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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #868
Hi all I would like to introduce myself my name is David Sanchez. I am
an avid keeper of dwarf cichlids from South America, Apistogramma in
particuler, and I'm very excited about joining this forum so that I
can learn more about aquatic plants. I love aquatic plants and have
been keeping them with varing degrees of success since I started with
Apisto's many years ago. I love the natural majestic look a heavily
planted tank gives to an aquarium.
My question is this, I have had very good success with flourescent
bulbs on my tanks. I have always had that explosive growth. I usually
go 3-5 watts per gallon or about 4 tubes over most tanks. I use co2
injection my pH is 5.5, 0 DH, 0 KH. The problem I am having is that
recently I made a custom hood for my 65 gallon show tank in it is a
175 metal halide 5500k and two daylight 36" VHO's. I beleived this
would be a great combo after all, all I had experienced to this point
was the more light the better. Up to this point I had rarely
experienced any major algae problems until now! my plants are not
thriving because the algae is taking over!!! HELP!!! I have always
started out with dense plantings so that algae would not get a foot
hold and this was the case with this tank as well. My plants seem to
be withering under the intense light. Is this like the coral in my
reef tank and you have to adjust the plants slowly to the intense
light? Any suggestions? I would appreciate your advice.Dave
---Aquatic Plants Digest <Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com> wrote:
>
>
> Aquatic Plants Digest Wednesday, February 24 1999 Volume 03 :
Number 868
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> KNO3
> "Transformers" at IKEA
> T-8 or T-12!?
> RE: CO2- do I need it?
> Re:Small 1-gallon tank
> Plant weights
> m3 CO2 regulator
> Mail Order source for HACH Test Kits
> Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #859
> Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #859
> Re: CO2- do I need it
> Oto killing
> One gallon tank
> CO2- do I need it.
> Apple Snail Book
>
> See the end of the digest for information on unsubscribing from the
> Aquatic Plants mailing list and on how to retrieve back issues.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 07:06:04 -0500 (EST)
> From: tconnors at webtv_net (Thomas Connors)
> Subject: KNO3
>
> I couldn't find stump remover at our local garden shop but I did
find a
> bag that stated 'potasium nitrate KNO3, guaranteed analysis- total
> nitrogen....13.75% (13.75% nitrogen in nitrate form). Soluble potash
> (K2O) ....44.50%. Would the potash be safe for the planted aquarium?
The
> material is small white pellets .
>
> Tom Connors, Pittsburgh Pa.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:42:52 -0500
> From: "Torsten Tiedtke" <ttiedtke at bfree_on.ca>
> Subject: "Transformers" at IKEA
>
> Chris Wells mentioned that he found some "transformers" at IKEA
> which may be useful for undergravel heating setups...
>
> Caution should be used when using power supplies intended for
> low-voltage halogen lighting as many of these supplies aren't actual
> transformers, but in fact are non-isolated switching power supplies.
> Manufacturers are moving to switching power supplies to keep the
> size and weight down and to provide efficiencies as high as 98%.
> The danger is that many of these systems aren't isolated from your
> house mains and could pose an electrocution hazzard.
>
> The best way to determine if the lighting supply is a transformer or
> a switching power supply is by it's size and weight. Transformers
> are heavy and large (several pounds for a 200W unit), and
> switching supplies are compact and quite light (usually much less
> than one pound and smaller than a PC mouse in size)...
>
> Have fun!
>
> Torsten
> (in sunny Lynden ON)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 06:52:26 -0800
> From: Emery Ku <Em_Ku at hotmail_com>
> Subject: T-8 or T-12!?
>
> Hello again fellas,
> Interesting discussions we have, huh? Well, I need some help
> (again). Does anyone know (well, of course someone out there knows)
> what type of a light fixture size I should get? I'm buying a 2-bulb
24"
> light strip, and they have it available in T-8 and T-12. The lady
said
> T-12 is more common, and suggested that one. But when I came home and
> checked my bulbs and the catalogue, I found that most of the bulbs are
> T-8. Does this even make a difference?
