Aquatic Plant Central http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/ Aquarium plants community for aquarium plants enthusiasts. Aquatic plant forum and aquarium plant forums for all skill levels, large aquariums or small. en Fri, 24 May 2013 02:13:35 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cgstatic.com/aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/images/apc/misc/rss.jpg Aquatic Plant Central http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/ Greetings from the Bluegrass State! http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/introductions-greets/87924-greetings-bluegrass-state.html Fri, 24 May 2013 01:35:18 GMT I am new to this fourum but not to the hobby I have been keeping tropical fish since I was thirteen in some form or another. My passion has been killifish, but I have had a unending interest in aquatic plants and currently maintain live plants in all my tanks. As usual I have had succeses and... I am new to this fourum but not to the hobby I have been keeping tropical fish since I was thirteen in some form or another. My passion has been killifish, but I have had a unending interest in aquatic plants and currently maintain live plants in all my tanks. As usual I have had succeses and failures but this is what keeps the hobby interesting.
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]]> Introductions and Greets Killifish15 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/introductions-greets/87924-greetings-bluegrass-state.html <![CDATA[Starting a mixed rainbowfish & angelfish tank]]> http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/fish-planted-aquarium/87923-starting-mixed-rainbowfish-angelfish-tank.html Fri, 24 May 2013 01:31:26 GMT Ok, so after thinking about stocking my new 75 gallon, I have decided on a rainbowfish and angelfish tank. Obviously I am not going to just have angels and bows, but those are going to be the main attraction. The tank will have Eco complete or soil for substrate, presserized co2 (I think), and will... Ok, so after thinking about stocking my new 75 gallon, I have decided on a rainbowfish and angelfish tank. Obviously I am not going to just have angels and bows, but those are going to be the main attraction. The tank will have Eco complete or soil for substrate, presserized co2 (I think), and will be heavily planted. The light and filter are still up in the air. I only really need help with the appropriate stocking level. I am thinking this:

4 angels
4 banded rainbows
4 boesemani rainbows
4 turquoise rainbows
3 salmon red rainbows
1 green phantom pleco (L200)*
1 GBR
1 spiny eel (unsure on species)
Variety of nerite snails*

*Undecided

I already have the ram, 3 banded rainbows and an angel. I thought I would do 4 angels just in case a pair forms, just so there is no odd man out. I would like at least 4 of each species of bow so I can see more natrual behavior. The key word is "like" though, as I am flexible on the number of each bow. Also, as you can see, I am kind of interested in some sort of exotic pleco. Not looking for one to eat algae, just want it to be less on the shy side and to look pretty. *IT MUST NOT EAT PLANTS*. I figured if I get an algae problem I could get nerite snails or just fix it myself.

Ok now my questions:

1. Is this a good stocking level?
2. Do you think an even number of bows is to much unity? I kind of wonder.
3. What's a good exotic pleco that I will see, looks pretty, stays smaller, and does not eat plants?
4. How much waste will the pleco produce? Dont want a giant poop machine.
5. What's a good first spiny eel species? It can't eat my ram.

Sorry for monologuing, that's just kind of how it turned out. Anyway, thanks for reading :) ]]> Fish for the Planted Aquarium Shrimplett http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/fish-planted-aquarium/87923-starting-mixed-rainbowfish-angelfish-tank.html Nano tank trimmings FS http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87922-nano-tank-trimmings-fs.html Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:45 GMT FS:

5 small nodes of anubias nana "petites" - $10

4 small nodes of bolbitus - $8

About 2 square inches of hair grass - $4

$5 USPS Priority shipping for any 1 item.

Take everything for $24 shipped.

Attached are two nearly identical photos- one with the flash, one without. PayPal only please.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
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]]> For Sale or Trade Emily6 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87922-nano-tank-trimmings-fs.html Ditched the Iwagumi Look and Going Mini Dutch -12g http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/87921-ditched-iwagumi-look-going-mini-dutch.html Fri, 24 May 2013 00:31:04 GMT I started my 12 Gallon Long as an Iwagumi setup, because I loved the simplicity and elegance of the aquascape. Here are several shots of the tank as it grew in. *January 2013* Image: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z195/ManFriend99/20130127_115449.jpg *February 2013* Image:... I started my 12 Gallon Long as an Iwagumi setup, because I loved the simplicity and elegance of the aquascape.

Here are several shots of the tank as it grew in.

