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As far as I know it was found submerged. Will try to find out from the one who found it. Will see if the person will just come here and post more information. They will hopefully have better pictures soon so we can get a better ID on it.

I signed up with them yesterday but still haven't been authorized as a member so it will have to wait I guess. Does anyone have any idea of what type of plant it is? Maybe a general group that I might be able to research? The only things I could think of is Guppy Weed or Pearl Weed and...

I have a friend who found this plant and we need an ID so we can figure out if it legal to posses and even more important, legal to ship. It is a very cool looking plant and looks like it could be a good compact thick foliage plant I have been looking into for a long time. Sorry about the photo...

Okay, that makes more sense now. Sorry if I came across as Snide JohnPaul, was not my intent. Chemistry was not my strong point when it came to reactions and such. All I know is how to dose and to do regular 50% water changes to prevent levels from getting too high. The odd thing is, I have...

That's interesting because at one time Gregs sold Potassium Chloride as a fert option for Chloride. That and they still sell Calcium Chloride as one on the recommended sites for dry ferts. Shop online at AquariumFertilizer.com . Not sure why it would soften my water. Is there some kind of...

There is the option to move the light above the tank, maybe way above. lol. This would slightly reduce the overall amount of light that penetrates and could even light up the tnak more evenly. Might even have enough light that way for the tank and the Bonsai. I would think that 12-18 inches...

I would order it but it would only be the K2SO4 so the shipping would be more than the cost of the ferts. If I needed to make a whole order it would be worth it but I have enough CSM+B to last 5 years and enough KNO3 to last another 2. I will have to see waht the additives are. Have not been...

I have found Potassium Chloride in my local, Home Depot being sold as water softener. I need Potassium as when I ordered my dry ferts the first time I got plenty of everything but K. Is it okay to use the KCl water softener tablets as a source of K in my tanks? Is there anything specific to...

One thing to certainly remember though if you don't do gravel vacs regularly. Make sure that you do a very good one if you are gonna do any major landascaping and it has been a while. Every time I would remove my Wisteria to replant it after a couple months it released a cloud of gunk that took...

Makes sense to me. I have had bubbles release from the substrate many times using gravel but only once was it smelly. Most of the time I think it is air trapped and not sulfur gas. It would make a difference for sure with all the root tabs I use because of the root feeders I like for plants. I...

Hmm, I have never considered not doing gravel vacs in my tanks but I guess it could make a difference. I have always been worried about dead pockets and sufate gas building up from decaying matter. I may have to see whatkind of success I have with doing so in a plant only tank though. Maybe...

I tried the peat moss thing a while back and couldn't leave it alone long enough to keep from being sucked up when I did a gravel vac. Was just a terrible mess. Layinering for me wound up the same way. Good layters to start with but then become a mess after 2 months of gravel vacs. I know I...