Recent content by Jeanette

Red Lotus Plant Thank you for responding. I have started to trim. Do you know if this plant could be planted in our backyard goldfish pond. I live in Michigan City thought maybe it would work in our pond during the summer. Thanks again. Jeanette

Thanks Danny, I wish it would not get so big as the leaves are truly beautiful and it is painful to kill them. Jeanette

Hi again, I have a beautiful red lotus plant in my 40 gal community tank but the leaves are growing to over 6 inches wide and are out of proportion to the tank. Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks, Jeanette :)

Has anyone had experience with Hygrophila balsamica? I bought some that was shipped and all the leaves are falling off. It is not rooting well at all. Any ideas? Jeanette

Thanks so much for all your input. When I remove the fibrous mass it looks exactly like the mass that I put in as supposedly freeze dried tubiflex worms. I am thinking that the package of worms may have been very, very old and a fungus had started on them. I am afraid that has invested my...

I have the light on for 12 hours a day. Too much? Jeanette

I bought the FreshWater version: Current USA Nova Extreme T5 X2 Freshwater Aquarium Lighting Fixture, 2X39 Watt, 36 inch Do I need to replace one of these bulbs? I put the light on around January 8th. Jeanette

I thought so too. So last summer I went to the Lake and got two buckets of sand. I mixed that with the gravel I already had. With the sand and new lights I surely hoped the plants would grow. Maybe I am too eager. I just planted the Val on January 8th so it has had less than three weeks...

Boy you are fast. I think some of the problem is treated water from the City. In the 50's I had a 20 g tank, a simple fluorescent light strip and grew Val so well that the tank was filled with it. I used just Lake Michigan sand and we had well water. Never added anything and never had any...

I goggled the line and will go out tomorrow to buy the Plant Supplement. It apparently doesn't have any any nitrogen. Thanks so much for the advise. Jeanette

So what do you recommend I add that won't have nitrates? I have added only iron. I don't have a complex system to check levels only a test strip. Jeanette

I have a gro light 24 inches and the new light is a Nova Extreme T5HO Fixtures - 36" FRESHWATER NOVA EXTREME T5HO It gives off 80 watts.

I was afraid to add any fertilizer because of the high nitrate level. I did break up two Lily Pons tabs and put them in the sand about an inch down two days ago. I had fed some dried tubifex worms that the fish didn't eat and noticed clumps of fibrous matter that had collected or was growing...

I have been trying for twenty-five years to get plants to grow in my 40 gallon aquarium. Recently I added light so now have 100 watts and not 20 watts. I bought val, Myro, Amazon and hornwort. I have about twenty small to medium fish. The hornwort is growing well but the val which has been...