My wifes 29 gallon (current)

Kana3 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:58 am Post subject:

The Red plants are a bit of a bugger for light. I don't know what of my pics you've seen, but encroaching Algae doesn't do much for a slow growing red.

There's a thread with Fishy's tank. He has a hybrid red/green. It's a good grower, requires less light, but shows plenty of red. I'm gunna have to look for it, as I've forgotten the name...

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mizpriz · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:06 am Post subject:

I thought so, I remember reading somewhere that reds require more light. I'm planning on hardy plants that require medium light, if I ever do convert to live plants...

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clunkster · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

i think its not just light ithink its what type of light you use also & at what depth you need to get the light to reach i think fishypaw should be able to shed some more light (no pun intended) on this for you

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Kana3 · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:57 am Post subject:

You are right. They do react to slightly different wavelengths of light.

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clunkster · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:29 am Post subject:

thought i was but as i dont realy have a lot to do with plants these days (not practical with some big cats) was'nt sure if i had rememberd right i seemed to remember about different plants thrive on different spectrums of light and then the conductivity of the water but saying that i must admit i do like looking at what are known as dutch aquariums

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject:

mizpriz wrote:

Is the ammonia high because of the plecos? I've heard those little guys are wasteful.

Funny you ask this now. As of late I have been having ammonia & ph problems. Ammonia keeps going up and ph keeps going down. I'm going to tell more about it in another thread.

clunkster · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:10 am Post subject:

mizpriz wrote:

Is the ammonia high because of the plecos? I've heard those little guys are wasteful.

in a word YES

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mizpriz · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject:

clunkster wrote:

mizpriz wrote:

Is the ammonia high because of the plecos? I've heard those little guys are wasteful.

in a word YES

LOL I lost my BN pleco a couple of months ago, and although I loved him, I don't think I'll get another pleco because he pooped a LOT!

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karen84 · Rain Drop Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 14

Very nice tank and great plants Smile

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject:

Thank you karen.

Kana3 · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:59 am Post subject:

I wish my plants would grow like Funky's, sometimes!

This tank's like a short-arse version of your 55. I'm gunna go looking for your 135, see if the trend contimues...

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

I have pics of it up.