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Hi! Guess this is not pure emersed culture but something like that. This is the tank replacing broken 600l The stand is under construction (its too big now) and there will be some more emersed growing Anubias. Echinodorus is either E grandiflorus or E grandifolius wich I bougt to grow...

Hi Edvet! I suppose they didnt, or alternatively I just didnt cought it but never saw such behaviour thou males cheated females sometimes. They are pretty young ones. I still have them but in a sons full filled (=more traditional) 300l-tank. Very beautiful and nice fish in every way indeed and a...

Thank you all for your kind words! Looking those pics makes me cry! As soom as I get full time job (now home with four kids for some time), Ill order the new tank. This was second hand, Im pretty sure I will never buy such again thou I know the accident was just bad luck (or was it? Silicones...

Im so sorry I have to say "no". The tank started to leak without any warning (well, isnt that the way this usually happens....?) at the beginning of this month and we had to empty it immediately. Oh my, it was a total chaos but fortunately we (incidentally!) noticed the leak before it caused any...

Hi! When I bought my EC/TDS-meter, it showed about 850uS/m almost in every five tank. We have soft water fish species. Earlier, before I had the meter, we used to have Hight-tech/light tanks with for example Discus. Im sure the EC must have been over 1000uS/m at that time as we used to add tons...

Fissidens is my favorite too! You can also glue it instead of tie it.

That moss ball lawn around Crypt is absolutely cute! Great idea!

Hi all! Just one death after my last post so it seems that problem is gone. Only thing that comes into my mind causing the whole mess was low pH combined with fertz. I do fertilize all five tanks but the interrelate thing between two tanks loosing fish was pretty high amount of fertz. I really...

Rice? Really? Thats interesting! Have you personally tried or heard someone done that and if, wich wich species? Never heard of this! My tank is pretty cold, 21-22c, so wonder what would rice like about that...

Thanks OllieNZ, I just recognized your answer. Yes, that excatly what Im hoping for. Some Hygrophilas look indeed very nice growing emersed. I found Ophiopogon gigantea-labelled plant from LFS :)crazy:) wich has grown nicely emersed for about three weeks now. It is growing in the pot filled...

Wellcome to my.... 530uS/m. Not funny. Taste strange. Can I and my fish move to all of you? Someone...?

Hi Darrel! Yes, thats nearly same TDS as I get from my RO-unit. pH drowned, thou slowly, from about 7,2 down to 6,2 (WC 50%rw-50%tap), pH of the rainwater is about 5,2-5,4. I avoided to use rw about 10-30min since rain started, but still there was sometimes black dust (smutch) from the roof...

If I can just see well enough, leaves diverge from the stem as Bacopa monnieri tends to do, but there is a small possibility its Hedyotis salzmannii. Axil, node and base of the leaf should be observed carefully.

Hi all! Sorry it took so long to thank you all, Iv been busy at work right now. Then...some thoughts and information, thou Im afraid well never know what (has) happend. I guess the only way to get out of this is patince and waiting. No new fish before this is surely over. I didnt assume that I...

Hi all! Sorry, long story...I turn to you with this (at least to me) mysterious case what began last September-October as we started collect rain water for our five aquariums. This was because we have a bit nasty tap water with pretty hight TDS (450-530uS/m) with lots of NaOH and NaCl, other...

Thats cool. The idea of the substrate of your tank I mean. Seems to work well! One day Id like to try some soil based substrate ala Walstad but so far been to lazy to do that. Sand is so easy thou in some of my tanks I use JBL Manado. Thanks for the links, have to read them with plenty of time!

Oh, I forgot this Deep Sand Beds. What do you like? Not that I would try, Its just something Iv never seen (?). Is it similar to Walstad style soil substrate with similar idea?

Argggghhhhh... I wrote a long answer and them my computer fell!!! Short version, lucky you: Yes, as I have written earlier, I personally take this quite easy but I really like to solve conflicts and dilemmas that I find or dont understand. I think this makes this hobby worth of it (besides...

Anyone? Are Echinodorus and Acorus (among some "traditional" aquarium plants that will grow emersed) really only option for growing plants in a bit deeper water? Some Cyperus species could work too but they are also hard to find and most for sale are to big species for aquarium.

Good choice! Congrats! Lovely, active and interesting little fish! Mine goes around the tank alone too, but mainly sticked to the surface so I count it as "surface species". Pics? Yes please! Best wishes, Maria

Hi again! This has been discussed every now and then and -where, according to some discussions or conclusions it is harmfull to have N2 gas in aquarium but on the second place its just good for plants and just one nice and easy way to get rid of N (NO3). I guess this varies and maybe depends...