January 2013


February 2013


March 2013


April 2013


However through the course of scaping my 12 Gallon I couldn't resist buying a new plant on a weekly basis. (An addiction I'm sure many of you on TPT also have a problem with).

I started IE Dosing along with my Seachem Products and my plants were growing uncontrollably. It kinda looked like a messy jungle and no longer had the clean look of an Iwagumi tank.

So I had the itch a month ago to go full dutch on the tank. Which suits my plant purchasing style. =)

Here's a quick run down of my setup.

Hardware:
12 Gallon Long - Mr. Aqua
Oddysea T5HO - 39W light - 1x6700 bulb and 10K bulb
EHeim 2213 Canister with DIY spray bar that extends the length of the tank, to avoid dead spots.
2 xDIY CO2 (Don't judge me, it works great for me :icon_lol:) with a the line feeding into a drill holed in the output pipe. Works like a reactor since the spray bar is so long it gives the CO2 time to mix with the water.
Hydro in line Heater

The dimensions of the 12 gallon long are 35.4L x 8.3W x 9.4H, which small and not ideal for a dutch aquarium. Which is probably why after going through over 70 pages of the 12 Gallon long club I didnt see one single attempt at a 12G dutch.

However there are so many mini versions of plants around I figure it would just take a bit of research to find the right plants to create the same illusion of a 125G dutch aquarium (I enjoyed this part)

I want to achieve this look or get possibly very close to it.

Not my photo, wish it was =)

I had my work cut out for me since Dutch Aquariums require so many plants to give it that full and lush look. So in the pass 2 months I've been buying plants from every where and everyone.

Local auctions, Aquabid, TPT, ebay, craigslist, even Viet Wah (which is a local asian grocery store).
**Mini plug to Sean and Han for supplying my with great looking plants.

Two months later here's my species list:
  • Alternanthera reineckii mini
  • Ammania Gracilis
  • Anubias nana
  • Bacopa
  • Blyxa
  • Cabomba
  • Cardamine
  • Chain swords
  • Crypt wendtii
  • Dwarf Sag
  • Downoi
  • Elatine Trianda
  • Eriocaulon Cinereum
  • Fissidens
  • Glosso
  • guppy grass
  • HC - Dwarf Baby Tears
  • hornwort
  • Hydrocotyle SP Japan
  • Hydrocotyle Verticillata
  • Java fern
  • Lace Java Fern
  • ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'pantanal'
  • Limnophila Aromatica wavy
  • Loebalia Cardinalis Dwarf
  • Ludwigia Acruata x repens
  • Ludwigia sp Red
  • ludwigia senegalensis
  • Marsilea Minutia
  • Micranthium Umbrosum
  • Micro Swords
  • Mosses[censored]
  • Needle Leaf Ludwigia
  • Pellia
  • Pennywort
  • ranunculus inundatus
  • Riccia
  • Rotala Indica
  • Rotala Indica True - Ammania Bonsai
  • Rotala Wallichii
  • Star Grass
  • Staurogyne repens
  • Subwasertang
  • SYNGONANTHUS SP. 'BELEM'
  • Tiger Lilly
  • Trident Java fern
  • Utricularia graminifolia
  • Water Wysteria

Not all of them made it into the tank of course.
Im still in search of Rotala pearl mini type 1

The tank is about 97% planted now and today I received my center piece plant from sjb1987 (Sean). Eriocaulon Cinereum

Freshly planted.


I'll post more photos and eventually a full tank shot once I can get the Rotala Mini Type I planted. ]]> Aquascaping binbin9 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/87921-ditched-iwagumi-look-going-mini-dutch.html FS...Mixed Crypt Packages http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87920-fs-mixed-crypt-packages.html Fri, 24 May 2013 00:10:56 GMT I have a 3 packages of mixed crypts for sale.
C. lutea
C. wendtii 'green gecko'
C. wendtii x hybid
C. wendtii green and bronze
Possibly a baby 'mi oya' or tropica as well.

Each package will have a mix of some larger plants ~10"+ and small plants ~2" and everything in between. I can not guarantee that every package will have every species listed, however I will do my best.
Packages will have 25-30 plants.
$30 Shipped USPS
Packages will go out Saturday
Thank you for looking.
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]]> For Sale or Trade Capt. Colton http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87920-fs-mixed-crypt-packages.html Just do it http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/large-aquariums-ponds/87918-just-do.html Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:55 GMT Fotoğraf:
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Parvula eklendi..
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Half black pastel lepisteslerim 'Bayram' abiden almıstım.












