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    Eleocharis Vivipara - propogation

    thanks for clearing that up, im glad you said yours havent produced any runners ed, i was thinking i was doing something wrong!! do you find the plants you trim the plantlets off of go a brownish colour, havent had them long enough to see if they survive or die yet! also mines the largest...
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    Eleocharis Vivipara - propogation

    i got some E.Vivipara from plants alive that looked prity good quality, however there are little shoots on the top of the 'grass'. ive snipped a few off but they seem to be going a brown clour after snipping off!! what should i do. leave them, snip them or wait for runners to come out? cheers
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    which moss?

    lovely thanks for that, i assume its just as easy to grow as java moss?
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    which moss?

    does anyone know which moss it is which grows tall, ive got some java moss and christmas moss but it grows down and along rather than up. is it flame moss, can someone just confirm, thanks Matt
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    Fixing HC to the ground

    i had the same problem with mine and ended up killing it all, after that i got 3 large mats that individually broke up into 4 1.5-2" square pads that were easier to root, have you tried a net and weigh down the sides with small pebbles to get it rooted?
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    HC Cuba - not doing well

    ive got some java moss on the sides which seems to be doing very well, growing constantly but is now covered in algae. i left the tank over the weekend in the hands of my mother for 4 days whcih was a mistake. i came back to find it covered in algae. there seems to be many types, im not...
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    HC Cuba - not doing well

    thanks for the help, the tank is a juwel rio 180 so only 18" max from lights to the bottom of the tank. ive got it setup so that the outflow from the fluval 205 is halway down on the left hand side with the co2 diffuser on the right and quite low. the bubbles are flowing slanted and the java...
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    HC Cuba - not doing well

    i got some HC Cuba last week thats covered about 60% of the open floor. it seemed to perk up once i put it in the tank. ive got constantly runinng pressurised co2 thats always reading green with the drop checker and 4dkh solution. im also dosing with EI salts and have 2 t5s on for 11 hrs a day...
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    hc in a discus tank, suitable or recipe for disaster?

    im finding that with the shipping, ordered them on boxing day and still havent recieved anything, hoping im going to get some turn up soon! ive seen hc to be a bit of hit and miss so hopefully with the increased co2 and EI dosing it should be ok, do you know of anything that compliments it well...
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    hc in a discus tank, suitable or recipe for disaster?

    ok yea ill move the disus because theres like £300's worht of fish there!! will a ph of 6 and kh 0f <1 be any major factor in keeping the plants i want to? is it worth putting some of the gh booster from aquaessentials? think ill just use the t5s for around 10 hours. also have you ever used...
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    hc in a discus tank, suitable or recipe for disaster?

    i have a rio 180 with 2 t8's (30 watt) & 2 t5's (39w). CO2 is through a dennerle pressurised system that im looking to run at 2 bubbles p/s. im also looking to dose with EI, of which i have no eperience! ive got 5 4" discus, 15 cardinals and 12 otos. its currently running with some java moss up...
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