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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...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

And what shall we call this rare beauty?

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Fontinalis antipyretica Good bubbling in the evenings Actually a really nice moss, very big leaves and it sways lovely in the flow when it grows taller. CO2 around 30ppm NO3 20ppm/week PO4 1,5ppm/week Fe 0,1ppm/week

Im trying to create an account at flickr.com, but they ask me to make an login with yahoo first- thats ok. I can live vith that, but they also want med to give away my mobile number, and thats a bit too private for me. cause i belive they will send tons of commersial stuffs and messages i do not...

I wonder if it is a bad idea to mix all the nutrients together in a one bottle solution? I got myself an empty dosing pump, and want to make an mix of PMDD´s. What i got is: micros, KNO3, KH2PO4, K2SO4, MgSO4. Id like to make an solution so I can dose easily every day or at least three days...

I have some crystal red PRL´s, but problems with that there is not comming any babyshrimps. I have very soft water, with an GH of less than 2. I have been recommended to increase the GH to an level between 5 and 6. This is all about calcium and magnesium if i dont remember wrong? or is it...

P is supposed to give good blooming and fruiting in the gardentrees, apples, pears, plums, red currants ex... I have som extra of KH2PO4 mentioned for the tanks, and i thought i could use it to the trees this spring- due to the bad fruiting last summer. red currants bairly bloomed, and the...

I have recived a package of micronutrients with chelates of EDTA and DTPA it says that it will be stable within Ph of 3,5-7,5 Not quite sure if it is safe to use in aquariums. Cu, Zn and Mn chelating agent are EDTA, and Fe is DTPA Is this a god Product and safe to use? H.

Cheers mates ! I was going to share with you my future viewing / competition aquarium with you via this thread . The aquarium is now ordered and will hopefully be delivered in mid-November (2013) It will have dimensions of W120cm * D50cm H40cm and it is made in Optiwhite glass . A bench will be...

The aquarium is 500 liters and luminated with 2 * 54Watt T5 There are plenty of fish in the aquarium. Plant life is relatively good in all plants, Cryptocoryne, vaisneria gigantea microsorium Windeløv, Echinodorus rubin. But Microsorium pteropus keep getting defective blades, there is no...

I have this wonderful Proserpinaca palustris (pp), but the leafs are curling and the plant seems to be dying. I have it in two tanks and in the hightech tank with pressurised CO2 and 2watts per liter it is not thriving, but in the lowlight tank 0,3w per liter it is growing slowly (naturaly)...

I got this Echinodorus palafoliusen for about six weeks ago, and it came as a small shot only. It has now set a flower stlk already. It has shot 10-15 new leaves after planting, some are removed. And allready now it has set an flower stalk. I think this was very early / good, considering...