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    Anyone know what this is?

    Thanks! Yes it's a bit red around the bottom. I'm planning to up my lighting soon so perhaps it'll turn red then. Glad you like the tank - it looks pretty different now, I'll put some new pics up when my Anubias grows back (I melted all the leaves with excel :( )
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    cant grow HC

    IMHO I think it's the substrate - admittedly I have no experience of growing plants in sand, but I would imagine HC could have a hard time sending roots down into it. I grow HC quite successfully in the cheap inert black gravel (fine grain size, around 2mm). This gives little spaces between the...
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    Anyone know what this is?

    I found it in an upland river in NSW, Australia. It's growing nicely in my tank. I'd like to know what it is, I'm interested to know whether it's native or exotic. Thanks in advance.
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Thanks for the input- I will try the staggered 2 x 2 litre bottles for the time being, I think it would raise my CO2 levels and stabilise them alot. My injection method involes just a tube running to under the impeller so each bubble is smashed up- alot escapes as big bubbles but as the flow is...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Im no good at maths but im sure you guys could come up with an 'aquarium light calculator'. Like the volume calculator but you plug width x length x (water depth - substrate depth + height of bulb above surface) and what lights youre planning to use, then it cleverly churns out a photon flux...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Thank you Morpheus! Can I go punching through walls now? :D Just revising stoichiometric phytoplankton models for my finals now, wish I could have a similar breakthrough there! Do you reckon just 1 x 11 watts for 12 hours would be enough for the glosso? The tank looks too bright and washed...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    The otto is removed now I must stress! :D I removed the algae and cut down the hours that both my lights are on. Also thinking of 'daisy chaining' 2 DIY yeast bottles. Bad idea? (im a student and can no way afford pressurised) There has been huge improvement, its just a tiny bit of brush and...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Hey thanks, I got my hands on some TPN+ and as if by magic, my plants are all green and growing fast. :D Ive noticed some algae growing since dosing, on the larger leaves and bogwood. I think its green brush algae, its small raised green tufts. I guess this a response to the sudden rise in...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Well as a 'fishkeeper' new to planted aquaria I find it odd to put nitrate and phospate INTO the tank rather than try to remove it! None of my local shops sell NPK fertiliser, looks like aquaessentials is the way to go. One of my ottos died and was missing for a few days before i found him at...
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    Why are my 'easy to grow' plants suffering?

    Hi, I am beginning to have success with my planted tank now, but my so called 'easy' plants are not growing. I have Hygrophila siamensis at the back and it has hardly grown in 3 weeks, and looking a bit pale. I also have a small amount of Salvinia natans at the surface and it is turning brown...
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    emergent plants

    Re: What type of hygro is this? :mrgreen: I was going to ask the same question then i saw this thread. I have a small open top tank and want my background plants to leave the water a bit without flopping over and covering the surface, so sturdy stems would be good. Its only 8 inches deep...
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