darrel for replying. Thats good to hear, now I know where to put efforts. But no snails are coming in to my tanks, I consider them as bad as algea. Bute some 20 amanos is to be hiered soon. Cheers H

Anyone disagree on that it is FUZZ algea? H

240 liter optiwhite with CO2 and 108w flourucent lightning Doing a ton of waterchanges, and now got rid of the big root, and thinking thjis was the issue. But no! I would not say the growth is good, but plants do bubbel at evenings, and some new leafs comes out. But after some week the algea...

Thanks Andy. Peroxide was used for algea issue. And I wont use it permanently, just for my issue. H

Thanks Michael. My Fe uses DTEA, but I will have to look what my other nutrients are using as chelator. But perhaps when my algea issues are reducing, I will take away the oxydator. H

Thanks x3nith. That was some heavy reading, and my english reading cant handle the technicalities. I just started to dose 2-3 times a week with Fe, so the plants will have Fe available.

Thanks all for replyes. Apreciated. I was struggling with some algea issues a month ago, so I started adding H2O2 in an oxydator with continius peroxide release 24/7. Some week later I see my stemplant (Limnof aromatica ) stunned of a bit, and plants are not bubbling like they used to. So I...

OK. I supose it is not known how hydrogen peroxide interact with the chelators in Fe, due to no answer and hundred views on the thread. Must be something else spooky in the tank now... H

I have been thinking for a while now about whether it could be that Fe in the micronutrient is destroyed by hydrogen peroxide H2O2. I think the aquarium has poor growth shortly after a water change and nutrient addition. Is it known if the chelate in Fe (DTEA) is destroyed by H2O2 addition...

OK, that could be the case, I can not taste any Mg, but Mg does not tase very significantly. I have Mg SO4, but no MgCl2, this should be no bigger difference... so you are using both Ca and Mg to remineralise. In what ratio are you mixing? grams or ml to liters?

Hi folks. I am using an GH+ from "salty shrimp-beeshrimp minerals GH+", to get higher GH in my shrimp tanks (Crystal red tanks). I tasted the beeshrimp mineral and this is exactly like CaCl2 in my taste. So I had to test the TDS rise from osmosis water with both the GH product AND, also my...

Pogostemon stellata ”Vortex”

Yes It is possible. Can you see it is an Pogostemon stellata. (Look at the growthpattern of the leafs)

And what shall we call this rare beauty?

Hi again. Tryed to raise Gh this weekend. Slowly raising and testing once every day. GH was at 2 in the start in my three tanks at 100 liter and raised them with: #1, 15ml Ca only, and raised to 5 #2, 15ml Mg only, and raised to 4 #3, 15ml Ca and 15ml Mg. raised to 7. Testkit was new and I...

Thanks Witcher, this is probably just what I was looking for. I will try this right away. And the Ca/Mg ratio in my tapwater is 15ppm Ca, and 1ppm Mg, perhaps i can add some more Mg than Calcium due to this H

Hi chemists I have this soft tapwater of total hardnes of 2,4 according to the analysis report at my municipas homepage. And also my testkit say 2. (2drops) I want to increase the total hardnes due to see if my crystalshrimps will do better. I would like to aim at around GH5 to see if the...

This project is going up and down right now, some thive and som not. But i am dreaming of an non maintanance system, today i do eaterchanges and put in ferts. But I am thinking of an system that goes past an fishtank, and circulates. An aquaponic system, with fish in the bottom, and plants...

Hc thriving good at this moment. Ludwigia also. P helferi is surviving. Bolbitis is not microsorum is ok.

After a week the projekt failed me.

