Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #526

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #526
From: Craig Bingman <cbingman at netcom_com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:49:01 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <199702172039.PAA11625 at looney_actwin.com>

> I'm curious about peoples experiences with bare bulbs and splashing fish. 
>  If memory serves, a poster many months ago mentioned having VHO bulbs and 
> how if water splashed on them they would break.  

Possible, I have a surgeonfish who likes to douse the VHO lamps in my 
reef from time to time, no breaks yet.  I'm driving the lamps with an 
icecap ballast which I rec if you elect the VHO option.

> 
> Also, a recent thread mentioned using mylar as a reflective lining but I 
> never saw a suggested place to purchase it.  Does anyone have suggestions 
> where to purchase this other than buying a lot of mylar balloons and 
> popping them?  :-)

A brief search of the web revealed the following hydroponics suppliers 
who sell mylar.

http://www.viasub.net:80/IUWF/grntrs.html (GREENTREES HYDROPONICS
GREENTREES HYDROPONICS
2464 South Santa Fe Avenue
Vista, California 92084 
1-800-772-1997

http://www.calgreenthumb.com/gtpg13.htm
Green Thumb Lighting and Garden supply
1645 W. SEPULVEDA BLVD., STE#12
TORRANCE,CA 90501
PHONE AND FAX (24 hours) 310-326-1813

http://www.litemanu.com/liteenh.html
1248.99 MYLAR 25' X 48" X 1 MIL $17.00
1-800-NOW-LITE (1-800-669-5483).

Northwest Garden Supply (Canada)
 1-800-443-GROW 

Northern Lights (Canada)
1-604-820-8830

Abby's Indoor Gardener (Canada)
(604) 859-GROW (4769)

There are zillions of others on the web, too.


> From: jcochran at pinc_com (John Cochran) 
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 11:50:18 -0800 (PST) 
> Subject: test kit& C02 > 
> Hi Folks: 
> Not being very good at chemistry-but certainly making an effort to 
> improve- I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if the Aquarium 
> Pharmaceuticals water hardness kit measures GH or KH. The regents are 
> labeled sodium hydroxide and calmagite solution. 

That would be either a GH or calcium hardness test kit.

There should be EDTA titrant as well.

Craig