Hi all! I just yesterday carried home my new tank, size of 130x40x35(tall)cm. Waterlevel about at 22cm from substrate, temp +24c, open rimless tank (yaaaaahooooo, I finally found it!). I have already planted some big-growing swords and Acorus calamus (wich I like very much) but Id like to give...

Thanks Darren and Clive once again for figuring this pH-thing out. Thanks to you, first time I feel I understand how it works and its meaning in aquarium. Hope this has helped other hobbyists as well!

Yahoo, shes thinking ff (fastforward) again...Ok, now we understand excatly why H+ ions are harmful, but how about OH- ions? Do they have some effect on fish or water chemistry? My tapwater is pretty alkaline (pH8) and never thought it as a problem but is it unproblematic just because of minus...

Not bad! It seems that some of leaves are quite big?! And oh, gongrats, the tank is just superb!

Hi Clive and thank you very much for your answer, it helped a lot! Cheers, Maria

Hi! Very informative thread indeed! Thank you Clive and Darren clearing this whole thing to us! I have couple of questions just for figure this out to myself: 1) Is big amount of H+ ions problem just because of the big amount of plus charged ions? Or... Is the problem caused just because...

+1! At the same time we argue if its OK or not to keep Cherry barbs at pH 7,5 when The Book says max 7,0, the waterquality (in terms of BOD) of the tank is totally ignored. Im sad to see how often people are offended when they are told to have dirty tank, wich is the case. Im sad to see how...

Yep, you said it! At first hand my target is find a "second hand" tank but plan B is order a new one. There are many nearly-suitable set ups for sale even right now, but unfortunately all of them are customized for salties and all that technique with overflows, sumps etc is needed to be teared...

Hi! Every time you add CO2 (DIY; pressurized, liquid...) you can call it as high-tech. Among that (CO2) the needs of the plants step to a new level. I would suggest you start with EI and then adjust amounts of fertz as your tank is needed. It is good to see that everything goes well at the...

Hi all! This is my latest attempt with paludariums and emersed culture. Veggies moved three weks ago from 250l to this 600l wich was converted to be a paludarium. There is a mix of few emersed aquarium plants growing on and between bogwoods but also room plants. This is still under...

We have had Bolivians for nearly four years, same wild cought, some captive bred and both have had wigglers (till tetras find them...). Tap water EC 450-530uS (tank has been 850uS sometimes, nowadays with RO 300-350uS), GH 3-5, KH 2-4, so I personally cant call them sensitive. Originally we had...

Congrats, really nice tank and good job!

Oh, I have used/use Glut with 2-3x dosage with all of those three plants without problems. I have started by increasing the dosage very slowly and tried to avoid pouring it straight onto Valls. Well as you can see, this kind of list may help or may not help as we seems to have different kind of...

We have had Black Neons in our nasty water (pls see my previous post) for a long time without any problems. We have lost our Cardinals twice because of Neon Tetra Disease, Pleistophora. However, BNs dont school when they feel themselves comfortable. They live in a 600-l tank (with Geos and...

We sadly lost our pygmies one by one within few months having EC 400-500uS from tap (GH 4-5, KH 3-4, pH 7,2-8), in tank with ferts etc around 600uS before WC. Nowadays rainwater and RO and all dwarf cories doing fine.... Dwarf rainbow (Melanotaenia praecox) is schooling nicely but...

Hi! Yes it me asking again... Im a fan of liquid carbon after having so much troubles with gaseous CO2 technic (not with the gas itself!) and never had problems with Glut. However, so many has reported problems especially when starting dosing, I wonder why? What happens or might happen in the...

Lovely! I personally like most tanks that looks like being an aquarium. This is such with nice healthy plants.

Thanks! Ok, I will! But this time just small ones...as I just resized them into small! Well, to be honest, the truth is that pics are better in quality when edited smaller. Yes, its all about my poor skills! Hi all! Everything is fine with the new veggiefilters and all. I got my RO-unit (JBL...

Hi again! I donnou if this helps but I finally managed to make Post 10 "quick connector-system" (look at pics) work and NOT to leak last night. I just needed proper tools and seals. The positive effect is that now I get water of optimal temperature from the tap wich reduced the amount of dirty...

That is exactly what Im searching now. Unfortunately it seems to be quite difficult to find it from local shops, made some calls today. Thank You all, at least I know what Im looking for now. Happily I still have +150-litre storage of rainwater left so no need to hurry with RO.