Just started to get confidence. So i started up a new project

And all you see is the testplant... Cheers H

Now the roots are visible, and the plant sends out new leafs. Best thriving is HC Cuba i would say so far. I am struggeeling with humidety, that is the hardest to get right. Submerged plants just die off when planted here. Aeration in the tank do well and plants roots look healthy. H

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new uppdate for this weekend. To get higher humidity I placed an glas lid instead today, hopefully this will keep the moist in and the gap will aerate good enough. H

Thanks Darrel. yhou say copper and zink is a bit high, how much higher are we talking about? 2x, 4x, 8x over an recommended value. I do have some neocaridina shrimps in my tanks. Cheers H

thanks dw1305. I will dose Fe in 0,1ppm. That will make it: 3,4 / 5 =0,68 gram per 100 liter. Now that is very small measurments. am i correct out here if I add 34 gram, to an 500ml bottle and from here add 10ml per 100liter. it should last to an 5000liter dosage and 0,1ppmFe. H

I have got my hands on some micro nutrients, and need help to calculate the correct dosage to aply this fert, particuly for Fe in ppm, and also if there will be high/low dosage of other micronutrients. B 0,33% Cu 0,4% Fe 1,7% Mn 0,84% Mo 0,062% Zn 0,24% H

Only HC Cuba is thriving now, well also the basil. But I will try to find some kind of cups to place over new aquatic plants untill they are adapted, this will keep it moist, the room is only 45-55% moist today, and the plastic film is not covering it compleatly. H

Wow! That looks really dense and healthy. RO water you say. I am thinking of giving N-P-K with the spray water... H

Not so sure i know what riparium is, but this is not an tank with livestock, and no soil. H

Thanks Oldguy, i am trying out with separate smaller buckets, but that was an clever idea, with cup cover only. It is really difficult to get the plant from aquatic to emersed right now, they just melt down. I will definetly try out theese cups if i can find any at home. Thanks O. Pictures will...

Thanks Edvet, Yes I notice they need very high humidity in the startup phase. My experience when placing plastic film over the tank is that plants get sick if not ventilated enough.I hope the microclimate in the tank is high enough due to the bubbels. But 80-100 is too much for an normal house...

OK, so this is how i got started in 27 september 2019 Two tubs, each 50*30cm aprox. Lighting: 2*39watts T5, one to the red spectra and the other more to the cold side. Air pump with two airstones to create watermovment and oxygen to the roots. Water filled up to an point of perhaps 10cm in the...

Hi folks. Emersed growing is the big thing in commersial growing, but when I tryed this in small scale it always ends in failure. Either bad growth, dry out, molds, pests, and at the end lack of love from me with total failiure as an result. This time i will try out the hydroponics style, and...

Thanks zozo, still havent snapped anything jet, only dropped a couple on the floor. H

Thanks zozo. And Tim OK, so soft pvc tubing is the best solution for tank hosing, I think I agreed with you in the start, but I want to be sure this is the best solution for me. Anyone dissagree with this, please share your experience. Cheers H

Well I would like to have my hose in good condition over more than one or two years, just like you Tim, and some plastics tends to be really hard, and difficult to pull of an glass lilypipe after som few years. For example the one I had untill now, I had to cut off with knife everytime just to...

Yeah, cleaning is an "mustdo" when having tidy tanks I suppose, specially with transparent hoses. Anyone considered an colored or toned hose? H

Thanks for answer Tim and zozo, Ok, but some pipes does get hard over time due to UV-c and perhaps acid gases. Is this an issue om PVC? Tim , your link didnot tell what kind of plastic it was, perhaps pvc? H

I am searching for the perfect hose or tubing for lilypipes. What kind should I use? For CO2 tubing it is polyurethane, just because the agressive CO2 gas. But is this to be used in tubing for lilypipes also? I think the tubing should be soft and smooth so it is easy to get on an off the...

