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totziens · 07-01-2009, 03:16 AM

I remember pretty well that Diana advised me to change the water during the first few months but I think I will stick with that forever because my NPT is overloaded with too many fishes and the greedy Platies generate a lot of poo in the tank (aka fertiliser..haha)

Supercoley1, thanks for your explanation about the light. I have the same understanding as you too but it didn't solve the issue when I tried it. So, I am trying to increase it this time. I am willing to take whatever risk to get the problem fixed. If it fails, I will look for another alternative. Just curious, do you ever see your ferns pearling? I have never seen any from my ferns except for one tank with ADA florescent (this is the only tank I can keep ferns but not necessarily exceptionally well...at least no green spot algae and the leaves are healthy). The rest of my plants pearl quite easily in my medium tech tank. As for NPT, I have not seen any plant pearls before. I ask about pearling because I am trying to find out whether none pearling ferns is a bad sign.

07-01-2009, 03:16 AM	#26 (permalink)
totziens Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 62 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 3600	Re: How To Keep Ferns? I remember pretty well that Diana advised me to change the water during the first few months but I think I will stick with that forever because my NPT is overloaded with too many fishes and the greedy Platies generate a lot of poo in the tank (aka fertiliser..haha) Supercoley1, thanks for your explanation about the light. I have the same understanding as you too but it didn't solve the issue when I tried it. So, I am trying to increase it this time. I am willing to take whatever risk to get the problem fixed. If it fails, I will look for another alternative. Just curious, do you ever see your ferns pearling? I have never seen any from my ferns except for one tank with ADA florescent (this is the only tank I can keep ferns but not necessarily exceptionally well...at least no green spot algae and the leaves are healthy). The rest of my plants pearl quite easily in my medium tech tank. As for NPT, I have not seen any plant pearls before. I ask about pearling because I am trying to find out whether none pearling ferns is a bad sign.