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Thanks. That’s the one I couldn’t remember. Couldn’t get a pic as I forgot my phone. Might post a pic if I go back to get it

Hi everyone, I have a pea puffer tank I’m trying to plant with asian plants. Went to our local fish shop and saw a plant I’m fairly sure is from the right area. I do know its name but can’t recall what it’s called so I’m hoping someone can help as I’m getting frustrated with myself now...

Apologies for all the typos. Typing with a migraine isn’t my thing it seems

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Hi everyone. I’m hoping the plants experts in the group can help me ID plant that has appeared in my pond. The pond was set up this summer and I bought some plants on ebay as stick at pur local shop wasn’t great. I didn’t buy floating plants Aftet I added the plants a couple of floating...

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Please can one of you lovely plant experts in my phone ID a plant for me. I brought it back from a MA shop in Devon where it was growing above the water in their holding tank. Perfect for my little eco tank where I want emersed growth. No label on it. Only delivered a few days before so still...

Cover every other row of leds with maskimg tape for now and remove gradually as the tank settles

Those are almost all slow growing plants. I’m growing easy stems and slow growing plants under a 5w daylight bulb in a desk lamp in a 25l tank. Low dose ferts and no co2 and still having to trim stems every other day and remove handfuls of floating plants a few times a week. The plants...

We are away too much to go high tech and have the high light, high ferts and CO2 growth and maintenance requirements. I have a friend who will tip premeasured fish food into the tank but isn’t going to start messing with ferts for me

I have all sorts of hairgrass even the really tiny one growing in a dirted tank under an IKEA desk lamp so I think the water parameters are a huge difference.

I believe he’s in the Devon where the tap water is very soft. Very different to the liquid limescale they pump through London taps. We have ridiculously hard water here

I love the look of hygrophila pinnatifida but I really do not want to use co2. I’ve seen a few videos showing people adding it to low tech setups on YouTube but they rarely show the tank again or talk about their failures. Have any of you had success growing it low tech? I have fairly high...

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I live close to London with rock hard water and I could ‘t make it thrive even with EI Dosing, high light and CO2. I tried it low tech too with liquid co2 and no Co2 with low light and it just melted. Suspect it needs soft water to thrive. Tempted to bring back a big container of super soft...

In vitro Anubias nana petite and smaller. Do such things exist? Please point me to a good place to get healthy plants if they do. I need a lot for a future scape in a large tank I don’t own yet so I’m planting existing tanks with plants I want to use later. I watched a MD fish tanks...

Thanks. Wasn’t planning on co2 although I have the kit. I was going to use slow growing easy plants and it’s a dirted tank that I lightly does with the EI mix ferts Good to know you are having success without co2

I’m wondering if any of you have trained this to grow on and around wood? thinking of trying it amongst moss on spiderwood. I want to provide shaded areas for my diamond tetra. I have some wood that is curved like an arch. Thinking of planting adding Java fern and anubias along the thicker...

If you go down the soil route there’s an article on here showing how to go about it. I’m sure someone will link for you. Make sure you cap the soil well with gravel or you’ll still have nutrient problems causing algae

Maybe it is trying to clean it. It is a juvenile. Not fully grown. Perhaps it needs practice as it is definitely ripping chunks from the leaves.

Over the past week I've notice Java fern leaves looking ragged with chunks missing from the edges. Now I've found the culprit. An angelfish is biting chunks out of them then spitting out the bits. Looks like it is just destructive behaviour rather than hunger as it doesn't eat the other...

Thank you for all the advice. I bought a pot of Sagittaria Subulata to see what I would be dealing with before taking the plunge and buying a lot. I was amazed at size of the plantlets. Larger than I expected and I got just under 50 in a single pot for 3.50. Bargain! I like the gel. So...