Yeah Darrel. Thats is my new theory. I belive extra gases triggers my BBA outbreak. BBA could benefit from extra oxygen or whatever gases there are in my tapwater. Cheers

Thanks zozo, for explaining algea and slowgrowers. And as you say, I am dead set on that my wastewater is containing parameters that triggers BBA. I have earlier noticed that making less or smaller waterchanges is better for BBA, i mean it reduces BBA in my tanks. And therefor iwill make an...

sorry no conductivety meter H

Well thanks all for help. I have multiple tanks with different setups, som with CO2 som without, a few smaller and some bigger. I find them all quite good kept, with just a few fish, but mostly shrimps, so the bioload is rather low generally. i use PMDD in some of them, and the tanks stay...

Thanks zozo for reply. So an increase of wastewaters ppm´s by x 1,33. OK, thats easy to understand If I make an 50-75% waterchange i will have lots of microbubbles, just as an normal waterchange, but much more, so it looks really oxygenized after, this i suspect is one of the triggers, and...

I have really good tapwater here in mid Sweden, soft, and low in NO3, PO4, and so on. But I have this RO filter for my saltwater tank . And I was using the wastewater from the RO filter to make waterchanges in my planted tanks, but there was an issue with this method. I got massive black bush...

Yeah, searching for new inspiration now Have I mentioned by the way that I do like to work with HC. "Probably the best plant in the world". Here is one snap from lomgtimeago, on the carpet only. not the whole scape. The tanks health through was fenomenal through the whole scape Cheers H

Thanks Henry! Yes, "less taste more" was an leitmotif when it was scaped. Surprised me too iwagumi is out. But hey! I am very satisfied on the work and quality of the carpet, today i made an lawn cut so it looks tough, but I have to make an video on it before I make any bigger changes. Cheers. H.

Yes it it, Thank you for doing that, all the likes confirms me that it is not crap. H

Yes, that can be an good explanation why it didnt make it. Thanks Silviu, apreciate your complimangs. H.

I noticed my tank was on the ukaps facebook and apreciated with many likes. Thank you all, apreciated! Here is more pics I found in the early construcktion phase. I used plastic corners to keep the sand from sliding down where the slope was maximized Here is my issue with HC melting...

Here is how it started in mid March 2017.

Hi k3... Yes I started with the drystartmethod. But since the upper level is so high upp, it tended to dry out on the top and the bottom was wet. So I had to spray it often, and maybe HC do not like "rain", or something, it tend to go bad. So I filled it upp after some days and it went much...

Thanks Enano for comment. Really apreciate that. Yes this is my so far best and biggest carpet so far 120*50cm, the tank is 40cm high. And I thought the HC climbing down the scape was something extraordinary. H.

Hi folks I liked to share my latest contribution in aquascaping, and this years EAPLC. I am really happy with the result of this iwagumi layout. It took me just a litle bit too long time to get it ready for IAPLC. But in good spirit I let it go to the EAPLC. But with an really big...

Thanks Darrel Yes my water is very soft. Rexolin is powder and DTPA. Micro plus is liquid but i cant find what chelator is used. And there seems to bee no Fe only nutrient at Horto to give additional Fe I cant really remember the differences in the different chelators

I see my latest reply was deleted or pehapsI made something wrong here. I will try again. I forgot to say this is for the Swedish market. Notised solufert is an UK company. Are there wrong quantities or proportions on the above formula? I have also noticed the Rexolin AP´s ingredients as...

As told in the topic, I am searching for an microfertilisation but in bigger quantities. I found the Rika micro plus from SW Horto, see all the details in the link below...

Yes, due to too high high humidity, this may be why some plants has melted, and I am now ventilating much more than the first half of first week. H

Thanks mick, this is interesting. I was suspecting the spraying was an problem, and perhaps that strong lamps would burn the leafs due to water drops effects- or soething else. So I guess that humiditiy is a key factor in front of "rainforest"

Thanks progen, thats good info, this is exactly opposite to my tank. It is full of dry sand from the hardscapings. Theres probably less than five liters of water in the whole tank. great info.

The sand is really thick in the background and also very dry besides when i am spraying it like three to six times a day. The tank is not extra tempered so always over 22C Two T5 54w bulbs. One white one red No ferts jet. But i am thinking of giving some with the spray this week. Any PMDD...