Thank you so much for your inputs, this helped me alot! I can see the light! I already have tried these: + "Female" part= takes clean water from the tap "Male" >>>>>>>> Result: A water leak. Both parts are leaking. Oh it would be soooo nice if I could make this system work but I...

Hi all! I desperately need some advice what to do next. I finally got my JBL RO-unit. There is washingmaschine installation preset (immovable if not cut away) to take clean water. Since wm is definetly necessary for our member-of-six-family, what are options to connect RO to something else...

Hi all! Its time to update, at least there is something to update now. Summer went pretty well without adding any kind of Co2 but as summer turned into autumn and all green was gone from the garden, I felt myself very very shortage of green and desided to start EC for three tanks (in order to...

....to be continued....My Photobucket is finally working so heres some pics and updates This is how it looks like The box before planting: Soft airstone running along the bottom to oxygenate leca and roots Pls ignore the pump, it does not exist anymore. This box is on the left...

Hi Bertie, a nice bow you have! At this point I would just concentrate on keeping water ultraclean for few days and not to medicate. I cant see fungus (wich is a good sign) but is there? Our bows and congos get sometimes similar wounds when teasing each other but they never turn to problems...

Hi rubbersandal! Is it totally no-no to collect rainwater? I have collected it for few weeks by now with fantastic results. pH has normally been 8, now 7 (doing just small WCs not to drop TDS/EC too fast), coming down I guess as we change water . GH and KH have down dramatically too. It means...

Thanks Darrel and Roadmaster. Roadmaster: wise words from you, thats what I suggested too, take better care of her plants and the problem will be gone. Darrel: I will ask her to check L stagnalis, maybe it fits and maybe it is eating her plants now.

A member of local aquarium forum asked help. My best bet was that the main issue is something else than a pest, but what do you think? Something is definetly going on, but what? She described that a pest or some kind of insect is monstrously eating her plants. Fast. The insect is very small...

I second what others hava said, but if only possible, choosing sand garvel size +1mm will help. It helps water circulation in the sand. I happen to know many, including my self, who has got anaerobic areas with too fine sand like 0,1-0,5mm. However, I also know many how have pretty fine sand...

My main consern now is No2 after taking the HMF away but Im sure I will handle it after few "quick set-ups" within pretty similar situations. I built growing boxes by sawing exactly this HEAVY DUTY TOTE TRAY LIGHTWEIGHT TOOL STORAGE CARRY ROBUST CARRIER | eBay kind of toolbox into two...

Thanks Darrel again for your input. I was hardly and long trying to insert some pics with no succes since I cant use my Photobucket right now. Well, I did not end up giving up filtation but HMF. I built two growing boxes for hydroculture plants, ensured oxygenation in them with loooong air...

Take look of this: Houseplant Hydroculture - Plant List . Amazing list of plants that can be grown emersed or/and hydroculture.

Hi Darrel! Great links, thanks. Oh that tank of Joes is just fantastic, petty Im not capable to create similar because of my angles (and happily got one tank nearly same kind of)! I really need to think about this whole thing. Could you please explain a bit more about the theory behind "it is...

Howdy! This must be a stupid question, but never done this before... So, I have a big Hamburger matenfilter in my 600-litre tank. Young fish, not-so-crowded so I think it might be good idea to get rid of filtration now (or never). It has been kind of wannabe-amazonbiotope for six months with...

KH or GH does not correlate directly with water hardness. Electrical conductivity (EC) and/or totally dissolved salts (TDS) do. We here, for example, have pretty low GH and KH but EC is over 400mS (sometimes over 600uS) from the tap wich means our water is hard. There are other salts than...

Thank you tim for your supportive reply. I have trimmed them, and will trim. Hopefully they will recover by time. More patience is needed....again.

Hi! Maybe this issue would belong to under CO2-thread, but here we go anyway... I consider it as a fert. Well, the problem is melting Java ferns, many sorts of species. I slowly stopped EasyCarbo in May->June, redused/adjusted lightning at the same time but still kept/keep fertilizing, as...

I have used polystyrene but also pieces of Hamburger Matenfilter=PPI filter foam. I cut 1-3cm thick suitable shape piece and after placing it and the stone into the tank cover it with sand. Filter foam is pretty good since it let the water flow throw it so there is no risk of anaerobic activity...

^ Cool tank, I really like it! Our Kuhlis of four different species have been just fine with our high EC so I wouldnt worry about them. According to my own experiences, one can ignore TDS/EC and WCs but one can not. It depends on starting point (low/hight right from tap), fertilization and...

I doubt if there is The One and Only Aswer to this. Electrical conductivity from tap here is 420-600uS, fertz and water conditioner raises it ca 100uS (fertz with non-EI-method). Since I dont do 100% WCs but 50-60% weekly, the EC in the tank is usually 600-750uS just before WC. If I keep adding...

