planted tanks

by **a1k8t31524** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:28 am

well about once a week i sell off about $20 worth of overgrowth to my lfs .... so i think it is doing pretty good :) it if funny that someone brought this post back up and kinda ironic too i think this was my 1st or 2nd post
back in may of 07......geesh

by **Burgerking7679** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:52 am

Looking at your pic, before the post date, I was thinking you should be answering questions about planted tanks, lol.

by **a1k8t31524** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:07 am

yeah like i said i am not quite sure someone decided to bring this one back up??????

by **yasherkoach** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:33 am

AdamTexas probably was browsing thorugh posts - a1k8t3 was the first post he relied to, because he only has 1 post by his name - and happen to come across something he was interested in, and wha-la, he brought your post up to date

by **josephine** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:11 pm

Hi, I am impressed that you don't use fertilizer and have normal gravel. Do you use anything else like blackwater extract? I have some algae starting up on my amazon swords and it is not getting better. Not much algae on the glass. Every few weeks I put in the root tablets and I use liquid fertilizer. I also put in a little bit of blackwater extract. I have been using very soft stream water for water changes. I think perhaps I might be giving them too much light and this might cause the algae. I was taking the plants out every few days to wash the algae off but it is such a hassle to plant them again as my tank is very deep. What light requirements in your experience do the amazon swords require? I don't really want any other type of plants, they are the most readily available as well.

by **Tmercier834747** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:32 pm

my amazon sword grew fine in just under 1wpg. It needs a deep substrate because it has a huge root structure to support the size the plant can reach..

by **a1k8t31524** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:59 pm

i use liquid ferts, the tablets, blackwater expert and co2, my amazon soward is massive but i have 5wpg about every 2 weeks i have about 10 or so little plantlets too

by **josephine** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:07 pm

Thanks, only got to this forum now again as I forgot where it was and then saw it listed on my profile today. duh. Yes, I think it is the lighting. I have another nana type plant which is under the turtle log and it does not get algae at all. I also left some peat for plants under the gravel for too long and I think it was causing problems as well. Also, the 'electronic CO2 system' I bought is really wierd - it comprises a carbon slab with silver plated outer cover. This goes in the tank and is connected to a device outside the tank which regulates the amount of CO2 you want from 1-10. However, it seems to cause a lot of carbon powder and this may have added to the problem. My phosphate was very high although amonia, nitrites and nitrates nil. So I took out the peat and the CO2 system, did a full clean of the tank and gravel and now all seems in order. I am also decreasing the lighting time. Thank you!.

by **TigerTaylor8906** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:53 pm

Im glad it was brought back, it answers a lot of questions I had.

by **TigerTaylor8906** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:44 pm

Peterkarig, what would the good and bad snails be? Which catagory would the gold or black mystery snail fall under? Good or bad for the plants.

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