More pics As yuo see, some are triving and some are not

Now after one week since planting. My HC is mostly looking good but in some spots it has melted down totaly due to what? I am water spraying it many times dayli to keep moist. But can it be too much or not enough? What causes this meltdown in just some plants? H

No co2 in the tanks. I have quite some tanks and they do best when PO4 is as low as possible

I allways dend to have very high levels of PO4 in the tank, and I allso have quite an high ammoumt of livestock, but also quite a lots of plants too. Yes I know PO4 comes from the food we give to the live stock. But does it come from elsewere? I keep large roots, mangrove type, and offcourse...

welcome mate H.

Yes thanks. I will do an standard dose of pmdd and fil up with water 3x more, so I can fill up with 10ml once every week. cheers

Yes. it is very intense and bright light. I ran it on an 54 liter tank with ok results. I think it is an 20watt LED lamp from here http://www.co2art.co.uk/collections/lighting/products/professional-hi-power-30w-led-for-planted-tank-aquarium-6500k What i really think the problem was from start...

Yes thanks, i am doing the roll on a stick thing. Works nicely but it still keeps comming back.l The bba's i can scrape with my nails. Thats OK. Do you mean you spray glutaraldehyde under water or when you do water changes and it exposes to air? Light is on from 12 to 21. But the light is very...

But the happy kitchen thing is struggeling now Full frontal view. Closeupp in center. Right upper corner Left side. HC and Bolbitis are pearling nicely, but so is the algeas too. I think i gave a litle bit too much of everything due the size of the tank. Any maintanence...

The tops of my fontinalis is starting to look better now. That must have been some kind of cyano, but just on the top. Been having some green spot algeas on the glass this weekend. But now everything is bubbling again. Perhaps the plantmass was too massive lately. H.

Yeah lifeskills it is. And she is the best! Thanks guys. H.

So, last weekend I set up an new tank in the kitchen. Very well planned I must admit. Let me tell you how to make an "happy kitchen tank" without asking the wife " can we have", but rather giving her the pleassent surprise of getting at home on the friday afternoon and "finding out..."...

Thanks guys for helping me out in this issue. I will try to get some few more pics later on, sadly this computer has no sd card reader anymore so it is not easy anymore to show pics. H.

Hi, and thanks for reply. Interresting this thing with spore capsules, but does the plant produce spore capsules when it is submersed? But i really dont think it is spores. There is something inside that looks lika algea. Because when i pull it out with an neeadle it is something slimy that...

Hello again As always in CO2 tanks the plant mass gets massive, and offcourse the nutrition comsumption goes up, and perhaps some nutrients were all eaten. I dont know for sure what has happend with my Fontinalis antipyretica (the same plant as in the very first picturets), but there is...

Hey there Guess whos SD card reader crached?! Yes, the computers SD card reader is badly hurt due to an accident. So the inload of pics to the main houshould computer from the camera is absolutley set to an end. Baaaad for me, daaaamned. But I do have an extra set of IT in reserve luckely...

When I look at the tank from distance it is really Bright an flawless. But with the macrolens you get a new dimension with green spot algea and black brush algeas and so on... plenty of algeas to eat The tiny new ancistrus with green spot algea to Clean up, just need to grow out the belly...

Lets take a new look on the blyxa, but one week later. I got some new algea workers in the tank! They are some few days old, because I saw the feemales belly "empty" some three-five days ago. But i havent seen them until today, no wonder, because the size is soooooooo tiny. It is incredibe...

Hi all photo lovers no great bubbling on the blyxa japinica, but some really great growth for some time now, sadly I havent taken the "Before" Pictures earlyer. the plant was really pitty looking just some week ago and dying. but it have grown up to be an really good lookig young steam plant...

jeapp, its an otto. I was surprised its teeth was red, something i cant see with bare eyes. Great lenz. H.