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Emery
>
> P.S.
> If you could reply by this afternoon... :)
>
> P.P.S.
> Thanks for the tip about the champagne yeast! A friend and I went
up to
> a nearby town to get some packets, they work great!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:13:42 -0600 (CST)
> From: Curt Shambeau <curt at execpc_com>
> Subject: RE: CO2- do I need it?
>
> > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:05:24 -0500
> > From: Jag Amberkar <amberkar at prodigy_net>
> > Subject: CO2- do I need it.
> >
> > I have 75 gallon tank, about 50 fish, average length of 1,5
inches. The
> > tank has lace plant, 2 Amazon sword plants, Vals, Bacopa,
Moneywort, Hygro,
> > Cryptos. Do I need add CO2 to this tank ? Can the fish produce
enough CO2 ?
> > My fish are healthy and plants looks healthy. Please advise.
>
> Need: NO
> Will it improve things: Probably
>
> Another questions is: How much lighting do you have?
>
> The more lighting, the greater difference adding CO2 will make.
>
> I ran a 75G tank for about 6 months with no CO2 addition. I had
120W of
> florescent lighting on it. Plants did very well. I've now added CO2
> recently. I've seen a very marked increase in growth of some plants.
> Others are simply more green, and look generally more healthy. Still
> others seem totally unaffected by the addition of CO2.
>
> -
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> | Curtis V. Shambeau | curt at execpc_com |
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> | Senior Vice President - Exec-PC, Inc.
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> -
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:25:34 -0500
> From: Ric Cooney <rcooney at bcpl_net>
> Subject: Re:Small 1-gallon tank
>
> James and Hoa.: The problem with ottos is that AFAIK they are all wild
> caught and for some unknown reason are all juveniles. They arrive in
the
> LFS practically starved to death. I suggest waiting until they have
been
> in the shop for at least two weeks before adding to their stress
> bringing them home. I quarantine them b4 adding to a general tank and
> make sure they have nice rounded bellies.
>
> >
> > Hoa is having trouble keeping Otto's alive in his 1-gallon,
filterless tank.
>
>
> Muriatic acid is about $3.00/gal not all that pricey, so not all that
> much of an expense.
> I usually hear that aquaricists (sp) test the gravel with the acid to
> see if
> there is any shells or other CaCO3 stuff in it. Could this be another
> example of misunderstanding a technique?
>
>
> > I am concerned about a statement he made about treating his gravel
with
> > acid. What was wrong with your gravel that required treatment with
acid? I
> > know that some people recommend treating calcium containing gravel
but I've
> > never really understood the reasoning - if the gravel is CaCO3,
it's all
> > gonna dissolve in acid, provided there is enough acid. Wash out
the acid and
> > what remains will continue to dissolve in your water.
> >
> > You have a one gallon aquarium. Hardly a big volume of gravel. Why
not just
> > go buy the proper substrate? The acid probably cost you more than
a pound of
> > quartz gravel would cost.
> >
> > Don't start adding more chemicals to try to control your pH -
change the
> > gravel.
>
> Heartily agree, the simpler the better.
> - --
> Ric Cooney, N3BRB
> rcooney at bcpl_net
> Aquatic Gardeners Association
> Baltimore, MD USA
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:36:01 -0800
> From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
> Subject: Plant weights
>
> I have found a source for iron wire to use for plant weights. The
problem
> is the minimum order. It is $50 plus shipping, by the time we ship
twice
> I would guess a total of about $200. For that amount of money we
get 1700'
> of wire, or nearly a third of a mile. What to do?
>
>
> - --
> Dave Gomberg, San Francisco mailto:gomberg at wcf_com
> http://www.wcf.com/co2iron
> - -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:46:42 -0800
> From: Sherlock Wong <wong at dt_wdc.com>
> Subject: m3 CO2 regulator
>
> Does anybody have any experience with m3 (monolith marine monsters)
> v. 4.0 CO2 regulator? It has two compact gauges, needle valve
> and integrated solenoid for $165.
>
>
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