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Plants were doing great a week or so ago. It was time to fertilize them, so I put a small amount of aquarium root fertilizer tabs under the sand in the tank, and now this has developed: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/170406/jpg/plants1.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/170406/jpg/plants2.jpg What is...

Really? If I only gave my fish 8 hours of light a day they'd be in the dark most of the time..... That seems kind of strange. Is 8 hours really a normal amount of time to have an aquarium light on?

If any sunlight is reaching my tank, it is very minimal. The lights are on a timer that turn them on at 7am and off at 10pm, so 15 hours of light a day.

I have a sand bottom 36 gallon bowfront with dual 24", 37 watts total full-spectrum bulbs. I am growing several different lowlight plants that have been doing great for quite some time. (I can't recall their names. I can provide pics if this information is important for identification). However...

Nope, I didn't. Probably could (and should) have, but it took me 7 hours to finish the substrate change (the sand took *hours* to get washed clean). The only stuff that stayed wet were my fish :)

Just wanted to put in a good word for this product. I've used it twice now to start my tank, the first time after Seachem Stability didn't do a whole lot and I was still experiencing ammonia spikes, and a second time after I decided to start my tank over with sand substrate. It's freaking...

Just curious if anyone has purchased from Buy Algae Eaters for Sale at AquariumFish.net, where you can Shop Online for an Aquarium Algae Eater. or Arizona Aquatic Gardens - Algae Eating Fish - SAE or Siamese Algae Eaters (True SAE) before? My LFS's only have the Chinese algae eaters available...

Ah! A search for hygrophila turned up the broader leaves, and wisteria turned up the thinner leaves. But yes, Wisteria rings a bell, that's definitely what it is. Thanks!

Looks close, but the leaves are definitely different. Thinner and thicker

I need to trim this plant before it reaches the top of the tank, but don't remember what kind it is nor how to properly trim it. Don't suppose anyone here can give me a hint eh?

Nearly 6 months. I did have male guppies in the tank with her at one time but they all died off through the tank cycle. She was the only one of her species that survived.

My tank appears to have spontaneously produced what looks to me like guppy fry. The mystery? I only have a single female guppy. My tank consists of: 1 - female guppy 1 - silver molly (unknown sex) 2 - black mollies (unknown sex) 2 - mickey mouse platies (unknown sex) 2 - catfish 4 - Neon tetras...

Yes. These are most definitely not bubbles. They look like dust, all over the plant's leaves. I assumed they were some sort of pollen. The plants are still green and growing quite rapidly.

I planted a few hornwort in my tank about a month ago. They appear to now be going through a pollination, little white specks all over the leaves and floating through the water. Is there a way of stopping the pollination? Doesn't look so great in the tank :)

Yes I know that but it's a pain, and I have sand substrate. Was hoping for something more along the natural route that would just eat the dead vegetation for me. =)