Hi NanoJames! Here you can find many house plants that can be grown hydroponic-style (just roots in the water) Houseplant Hydroculture - Plant List . The problem is that many of them become easily weeds and their size but there are many usable small plants, too. Amphibian aquarium plants...

Iain, this might be written by you somewhere (new here so I must have missed a lot!), but how hard your water actually is? Fish handle salts by their osmoregulation. Usually soft water species adapt well in harder water, hard water species sometimes not-so-well because they "need" more salts...

Hi! Iv always had x5 (or even less) flow rate at my low-techs and everything is always fine but one must make sure that flow really gets everywhere, even to the bottom. I have also found importat keep bushes "airy", so flow get throw them and plants must not let be overgrow too bushylike.

Hi Bertie! I use hydroponic stores often when it comes to fixing/modelling pipes, spraybars etc. They have parts of same size as Eheim (plus dozen other manufactures) use, but muchmuchmuch cheaper. As a long spraybar, for exampel, I use long black rigid hose with self drilled holes. This costs...

Every time you can see the mid rib, wich can be seen pics above, the plant can`t belong to genus Vallisneria . The margin of vallis is slightly serrated, you can feel it but not see without magnifying glass. The leaf of vallis is totally flat and smooth when touched. One possibility to confuse...

Oh I hate to see those pics, they make me soooo jealous! Seriously speaking, I have never seen such beauties, just a-m-a-z-i-n-g plants! Thanks for sharing this and the all the information. Extremely beautiful photos, too!

Thanks mate! I always enjoy seeing your tanks and they have been been great inspiration to me! This hydro/emersed way of growing plants extends this hobby a lot as we can see from your experiences too. It definetly provides a larger supply of species to grow and the number of plants too. It is a...

...and greetings from Finland! I just realized I havent introduced myself, sorry for that, thou I have written a journal for few months already. We have five tanks: 45l, 65l, 250l, 300l and 600l wich are nowadays low-techs after being more or less hi-techs for over an year. Unfortunately we...

I really like your Bucephalandras, they are awsome! The whole tank is just amazing, good work and congrats!

Hi dw and thanks for you plant suggestions! Definetly need to try to find Restrepia somewhere from Europe and give it a try, just fantastic looking orchid, woooow! Have you grown it? Does it prefer how high humidity? Guess what? I already have C tamiana . Unfortunately I tried it in viv at...

Hello mate! Honestly, I donnou but at least some areas in Germany have really hard water. Many middle-European countries have hard waters. However, Im not conserned about this since these shrimps we have now, has adapted pretty well our hard water even they are originally from soft/low...

Bumping up this two months old thread to tell that RCS `Sakura`s have finally got tens of babies. EC in this tank is ca 460Us. Tapwater is 620uS, the tank is full of bogwood wich seems to lower the EC significantly. I also add 0,5ml EasyCarbo daily at tank volume ca 25l. Babies seems to grow...

Hi BigTom! Anthurium (some unknown small species) actually grows hydroponics, not emersed, Spathiphyllum (`Chopin`=small) grows emersed but there is a pot hiding behind the BW. Acorus and Hydrocotyles are growing on the BWs, "true emersed" so to say. I have red a lot horror stories of too...

Hello all! Photobucket is not working now, so no pics, sorry. Just have to tell the good news: Sakura shrimps have finally got babies! This is quite exciting and maybe even unbelieveble since EC is pretty high in all out tanks. This babyshrimp tank (45l) has around 500uS. We found babies about...

Cheers,

Looking good ^, foxfish . Mine has less dramatic origin than yours, but I like them anyway. I think orchids look always awesome by water Couple of tiny Phaleonopsis species and Ludisia discolor flowering The Project is going on, as soosn as weather gets watrmer here, I will order some...

Sorry to hear your problems. The one in the right corner looks pretty bad in colour and if the pic doesn`t lie, the one on its left side looks skinny to me. The tank might be overcrowded (->high in organic waste). I can see and think many things that can cause your discus peppering/being dark...

I have never tried DSM (hopefully one day!?) but I have used Java moss as emersed with many ways. One of my tanks is open, the moss is just climbing up from the water by on its own under not-so-hot-leds. I dont mist it or anything. One tank is glaslid on it, there the moss grows emersed pretty...

RolyMo, this is absolutely one of the best journals I have ever red. I just wish every-single-starting hobbyist would read this! You have done that what too many are afraid to do: ask help when having something weird or problematic going on. You have got plenty of awesome information and all of...

