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    Mg and Ca in EI alternate ?

    As I'm the person that wrote and promoted the idea of EI, I have stated adding GH booster for a good 18 years now. Now if other folks want to over look this and not suggest this as part of the routine, well, I cannot chase folks around and tell them to rewrite the advice etc. Basically I'm not...
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    For many years. The APD was the only mailing list and the web was still something pretty new when I started posting. Early to Mid 1990's. Never could type before then. Blood Vomit is the common name for Trithuria species from Australia. Or what happens after a long Irish pub crawl.
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    1st week of Nov I think. Maybe the second.
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    You mean like a fruit display stand ?? :p:
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    The tank today: I redid the Trithuria, blood vomit section and will treat it like hair grass basically, it's like a red based Belem hair grass etc. I think it now looks much better against the wood vs lost next to other plants. Also added more Mini Pellia and decided to add more of that...
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    Well, you can remove one species, then add another. That way you get to use and have all these different species. You can sell the old one and if you change your mind, you can try and buy it back or find someone else that has it for sale. You keep rotating till you have mostly plants you really...
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    I've spent years looking for the perfect clown puke color, much harder to find that you might think. Never the right color mix. I like the bubbling skeletons more. I use to collect nice plastic plants. But I'd never use them, so I sold them at the Local Fish Society for quite a profit and they...
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    120 Gallon Dutch/Nature style hybrid

    I noticed I had not shown folks on this site much. Filter side view A reineckii mini. I have pruned off any raggy looking leaves, and the nice new side shoots, fill in nicely. This is the best way to prune this plant it seems. You can uproot and then replant the side shoots, but...
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    Plants vs. Concrete... A Battle or Balance?

    Gunnite or/and coating it is wise. I've seen some very nice work, mostly from folks that were good with model trains and other small landscaping models already.
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    Should I stop fertilizers?

    Any time you do big changes to the tank= do big water changes and do them frequently. Ferts independent of other factors, do not cause issues or deaths, even gross errors. You might not need much, but excess is not going to kill anything even if you dose 10X the regular amount. New sediment...
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    Planted Tank Total Rearrange... Pitfalls?

    It was a bit of sales book for Dupla products back then also, like the Book of ADA, but had a lot more fundamentals and rational behind the products than ADA. ADA countered that with pretty pics and nice scapes, something Dupla did not focus so much upon. I have an old copy sitting here from...
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    Planted Tank Total Rearrange... Pitfalls?

    It is a fast growing weed, keep it trimmed well and do not allow other plants to block the light too much.
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    Hemianthus Callitrichoides

    Starougyne works very well at higher temps and once the carpet forms, you can stock with RCS shrimps and they will get eaten here or there, but the population should avoid collapse due to the hiding in the plant beds. I keep cardinals at similar Discus temps. Some of the sections behind the...
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    Planted Tank Total Rearrange... Pitfalls?

    Gloss: Before trim: After trim Week later: 2 weeks later: 3 weeks later:
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    Planted Tank Total Rearrange... Pitfalls?

    Dupla got a few things very wrong though(Heat cables, ferts excess etc =- algae etc). I think many assumed it was 100% correct at the time. The CO2, measuring it, good filters, current, lighting(which was sad back then), nice looking display tanks, rimless etc, add lots of plants from the start...
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    Planted Tank Total Rearrange... Pitfalls?

    This might be a bit larger scale, 10X to be exact, but gives a good idea what I do. I play around like Legos with various plant groups to see where I like certain groups or strong contrast between plant species. Gets the collectoritus bug, the rare plant bug, the compulsive indecisiveness, the...
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    Substrate Advice

    Cost is one factor, Soil works well, but has a mess factor. Flourite really does not have much the plants can use in it. ADA aqua soil etc, are sort of a mid range between soil and gravel, semi cooked clay. Cost 40$ for 9 liters, you'd need -3 bags for the 72. It'll break down over time, but...
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    using homemade soil for substrate

    Note, you can use dried old guava leaves also for soil make up. Similar to Indian almond leaves that have been the rage. If you search up some of the stream beds at higher elevations, guava makes good driftwood. Not bad for smoking meat either. May as well, it's an invasive species. I found...
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    Need advice on planting, potted dwarf hairgrass and Staurogyne repens.

    E parvula is roughly 3-4" tall, E. "belem is the shortest type, roughly 1-2" tall and recurves back on itself.
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    AqauSoil Dependent

    I drive by there on my way to SF often.
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