DFWAPC November meeting

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niko

Discussion Starter · Nov 8, 2008

The DFWAPC October meeting will be at Jackson's house in Hurst.

Not everybody that attended the last club meeting at Mike's house saw what Jackson brought as clippings. He had a huge cooler completely full of plants! There must have been enough plants to stuff a 6' tank! Come to November's meeting to see how he does it!

The meeting is on Saturday, November 15, at 1PM.

For directions go here:
http://www.aquatic-plants.org/meetings.html

Plant clippings will be limited to only 100 per person, first come first serve, so don't be late.

See you there!

--Nikolay

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Cocobid

· #21 · Nov 15, 2008

LOL I am sorry I have no plants to trade but I do have powered PP that I can bring, enough for a lifetime. I'm new at this!

supersmirky

· #22 · Nov 15, 2008 (Edited)

I would love endlers and snails....I don't have much to offer this go around except a few stem plants. Maybe next time I can bring something better

supersmirky

· #23 · Nov 15, 2008

Cocobid said:
LOL I am sorry I have no plants to trade but I do have powered PP that I can bring, enough for a lifetime. I'm new at this!

What's a powered PP?

Cocobid

· #24 · Nov 15, 2008

potassium permanganate

CrownMan

· #25 · Nov 16, 2008

Thanks for hosting, Jackson. Those are 2 impressive tanks. The amazon and HM are awesome in the low tech tank. I don't think I've ever seen that large a sword before. I also like the way you've done the spacing between the large groups of the different species in the high tech tank.

What are the dimensions on those 2 tanks?

JAXON777

· #26 · Nov 16, 2008

they are 60 long x 19 deep x 20 high and 60x18x20 one is 1" less in depth. I had a good time and i will be completly rescaping tomorrow. I wish I would have known that niko had amano's I would of had him bring me some and some otto's LOL. Oh well I will get some from him soon. thanks everyone for the different plants I think I got four or five new ones.

supersmirky

· #27 · Nov 16, 2008

Beautiful tanks, very interesting to see a high tech and low tech right next to each other. Both were great!

Nice meeting everyone!

niko

Discussion Starter · #28 · Nov 16, 2008

Oh this was a great and very active meeting! Mark (speakerguy) drove from College Station for that meeting and I think it was worth it!

I didn't realize that one of the tanks was no-CO2. It looked so healthy!

I didn't see all plants that everyone brought but there must have been several pounds of cuttings!

Thank you for hosting, Jackson!

-- Nikolay

speakerguy

· #29 · Nov 16, 2008

This meet was TOTALLY worth it - you guys rock! I had no idea I would get so much stuff. Thanks to everyone who gave me stuff - it is now planted and my 50G is almost full! I will be bringing it back and more next month if everything goes / grows well!

PS - I think someone either goofed or was very very nice to me, I think I got a single small stem of the spikey leafed plant similar to what Jackson had in the middle-right towards the back of his tank on the left side of the room?

PS does anyone want any Blyxa?

JAXON777

· #30 · Nov 16, 2008

I think you are talking about mermaid weed speaker

speakerguy

· #31 · Nov 16, 2008

Yep, I think that's it.

I couldn't help myself, I dropped my pH controller down to 6.8 low / 6.9 high and put the tank lights on. Things are pearling all over the place. The Bacopa leaves have giant O2 bubbles on the underside. Blyxa is making a lot of little bubbles too. I'm freakin' giddy about this stuff. My aquascape on the other hand, well, it's just sort of all in there

stuckintexas

· #32 · Nov 16, 2008

Thanks Jackson. Had a good time. Nice tanks!

wwh2694

· #33 · Nov 16, 2008

Thank You all for the plants the you all gave me they are really very nice. I will try to bring some plants next meeting. Thanks Jackson, your tanks are very nice. Mike thanks for telling about the drop checker. I will be ordering one tonight. Again you'll here are very nice... Wish I got more time to ask some more questions maybe next time.

MacFan

· #34 · Nov 16, 2008

supersmirky said:
I would love endlers and snails....I don't have much to offer this go around except a few stem plants. Maybe next time I can bring something better

I think endlers and snails could both fall under the free category. They're self replicating!

MacFan

· #35 · Nov 16, 2008

speakerguy said:
Yep, I think that's it.
I'm freakin' giddy about this stuff. My aquascape on the other hand, well, it's just sort of all in there

For all but the pros who can envision it in advance, aqua scapes are an evolutionary process. We just plant everything we get and see what grows and how it looks in our tanks (conditions can influence leaf spacing, size, color, form, etc) and then we move it around until we like it.

Michael

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