Re: [APD] Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 57, Issue 14

["Ken Kudek" <kkudek at gmail_com>]

Perhaps we all need to stop worrying about that algae in our tanks!

You might like to read the following.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/28/alternative-fuels-biofuels-tech_sciences_cz_kad_0528fuels.html?partner=daily_newsletter

Ken

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <aquatic-plants-request at actwin_com> wrote:

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>   1. Emersed Hygrofila Polysperma (Bill)
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>   3. Re: new fish (REDRAGON40 at aol_com)
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> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:49:17 -0400
> From: "Bill" <billpers at comcast_net>
> Subject: [APD] Emersed Hygrofila Polysperma
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
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> I have a 10 gallon tank that was allowed to become a marsh through lack of
> attention.  (The fish had been long removed, of course.)
>
> There is less than an inch of water in it, and an inch and a half of
> soil-under-gravel substrate.  It gets about 10 hours of good light a day.
> (It is lit by a 5 foot tube that is shared by a neighboring tank.)
>
> There are several H. polysperma plants growing emersed in it.  One is about
> 3 inches high and consists of 5 stems; several others are much smaller but
> growing well.
>
> I had never heard of them growing emersed, but my research showed that it
> is
> really not a rare thing.  Still, seeing it was a new experience for me.
> Another surprise!
>
> Bill
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:18:48 +0100
> From: Stuart Halliday <stuart at mytriops_com>
> Subject: Re: [APD] new fish
> To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
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> I believe John F. Hess wrote this email section below:
> > Hiya,
> >
> > I got the test and so the list seems fine.  I'll just chime in with a
> > new discovery: a new half inch long Black Neon Tetra has appeared in
> > my tank.  Must have been spawned a little while ago and been living in
> > the moss.  I have had new baby shrimps in the tank and we usually get
> > 1-2 baby goldfish each year outside in the pond.  The new little fishy
> > was a nice surprise.
>
> Nice.
>
> I got myself an extra Dwarf Otocinclus last week completely out of the
> blue.
> Otocinclus vittatus I believe.
>
> I have a very fat looking female and a smug looking male. ;-)
>
>
> --
> Stuart Halliday
> http://mytriops.com/
> 200 Million years in the making...
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:18:23 EDT
> From: REDRAGON40 at aol_com
> Subject: Re: [APD] new fish
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
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> To me, there is a big kick out of finding a fish like that, knowing the
> little guy(s) managed to survive the odds, just like in nature. I've had
>  rosy
> barbs, lemon tetras, columbian tetras, threadfin rainbows, and beckford
>  pencils
> appear like that.
> Carol   < ' )))><
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