Videolarım
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Tankın eski konusu : http://www.akvaryum.com/Forum/bitkil...s)_k596217.asp

Boyut (cm):80 25 35
Kapasite (litre):70
Canlılar : Neon tetra,albino cüce vatoz. kiraz karides. zebra nerita
Malzemeler:
Filteleme : Tetratec ex 400
Taban : en altta 2cm karma kum ( lav kırıg . fondovivo . hagen . aqualay.) üst katman 5 6cm krem renk silis kum (2 3mm)
Aydınlatma : 2x philips 965 daylight . 1x slyania grolux
Co2 sistemi : 2lt tüp. ista 3in1 düfüzör. 3sn de 1 damla co2 7/24. Wiepro ph 2010... ph 6,8 ....

Akvaryum Bakımı:
Su değerleri : ph 7,1 ph wiepro ph control ile sabit. kh 12. dier ölçümlerde yavaş yavaş yapılcak.
Kullanılan Yemler:Sera . tetra . jbl yemler.

Kullanılan İlaçlar ve/veya Katkılar:Burak Didir arkadaşımdan aldıgım nitrat . fosfat. potasyum . demir. Seachem genel iz elemet..
Gübreleme : pazartesi . çarçamba. cumartesi. 2,5ml nitrat , fosfat... 8ml Potasyum .. 1ml Seachem genel iz element... ]]> Large Aquariums and Ponds Ali Turkay http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/large-aquariums-ponds/87918-just-do.html <![CDATA[A. reineckii 'Mini', Floscopa scandens, Syngonathus 'Madiera', + TONS MORE!!]]> http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87917-reineckii-mini-floscopa-scandens-syngonathus-madiera.html Thu, 23 May 2013 15:25:47 GMT It's time for my monthly huge trim. I plan to ship this coming Tuesday. Shipping is an additional $7.00 for USPS Priority mail. Paypal payments only please. I will guarantee live arrival of your plants so long as photographic evidence is provided to me within 3 hours of the delivery of your plants. The guarantee does not include shipping costs.

Submersed Grown

Lilaeopsis sp. 'Micro' - $30 / 50+ runners
A really nice Lilaeopsis that has skinny leaves and stays 2" tall. Can be grown low-tech in medium lighting.

Staurogyne sp. 'Low Grow' - $12 / 6 stems (2 available)
This is a larger Staurogyne you don't see much anymore. It gets about 4" in diameter and makes a great midground plant in larger tanks.

Limnophila aromatica 'Broad Leaf' - $6 / 6 stems (2 available)

Murdannia sp. 'Red' - $13 / 5 stems

Ludwigia arcuata - $7 / 12 stems (2 available)

Helanthium sp. 'Sao Paulo' - $9 / 6 runners
A nice chain sword that has skinny leaves that get reddish hints in stronger lighting. Gets about 10" tall.

Syngonanthus anomolus 'Madiera' - $10 / stem (4 available)

Bacopa madagascarensis - $8 / 5 stems
Really nice larger Bacopa. About twice the size of monierri.

Floscopa scandens - $12 / stem OR $30 / 3 stems (several available)
A really nice larger new stem plant. This one gets about 5"-6" in diameter. Great for adding a unique leaf shape and texture to a dutch scape.


Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini' - $14 /stem OR $33 / 3 stems (several available)


Emersed Grown

Ludwigia alata - $9 / 3 stems

Aciotis acuminifolia - $8 / stem (5 available)

Hygrophila lancea - $9 / stem (5 available) ]]> For Sale or Trade AaronT http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87917-reineckii-mini-floscopa-scandens-syngonathus-madiera.html National AKA Convention - This weekend! http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/club-societies-announcements/87916-national-aka-convention-weekend.html Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:39 GMT Hi All,

Just an FYI that we have a national fish convention in the Northwest this weekend. The American Killifish Assn (AKA) is having their convention starting Friday and ending Monday but pretty much the good stuff is Saturday and Sunday. If you haven't been to a national convention you should check it out....I'm going!

Convention Home Page

]]> Club/Societies Announcements Seattle_Aquarist http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/club-societies-announcements/87916-national-aka-convention-weekend.html a sort of ludwigia??? http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-id/87915-sort-ludwigia.html Thu, 23 May 2013 05:01:21 GMT this plant is sold to me as an emersed aquatic plants can anybody help to id? Image: http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af261/nsutardi/ludwigiaid4_zps52dd5088.jpg (http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/nsutardi/media/ludwigiaid4_zps52dd5088.jpg.html) ludwigia??? this plant is sold to me as an emersed aquatic plants
can anybody help to id?



ludwigia??? ]]> Plant ID novianto.sutardi http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-id/87915-sort-ludwigia.html Multitest Iron bad batch http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/seachem/87914-multitest-iron-bad-batch.html Thu, 23 May 2013 02:54:18 GMT Hi Seachem, I ordered a Multitest Iron from my LFS. When it arrived, the reagent was hard and clumpy and the color is brownish. I tested the reference iron, but it was off the color chart (color was brownish). I returned it to my LFS. Today, I got the replacement, but still the color is... Hi Seachem,

I ordered a Multitest Iron from my LFS. When it arrived, the reagent was hard and clumpy and the color is brownish. I tested the reference iron, but it was off the color chart (color was brownish). I returned it to my LFS. Today, I got the replacement, but still the color is brownish but not as clumpy as before. Using the reference iron test, the color turned a shade of brownish red, still off the shades of red in color chart. Spoke to my LFS, and they said they would talk to the distributor. Is this a bad batch?

Attached is the reagent picture.

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]]> Seachem art_b http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/seachem/87914-multitest-iron-bad-batch.html Mystery Plant is melting http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-id/87913-mystery-plant-melting.html Thu, 23 May 2013 02:02:44 GMT Hi Everybody!

I am a newbie, and I am starting a 10 gal planted tank, dirt and gravel substrate. There are no fish yet, and it is in the process of cycling. When I went to get plants, I got a plant that was missing its tag. I thought that it was an amazon sword, but I wasn't sure. It was in a tropical tank with other plants that are doing fine. It is now starting to really die on me, and I know that I need to know what type of plant it is before I can save it. It has been in my tank about two weeks. I am hoping that someone on here will know what it is. When I first got it, it had these long, stem things with buds on the end, like it had just flowered, if that helps at all.

http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/at...g-p1000944.jpg

http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/at...g-p1000945.jpg

Thanks for all your help! ]]> Plant ID hopeful fish http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-id/87913-mystery-plant-melting.html <![CDATA[L. inclinata var. verticillata 'Pantanal' Flower]]> http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-physiology-emersed-culture/87912-l-inclinata-var-verticillata-pantanal-flower.html Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:07 GMT I received a nice little surprise this morning in the form of a few pretty little flowers. The first had already dropped by the time I got to take pictures, but fortunately, this one opened up for me and it looks like I will have a whole bunch more soon. Enjoy :D Image:... I received a nice little surprise this morning in the form of a few pretty little flowers. The first had already dropped by the time I got to take pictures, but fortunately, this one opened up for me and it looks like I will have a whole bunch more soon. Enjoy :D

]]> Adam C http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plant-physiology-emersed-culture/87912-l-inclinata-var-verticillata-pantanal-flower.html <![CDATA[Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' variegated/white]]> http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/new-plants-planted-aquariums/87911-hemianthus-callitrichoides-cuba-variegated-white.html Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:34 GMT The fun thing about working in an lfs which receives over 500 plants a week is that from time to time something special pops up. A few weeks ago I found an Anubias nana with marbled and totally white leaves. Today I found as the title suggests a H. callitrichoides 'Cuba' with white leaves, which seemed fun to share!

]]> New Plants for Planted Aquariums Yo-han http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/new-plants-planted-aquariums/87911-hemianthus-callitrichoides-cuba-variegated-white.html DIY hood/canopy for a 3ft tank http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/diy-aquarium-projects/87910-diy-hood-canopy-3ft-tank.html Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:21 GMT I've made a DIY hood for my New Natives Tank. Tank specs - 3ft x 1.25ft x 1.5ft (lbh). Plz comment......
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]]> DIY Aquarium Projects Thamizhandaa... http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/diy-aquarium-projects/87910-diy-hood-canopy-3ft-tank.html FS: ADA Vuppa-1 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87909-fs-ada-vuppa-1-a.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:35 GMT used for a few months as main filter on my 20c. will come with original box Asking $110 shipped. used for a few months as main filter on my 20c. will come with original box

Asking $110 shipped. ]]> For Sale or Trade IwannaGoFast http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/sale-trade/87909-fs-ada-vuppa-1-a.html