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    Echinodorus vesuvius Problem

    Planted up some of the Echinodorus vesuvius 2 weeks ago, I have now started to see some yellowing of the old leaves and they have started to die off :( normal? CO2 is in the yellow, so that would leave a defficiency in ferts? JOHNNY
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    Badly Damaged Anubais

    I was given some Anubais, by a friend, they are covered in BBA, have holes in the leaves, the structure is overall very poor and look almost dead, I have cut the worse leaves off and popped the rest into my srimp tank, they have done a great job of cleaning the leaves up, still they are full of...
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    Growing Mosses

    I have several portions of moss which I'm not ready to use in any of my tanks yet, has anyone grown it on in glass jars? If so any tips for keeping it in tip top condition? Few questions that come to mind 1.Lid or no lid on the jar? 2. ferts in the water? 3. Easycarbo dosing? 4...
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    Echinodorus Problems

    I bought a few of these Echinodorus from P@H, they have new plants now(stopped selling Tropica :evil: ) been planted a few weeks now and as you see from the picture they have a few lines where they seem to be breaking down, is this a deficiency of some kind or just the leaves changing to be...
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    How do Aquarium plants know when to flower?

    Simple question, after seeing some lilys flower.... I'm led to wondering how a plant "knows" when to flower in an aquarium? after all it's a climate controlled environment, about as unnatural as you can get, and the only way you can have seasonality in the tank is if you control it yourself...
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    Spare Plant Tank

    Hi have a spare AquaOne AR620, sat doing nothing in the garage, I'm thinking of setting it up to hold and grow on the many plants and cuttings I take, now, it has a built in trickle filter and I will add some powerheads for flow, lighting is built in PC, not sure of the size but there won't be...
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    Bolbitis heudelotii

    I got a small portion of this at the beginning of the year, its was doing really well in my Apisto tank, even took several cuttings from it. I noticed recently that some of the outer most leaves are turning black :shock: not happy, lighting is 2x24w over a 30x12x18" tank, easycarbo everyday...
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    Staurogyne sp.

    I bought a few of these from AE when they were first released, really like the plant, I didn't do much with it beside breakdown into 3 pieced and stick in the sand, is there a better way of planting it? I'm thinking of using it as a foreground plant instead of Glosso so I dont have to add...
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    Anubias barteri var. barteri

    I have had this Anubais for nearly a year now, split several times and moved to other tanks, the mother plant is doing well, apart form 1/2 leaves that have got black marks on them, they look like small burns. Lighting is normal Juwel Rio 180 lamps, 10 hours a day, dosing; 3tsp. Potassium...
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    Glossostigma elatinoides

    I bought a pot of this today £3.29 :D cheap! I though, what is the best amount of light for it? I'm planting a shrimp tank with aquasoil topped with sand, purely as I dont have enough AS to do it :( Its a 35ltr tank, has an 11w light, but I do have another one I can add to it. or would that...
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    Vallis and Excel/Easycarbo

    I would like to add vallis to one or two of my tanks, I have read on the net that vallis can be sensitive to excel/easycarbo dosing, does anyone here use it with them or have any hard evidence either way, I don't really want to go to the expence of adding something that may just die becasue of...
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    ID Help Nedded

    Bought this from an ebay Germany seller end of last year, was sold as Echinodorus latifolius, but looking on the net, it doesn't seem to look like what it says, it grows well using runner. any idea's or is it Echinodorus latifolius JOHNNY
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    Hemianthus Callitrichoides "Cuba"

    Is there anyway to grow this stuff over a cave or a rock?? I have a huge carpet that would look cool as a cover or a cave, more of a natural hiding place for the fish, any suggestions? How sucessful is this plant if just left as a floating carpet? one of my fighters love hiding under it? Cheers...
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    Asian Plants

    Going to be setting up a 54ltr tank with a asian theme, even though we may be putting Kribs in which really buggers that idea up:o, but we'll see. going to be using http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... cts_id=576 for the substrate mixed with some normal sand to keep the cost down. Got a...
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    Echinodorus latifolius

    I have planted some of this in my 35ltr fighter tank, there's a journal in here somewhere :shock: Its growing very very well under the small 11w arcpod thats on the tank, its had a lot of runners sending new plants off, now I would like to thin it out a little, I know I can take off the...
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    Anubias barteri

    I have one of these, well pretty sure it is! I bought it at the LFS about 2 months ago, it was in a large 3" pot and cost £9.99, when I got it home, i took it out the rock wool and it bascially broke into 2! so i have 2 in different tank. Now its getting big again, how should i split it...
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