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Hi guys, long time no see! The 125 is still running and I am still scaping, or at least trying to! I tried to reply to the original thread but it got booted out, to old! Thanks to all the great scapers on this site that inspired me, taught me, and got me started. Sorry I am not around but life...

Hey guys, this tank has been running for around 6 months now, it was planted with plants that survived from my Discus tanks. I was not happy with the growth or condition of the plants in those tanks so I started this one to satisfy my planted tank addiction. Lighting is 2x 150 wt 10000k HQI...

Hey all, I've been working on something for a few months and thought I'd post a couple of shots. Keeping Discus in a high light tank and trying to keep it balanced has been probably the toughest challenge I've faced yet. Both require allot of time and dedication to nurture to their full...

This is the 125 I've been working on since Christmas, set it up Dec 23rd. I'm finding a tank this size is difficult to aqauscape well, just can't seem to get it to look right. It is starting to look better, foreground and midground are ok, back ground and left side still need alot of work. Still...

Awhile back our cat George was hit by a car and killed. I broke my heart. I told my wife I didn't want another cat for a while. Well, my wife came home with this little guy a couple of weeks ago, got him from the Humane society. His name is Stormy. He is a little bugger, into everything. I...

I recently received a generous portion of Riccia from Travis,(free I might add) unfortunately, most of it was mush. It was beautifully packaged, just took a while to get here and it's been very hot for the last two weeks. Didn't think I could salvage any of it. I washed all the dead smelly stuff...

Sorry I havn't been around this week, it's been a tough one. Our cat George was hit by a car and killed earlier this week. We recently moved from a quiet court to a fairly busy street. People on the court knew George and would stop or slow down for him, not so lucky in the new place. He must...

Just answered my own question, thanks Purrbox. Althernanthera Ficoidea is indeed green hedge. The red beauty has to be R Macrandra, labeled wrong. Cool, got 40 stems for 10 bucks. I have a love hate relationship with this plant. It is my absolute favorite red, got it to grow once, no luck since...

Hey guys, got these plants at my local BA. If I see something I like, I'll usually grab it, labelelled or not. In this case not, or at least, not correct. I got 4 bunches of this red beauty, labelled "Althernanthera Ficoidea". I looked on line to read up on this "new" Alternanthera plant and...

I started a 15 gallon up with Turface as the substrate. I am very happy with the Turface in my 75 gallon, wanted to fire up another tank to experiment with it a bit more. I have a tiny piece of glosso in the foreground that is starting to catch, good sign. Also, a shot of L repens in a 10...

Hey all, I got my 75 gallon set up tonight, no plants or fish yet, had to use cold water to by pass a water softener that's in my new place, have to let the tank warm up.I plan on using a 40 gallon drum with a heater in it for future water changes, no time to set it up. I'm running two fluval...

This 10 gallon tank is in my sons room, mainly throw clippings in it I don't have the heart to toss. Check out the colour and growth in here. L repens, L repens rubin and L palustris, all healthy and nice red. Crypt parva, corombosa compact, S valerandi, all healthy and thriving, almost no...

I usually don't have any problem getting plants to colour up, lots of nice reds in this tank, but this Limnophilla aromatica is staying green, real green. It almost glows in the dark. Pretty plant, growing well, has been in the tank about a month now. Just a question for those of you that are...

Hey guys, what do you think of these? I know Zezmo and Glitch use one, as does Travis. I read that UV's are a nice addition to a planted tank, in fact, I just picked up a coralife 9wt turbo twist. My water was sparkling clean in 2 days, not that it was bad to begin with. Once in a while I'll get...

Hello all, thought I'd stop hijacking Purrbox's thread! :) I got everything set up tonight, it's all working great so far. Had a small leak at the regulator connection to the bottle, but thanks to Purrbox I was on it quick and got it fixed. Running a bubble a second in 2 tanks, got room for 1...

Picked this little plant up today from BA, I know I have crypt Parva for sure this time. :) Also got my Ammania senegalinsis from aquariumplants.com. Arrived in perfect health and a very generous 12 big stems. Getting this stuff all planted, Parva in the 10 , Ammania in the 20. Man, I need more...

I am trimming on Fri, some of this plant is already promised out, but I have alot and will have a fair amount left over. I should have enough for a couple more people, first PM's are welcome to it. :)

Came home from work today to find this growing out of my Samolus valerandi. Pic is a little dark as the first ballast has just kicked on. Think it's a flower of some sort. Kinda cool! :)

A while back azn_fishy55 posted some advice about HC. He warned not to let it get to thick as the bottoms can start to rot away, eventually causing the plant to float to the surface. He was right. I have had a carpet of HC growing in my 20 gallon since Jan. It was getting real thick and dense. I...

If you plant glosso in a clump, will it stay that way for long? I know glosso is a carpet plant but I was thinking of trying it as a small foreground plant. Any thoughts? TIA Glen.

Just got a box of plants from czcz, he sent me 9 different kinds of plants! I was expecting 2 or 3! Thank you so much!

I am thinking of getting the Lamotte test kits. Believe me, I'm not made of money but I have tried just about every cheaper kit out there and am wondering if I'm getting incorrect readings. My 20 gallon is getting brown algea pretty bad again even though my fert levels are all good. I test fert...

I have started up another tank. :) Can or should I add ferts if required before the tank is cycled? I have already got CO2 fired up at 25 ppm. Will this effect the natural process of the developing bio-media in any negative way? Just a thought, TIA.

You guys have inspired me once again. :) I set my original 10 gallon up again tonight. I really don't have room, but I made some! I have always loved the Amano style of tank, and am going to attempt it with this one. I hope to cover the entire substrate front to back with Either glosso or HC...

Hello all, have any of you tried having your lights turn completely off for a few hours during your normal lighting period? On, off, on type of thing? I read it can help to stunt algea in your tank without having any negative effect your plants or fish. I have lights on two timers to stagger the...