Hi Tim and thx for your reply and kind words! These Emeralds of mine usually play mid-waters, they especially love swim around and through fernbushes. When not, they really stay lower levels. It seems they are becoming bolder, thou slowly, now they come and eat when we are in the kitchen so far...

Ookkey, heres some shots I promised of 600-l after moving the huge BW to 250l. After this there is plenty of empty room, hopefully not long. Looks too messy for my taste but before I touch the tank, I will let plants settle and grow a bit. Unfotunately the water is ugly tealike because a new BW...

Surprisingly... just some updates: Got few new plants... and trying to get some more for hydro growing. The 250-l is now fully planted...eeeeh...yes it is...erh...it is. 600-l Small Spathiphyllym-species is growing hydro. Phaleonopsis is some tiny species one. Im not a...

Oh my, I just love it! I wonder what is the background of the tank made of? What is that green stuff, mosswall?

Just some quick updates... 600-l I got some small species Anthurium, wich is now growing in hydro (also in 250-l). A blooming orchid, Ludisia discolor 250-l I found fry, it must be CPDs. Sooooo happy! Everything seems to be just fine with plants too. A friend of mine is selling...

+1!!! OMG...That chaos is just superb! Don`t you dare Stu, you are making me consider to go back to high-lights again with that tank of yours!! Well, I just couldn`t create such...

Woooow, those detail pics, just fantastic and thx for adding them too! Iv been a bit bored with this kind of tanks but you certainly did it different way, very inspiring! I think your tank looks very natural, thumbs up, mate!

I really like the wild look of the tank. Tree-stones-combo is just awesome, great work!

Hello again! Just some quick details this time: 250-l H micranthemoides has just started to grow emersed tips, it surely looked a bit unhappy for a short while! Sorry, no underwater pics now! 600-l Kitchen 65-l after some `Windelov`pruning, it was a huge bush! Poor...

Mission impossible? keeps going on. This emersed thing really hooked me on since Im an enthusiastic gardener too! Maybe this will help and inspire others, too, thou these tanks of ours are submersed-emersed -vivarium mixes Journal of five low-tech tanks | UK Aquatic Plant Society. Page 2. Im...

Hi all! After some small rearrangements 250-l looks like this. Its just a poor start, but The Plan is strong and believe me, I have a vision! At the end of April I will order some small orchid species from here Startseite Bens Jungle Onlineshop. I already have Leptotes bicolor and Bulpophyllym...

Someone here states thet Purigen lowers TDS but manufacturer states that it will raise and this is what happend in my tank. Not much (about 50uS, 600l tank and recommendation dose) but it did. As my EC is really high from tap, I have been too worried to add it more. Just my experience.

Hi all! Thank you for your inputs, they have been great help and, once again, helps to understand how and why things happen/work as they do. And thanks Darrel for the link, have to take absolutely closer look on it! Cheers,

Hi! Thinking of this ever lasting discussion of how effective aistone is when it comes to oxynating the water, why doesnt it add nitrogen to water along the oxygen? Air contains nitrogen 78% and oxygen 21% so if O2 were dissolved why not nitrogen? Is N so hardly dissolved...??? I personally...

Have to correct myself a bit, they are not CRS but Cherrys, "plain" and Sakuras. Nope mate, they did not carry eggs when intoduced them, or....? I got Sakuras for free from high-quality breeder as low-quality stock at the beginning of Jan. The breeder tried to be carefull not to pick egg...

We have "plain" RCS, Sakuras and Bumble Bees at 620-650uS. Not long, first ones moved to us at the beginning of January, but few plain and Sakura females has been carried eggs a bit over two weeks by now. Not definetly sure how babies will develop or survive but we`ll see. At first I dropped TDS...

No doubt! A friend of mine has a huge bush growing submersed and emersed. I got mine from emersed part, settled them half water-half air as she had done at the begining. Now both parts are making really nice leaves

Enough? Its a huge overkill but if you are familiar with fertlization and CO2, go for it thou it might be hard to keep it stable anyway. Small mistake=catastrophe. I would choose 70w instead of 150w but actually I`d consider leds if it was me choosing lights now. I suppose you want grow some...

Nothing (?) to do with the original thread, but this might give something to think about Aqua-Web » Onko valon värillä väliä?. Mainly T8s but even they can give the idea what to look after. One must roll the page down to see pics. I found this very helpfull when learning what Kelvin-rates mean...

Hello dean and thanks for your input! By accident I got a big bunch of Hydrocotyle tripartita from a friend of mine so here it is...Right now in a bit poor condition after remove but still going strong. Day 1: