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I know, they've had that note up for a long time. It would be nice to give us Canucks some online plant options, but who knows when it will happen...

Thanks for the recommendation, but I'm in Canada, so the shipping kills it for me :(

How do you like your glass diffuser, and what else have you used in the past? Do you anticipate that it will be easier to clean than plastic items? thx!

Hi guys! I've been in the hobby for over a decade, and used to be very active on the boards here, but haven't been so into it for the past few years. It has now come to the point that my planted 10-gal is really more of an algae-factory overflowing with the progeny of two platies dating back...

You can also buy plastic 1-3 mL pipettes at places like this, costs about $5 for a pack of 25. http://www.accessoriesforfragrances.com/ (they are also on ebay) Or, if you know anyone who works in a lab, they will most likely grab a handful for you for free.

All Seachem bottles used to come with a 1 mL pipette inside (popped out at me as I unscrewed the cap and scared the living daylights out of me the first time). Too bad they don't do that anymore, I think it's very cheap of them. But, you can definitely buy 1 to 5 mL syringes at pharmacies or...

Some other small plants you should look into, and all of these will love lots of light: Hemianthus micranthemoides, Micranthemum umbrosum, Marsilea, Pogostemon helferi, Lysimachia nummularia, Lillaeopsis and of course Glosso. Remember the stem plants will usually keep growing and growing, but...

I have a bunch of platies in a 10-gal, very similar to yours. I let them control their own population, and they do a pretty good job. I also don't overfeed, them, unless I happen to want them to leave the fry alone for a bit. The most I had at one time was 18, which sounds like a lot for a...

Yes, it's Limnophila sessiliflora. Same plant as the close-up in post #7, except that one's from the top.

I love your wood piece and the anubias growing on it! Lovely.

Mine said "aquarium decorations." They didn't really lie, but didn't tell the truth either :)

You didn't wait for me to finish :headshake2: 10 platies? Try 18. That was my max. All the happy bushy plants aren't helping now, I have about 6 fry growing up. Just when I was looking forward to their numbers going down enough so I can get some otos.

2008 Sept To conclude, here's the current situation. That first pic is just cute, with the little fry and bushy plants. The second pic is a week after the previous trim, and I was away for a long weekend, so no maintenance or ferts. Algae galore. But, every since I cleaned that up, the...

2008 What happened to 2007? I don't know, I guess I didn't document that year. It wasn't pretty. You can see 2008 is not starting off on a good note. I took this pic because the ulvaceus was looking pretty and happened to be flowering. Otherwise, the tank was a mess full of algae. This...

2006 cont'd Forgot some of the 2006 pics. These ones are from Sept, when I got an online order in. I was so excited for the glosso, but it just disappeared. I think the platies were eating it, I don't know what else could've happened. It wasn't falling apart or anything. Weird. I will...

2006 Not much to say about 2006, I can't find too many pics. Both of these are from the beginning of the year. It looks like the tank was going downhill, so that's probably why I didn't take many pics that year. See how the crypt has completely taken over. One day I pulled them ALL out and I...

2005 Here's 2005, starting off on a high note. The H. micranthemoides was growing like a weed, I clearly remember. By the end of the year, you can see the brown crypt taking over. I bought this crypt on the very first day of planting my tank, and I still have it to this day (hidden at the...

2004 Now let's fast forward to better times in 2004. Here you can really see how much my tank (and I guess most tanks) change over just a few months. By this time I had discovered my love of Limnophila and red plants. The Barclaya I especially loved. It looked to nice in front of light...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my humble 10-gal tank, in pictures over the years. This will come in several parts, so I ask that you please don't post any replies until I'm done the 2008's. I learned almost everything I know on this forum, so to begin I'd like to thank everyone who has...

You don't need to go nuts with dosing. Right after water change I dose to get 15 ppm NO3 and 1.5 ppm PO4 (roughly, maybe up to 20 ppm and 2 ppm) and KCl (NoSalt/ NuSalt, 1/4 tsp per 10 gal; you can use Flouish potassium, but it's very dilute. You want ~10 ppm). I dose Flourish (or TMG) and...