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Today's Topics:
1. re: Which size CO2 tank? (Dgrim62 at cs_com)
2. Re: Madagascar Lace Plant (orders at aquatic-store_com)
3. Ceratophyllum submersum (Lonny Langione)
4. Re: Anubius gilbertii (Mattlagem at aol_com)
5. Eheim rattle (Seweryn Bialasiewicz)
6. Substrate Heaters (Tom Graney)
7. Re: What is "low tech" by todays standards? (gbooth at frii_com)
8. Re: Substrate Heaters (gbooth at frii_com)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:06:23 EST
From: Dgrim62 at cs_com
Subject: [APD] re: Which size CO2 tank?
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Get the largest one your space and budget will allow. The longer between
refills the better, IMO. I use 20# tanks on all my aquariums and keep a 5# as a
spare to temporarily connect when I have to swap out a tank.
Dave
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:25:10 -0800
From: <orders at aquatic-store_com>
Subject: [APD] Re: Madagascar Lace Plant
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
I have had bulbs that I just popped into a tank with no substrate temp
around 68 and they have grown out no problems.
Leaves reached over a foot usually by the time they are sold.
They also appear to be less fragile with the slightly colder temp than when
they are placed in some of our warmer tanks. This tak is a non co2 fert
with excel potassium and flourish regularly
DO YOU WANT A free co2 regulator or diffuser?
Swing on by our webbforum to see how to get one!!
http://aquatic.yupapa.com/phpbb/index.php
Marc
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:40:59 -0500
From: "Lonny Langione" <LONLANGIONE at msn_com>
Subject: [APD] Ceratophyllum submersum
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Hello,
I am looking for someone to supply me with Ceratophyllum submersum. I had this plant 20 years ago, and I would like to have it again.
Thank you, Lonny Langione lonlangione at msn_comFrom steve_wilsonii at fishpalace_org Sun Nov 16 17:02:29 2003
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I would have to agree with Giancarlo Podio. The 5# tank just fits under the cabinet and is what I use for my 75 gallon tank. I refill the tank at approximately 10 month intervals for $11. This may not be the most economic, but for less then a dollar per month it is worth not having a CO2 tank in plain view in my living room.
Steve
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:17:46 EST
From: Mattlagem at aol_com
Subject: [APD] Re: Anubius gilbertii
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Bob, your probably right, the plant was not labeled, just told to me loosely
so I probably spelled it incorrectly, Now that I think back it was gilletii.
I talked with Julius Boos, someone with whom I am sure your familiar with
and he gave me the same directions, sand-peat mix with lava rock at bottom and
water only up to level of where the lava ends or just below. I am doing that
with others, Lasia, Urospatha, Cyrtosperma merkusii, but wasnt sure about the
Anubius because I know many grow these totally submerged. I tried the old
standby and sprayed with some Daconil lightly and it seems to be perking up and
feeling better, the third leaf doesnt seem to be getting any yellowing and it
has lifted the second one. I am going to get some more lava rock though and
repot it just as a precaution. All my other Anubius seem to be thriving half
submerged but I may just repot them as well. Thanks for the help! Michael
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:52:43 +0000
From: "Seweryn Bialasiewicz" <s_bialasiewicz at hotmail_com>
Subject: [APD] Eheim rattle
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Hello peoples!
Got a question about my 4 month old Eheim 2213...
After running silently for a while, it has developed a rattly hum when
running. I cleaned the canister out, squeezed the filter pads, rinsed the
substrate, made sure the tubes were clear, and disassembles the outer pump
components and cleaned them. But it still rattles! And it seems that the
flow rate has decreased. The only addition to the filter media was to add a
thin extra layer of floss right before the white pad. Any ideas what's going
wrong?
Along the same lines...
- When (if ever) should I replace the coarse and fine substrate??
- Do I have to replace the white pad every few months, or can I just give it
a good rinse? Could I use some generic floss instead?
Thanks for any advice,
- Seweryn
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:16:26 -0500
From: "Tom Graney" <tom at hollywoodoutsider_com>
Subject: [APD] Substrate Heaters
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Hi everyone - I've had an aquarium for 5 years but only recently tried
to introduce plants. I bought a Dupla substrate heater and have a
question - I rebuilt my 15 gallon tank and placed the heating coil in an
1 1/2" of sand substrate with another 1 1/2'' or pea gravel above that.
I expected the wires coming out of the transformer (and going into the
tank) to be warm to the touch but they aren't. The transformer gets very
warm but the wires seem to be at room temperature. Is this normal? I
have another heater in the tank and the temperature of the tank has
remained the same. The substrate heater is a very simple piece of
equipment it's hard to see how anything could be wrong if it's hooked up
correctly. I've checked the connections repeated and everything is fine.
Still, the wires don't seem to be warm at all. Your thoughts would be
greatly appreciated. - TJ
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:34:40 -0700 (MST)
From: gbooth at frii_com
Subject: [APD] Re: What is "low tech" by todays standards?
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
The answer is simple my friends. Count the number of power strips you
have chained together to supply electricity to the tank. One power strip
with one or two empty sockets (or simply using a two plug wall outlet)
means you are low tech. We tend towards usign all of two separate wall
outlets and two power strips per tank. :-)
George Booth in Ft. Collins, CO (gbooth at frii dot com)
The website for Aquatic Gardeners by Aquatic Gardeners
http://aquaticconcepts.thekrib.com/ (mirror)
http://www.frii.com/~gbooth/AquaticConcepts/
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:39:27 -0700 (MST)
From: gbooth at frii_com
Subject: [APD] Re: Substrate Heaters
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Tom Graney writes:
I bought a Dupla substrate heater and have a question:
I expected the wires coming out of the transformer
(and going into the tank) to be warm to the touch
but they aren't. The transformer gets very warm but
the wires seem to be at room temperature.
That is perfectly normal. The heating coils themselves are made from
special wire that gets hot when electricity flows through it. The wires
going from the coils to the transformer are regular wire that should not
heat up with normal loading. Just like a lamp cord should not get warm
when the lamp is on.
George Booth in Ft. Collins, CO (gbooth at frii dot com)
The website for Aquatic Gardeners by Aquatic Gardeners
http://aquaticconcepts.thekrib.com/ (mirror)
http://www.frii.com/~gbooth/AquaticConcepts/
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