Hi, Looking for advice regarding Cardamine lyrata please. I'm thinking about adding it to my tank. I have 108w HO T5 over a 500l tank I dose EI and 10ml easycarbo per day Tropical says it is easy but has medium co2 requirements. Will it grow under low light and tolerate easy carbo? Thanks

The lights are surprisingly bright. I managed a successful algae farm in the same tank a year ago using the LEDs on full despite injected co2. It used to house my CRS. I don't mind them too much. They have a Disney Princess stuck castle in the goldfish tank. I just hate scrubbing the green...

Hi, My son bought his first tank today. He will be using it for a single fighting fish. It is in his bedroom do I do not want to use liquid carbon or bottled co2 so it will be low tech. It has built in LED lights with 3 settings. I'll encourage him to keep them on the lowest setting. I'll...

Using ferts may seem daunting at first but read the docs on here. They are very good. It is just a case of adding a set amount of powders or liquids each day and doing water changes. Adding Co2 can be a bit trickier but still not difficult. Have a look at the easy plants on Tropica's...

Gave up on photo bucket. It's still down. Hopefully this works instead. Not the best photo. Taken on a phone and the only one that wasn't photo bombed by nosey Angelfish

Should add that they are attached to small bits of driftwood nestled amongst the larger wood to that I can move the easily. There's good flow around them. They move constantly but not excessively.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice please. I have had Java Fern in my tank for about 3 months. It looks green and healthy by doesn't seem to be growing. My tank is 500l Low light 108W HO T5 (8 hours per day) I dose EI as per the planted tank doc (high light doses) and dump it directly...

Mine used to grow rapidly with co2. They'd reach the surface of my two foot high tank in a few weeks. I was constantly thinning them out. Growing low light with liquid co2 soon changed that. Now the catfish keeps them small, weak and brittle.

(it helps if you've some skills at rock breaking ;)) I have a husband with a chisel and club hammer. ;) I'm intending to get the stones from a garden centre rather than an aquatics shop and we have a huge forest on the doorstep but it is mainly pine so would have to be careful to find hardwood

I'm in the UK so no way I'd risk housing Angelfish outdoors. The fish will go into large bins with the filters and heaters running in them as I've done before. The fish will go back into the tank at the end of the day as I don't have the space for large tubs or another tank to house them for...

Thanks for the info. i was going to aim for crypts that I've grown before. Easy plants that shouldn't need Co2. I have most of the varieties in that list in the tank now My concern is getting the tiny plants established but if they need nothing different to larger potted plants then I'm less...

Sometime around Easter I hope to rescape my tank as it's been the same for years, the wood is crumbling and a pesky catfish is using the swords as 'an eat all you can buffet'.The crypts and anubias I have are healthy (except for old traces of bba on a couple of leaves) The tank will be low...

Thanks everyone. I'll give it a go next time I get plants for the tank. I want to try it at the front if the tank. I'll let you know how I get on

Hi, Has anyone been able to successfully grow Blyxa Japonica in a low light setup? I know some of you have grown 'difficult' plants such as carpet plants under lower light. I currently have 2 x 54w T5 and a 3ft (temporary) single T5 running on a 5 x 2 x 2ft tank. I use easycarbo and...

Quick newbie question How long after planting should I give HC Cuba a trim. It's been planted about two weeks. Originally, I cut each pot into 8. Now each of the cuttings is about the size of the original pot and about 1.5 cm tall. Is it too soon to cut it? Also, some of the new growth...

Fauna: 24 cardinal tetras, 6 Odessa barbs, 2 ottos, 3 tiny SAE, shrimp. Will catch a stray leaf later and take a closer look.

Got them from MA. They were absolutely huge when I got them. Bigger than my hand. One is now down to just 5 stems. The others are fairing a little better but are still half the size they were.

Just found this thread about anubias melting. Suspect this is what I am seeing. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9563 may just bin the ones that are falling apart and replace them in a week or two

The leaves are coming off one or two a day from each of the three plants. The bare rhizome where the leaves have been shed has broken in two on one plant but isn't soft or mushy. No algae at all other than a few diatoms on the top spray bar which at the surface right next to the light and...

