moon lights: how bad for plants?
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nope the window one is not the hair algae one. In fact other than some spot algae it is algae free.
The Algae from my 5 days away could be that the co2 tubing got chewed through by one of my kittens and went empty, could have been the first day or the last but still. And at that time of the year it was getting 6hr of sun
The Algae from my 5 days away could be that the co2 tubing got chewed through by one of my kittens and went empty, could have been the first day or the last but still. And at that time of the year it was getting 6hr of sun
Oh, absolutely. The one I mentioned that gets the 5-6 hours direct sunlight has a 40w 2ft shoplight hanging 3 inches above it. Now the tank is only 10g (so it loses a bit on the sides) and also has a fair amount of Salvinia/Duckweed/Riccia filtering the light.
The one that is adjacent to an East window and gets morning direct is a 10g with 30wpg.
The one that sits in a North facing window is a 10g with 26wpg.
You won't be too popular around here with a Walstad tank. Folks here tend to think that's outlander stuff. I'll still be your friend though
. Augh, you guys are not helping my plantsomnia...need sleep, must work tomorrow...
it was probably the co2. my tank was doing good with very little beard algae, and then one night the co2 started acting up, I had 3 days of trying different setups that all leaked, and finally got it resolved on day 4, but by then the algae had exploded. a week later, it's really under control and the plants acutally started giving off oxygen... a first for me
outlander? haha. walstad just doesn't sell products, and people like to consume!
You'd think walstad would be the ultimate, the big acheivement for the freshwater enthusiast. planting a bunch of hairgrass in ecocomplete, and photographing it on a glowing white background with a subtle gradient top to bottom might look nice, but a walstad tank IS nature, just confined.
outlander? haha. walstad just doesn't sell products, and people like to consume!
You'd think walstad would be the ultimate, the big acheivement for the freshwater enthusiast. planting a bunch of hairgrass in ecocomplete, and photographing it on a glowing white background with a subtle gradient top to bottom might look nice, but a walstad tank IS nature, just confined.
Ha, just checking. D@mn those kittehs.
I'm not saying that sunlight doesn't add another factor, I would just like to believe you could harness some of that energy if you can keep things balanced.
Hey FM, have you ever kept Cherry shrimp with your Dwarf Puffer(s)?
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I wish you could do that, everyone tells me not to. I would love two Dwarf Puffers and some cherries in the 10 I am setting up. that would be great, but I don't think it would work.
Yeah, I thought so too, but you've also got folks here that sell the stuff that folks consume (albeit for a bargain, if I do say so myself *winks at Rex*).
Unfortunately, I'm a consumer too, so I love the ideal of au naturelle, but I also love muh gadgets and shiny new stuff. I think it comes down to there are many ways to skin a cat, and some folks like to do it by hanging it by its butt letting gravity do its thing, and some folks like to use a TurboFlayer9200 to do it right-quick. Of course there are others (like me) that get bored waiting for gravity and pick up last years TF8900 model on sale and "git 'er done" halfway through the process.
Anyway, I need to put myself, and that last analogy to bed, so we'll pick this up later.
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Darnit, stop responding, I'm supposed to be sleeping:lipssealedsmilie:
If you go on the DP forums, folks there say they mix them and things are fine. I'm a-scared to though since (though I can't prove it) all my ghost shrimp vanished when I introduced my DP to my tank a while back. The good news is that I bought 5 more ghost shrimp a couple of weeks ago to help clean up some detritus and for the DP to munch on, and at least 3 are still alive. So either the DP is just eating them slow-like, or he's not hungry enough, or he's lost his appetite for see-thru snacks. I know I get to heaving a bit when I see ghosties eat, reminds me of Slim Goodbody bellydancing.
Ah, almost forgot. If you're interested in Walstad style tanks, you'll enjoy this journal/bloggy thing. Pretty sweet, I do wish some pics were bigger though.
http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/125tank.html
http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/125tank.html
Betty knows what she's doin! nice link
All of a sudden, I want to build a trickle down plant filter.
All of a sudden, I want to build a trickle down plant filter.