I've got 8 anubias plants in my tank 3 of which are falling apart. The plants are in various parts of the tank and two are right next to other anubias that are perfectly fine so I'm baffled. If it was flow or co2 wouldn't the problem affect all plants one part of the tank rather than what I am...

Thought a list would be good for newbies like me :)

Has anyone compiled a list of plants that do well without co2? Always thought crypts, anubias and swords were ok but since joining this forum have seen instances were lack of co2 has been blamed for issues with these plants. Which ones are ok for low light, no co2 setups? Thanks Amanda

I definately agree that red plants like po4. Been adding it as a dry salt for 2 days and the new growth on my red plants is really improving. It had been fading back to green with TPN+. Don't know if you will get away with a totally red stem but you may be able to have a partially red one...

I'll try and get enough cash together to get a 2200l/h filter to run alongside the fluvals. If I buy it while hubby is on his business trip maybe he won't notice ;)

Thanks. I'll push the co2 up a bit more. Have the checkers at lime green already and plants at substrate level are pearling. No fish yet so no problem. Both plants that have melted were part of a surplus plants pack so may not have been in tip top condition start.

Hi. Just wondering if this is a difficult plant to grow. Got it as part of a bargain plant pack when I set my tank up last week and it seemed fairly healthy but I just accidently uprooted some and it dissolved into mush when I lifted it out of the water. Just wondering what i'm doing wrong...

I've had parvula growing in a low light goldfish tank (my first fish tank) in roman gravel and still putting out lots of runners despite cool water, no ferts and regularly being nibbled. Wasn't very green due to lack of nutrients but still spread. Definately hardier than you might think. It...

It is a tiger lotus bulb. It now has two red leaves like those in the photo that Viktor posted.

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Anyone bought their bargain surplus packs? What was the mix of plants like?

Two types of hairgrass. Very different on length. http://www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=133 10-15cm http://www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=132C. 3-10cm both need to be cut really short when first planted as any old leaves tend to rot and collect muck. The new submerged growth...

I'll be setting up my tank over Easter. It is going to take a lot of plants to cover 75% of the substrate. I have a fair budget but it's not massive so allowing for the fact that (I'm a beginner) should I 1. Go for the plants that I really want, buy as many as I can afford and add more...

Off topic Don't know if this helps with the AS problem. I used to have lots of assassin snail eggs scattered around my 60l tank until my son brought home a tiny BN catfish who loves to rasp at them. Never see any now despite loads of AS in the tank. Better than the dwarf chain loaches I got...

Amano shrimps won't eat the cherry shrimp. Can't comment on SAE.

Can see that looking a bit odd in your new setup. :). Good to hear it is that hard to kill off. Might have a chance of surviving my newbie mistakes. Thanks everyone!

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Thanks for such a quick reply. The larger shoot does look reddish. I hope it is a lotus :)

Hi. Just aquired what I suspect is a tiger lotus bulb. LFS were clearing out the plant tank and found a loose bulb. They gave it to me as I was in buying plants and they didn't recognise it. It's about the size of a hazelnut. Dark brown and shiny like a conker and slight soft. Definately a...

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Thanks everyone. Hopefully got some Xmas moss coming from ycsn02 and garuf has given me a link for other types so should be sorted for both tanks. It's great to have found such a friendly helpful forum!

I've just joined the forum. Can't see that section but found the announcement about 25 post limit so i guess that's why. :( . Will try that when I can though - thanks for the tip :) Feel daft for thinking all mosses would be as cheap and pleniful like java moss. Getting enough to cover the top...

Hi, My husband found two huge bits of driftwood for my new tank that will be too much unless i can soften the look with some moss. I like the look of spiky/pheonix moss and fissendens fontanus but haven't kept either before. Does they adhere well to driftwood and would they drape/hang in the...