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Posted by Tara Legale on March 14, 2007, 10:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options I just got an order of plants from That Fish Place, very happy with them. I
have several corkscrew vals, 2 rad___ (something) swords, 2 dwarf onion
plants and a moss ball. I only have a 10 gallon, so these amount of plants
give a very nice, moderately lush setting for my community tank. I have a
125 penguin biowheel filter. And I use 2 (20 watt) compact fluorescent
bulbs. Having said that I hope my filteration and wattage is adequate
because I'm not an expert. Now onto my concern about caring for these
plants. I have limited funds, time and expertise so I want to make the best
of the plant quality. I'm not going to go out and buy an expensive
complicated co2 thingy. Currently I have plant tabs and I also have florish
excel. Given all this info, what would you suggest in my plant care?
Thanks!
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Posted by Tara Legale on March 14, 2007, 10:45 pm
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One more question. Prior to live plants I did a water change every 3 weeks
and that seemed fine. I never have problems with fish deaths or water
quality (I do test monthly). However I did have moderate algae growth on
the glass and plastic plants. With the plants to add oxygen to the tank and
to fight with the algae, should I do water changes more often with plants,
or will I find I can go longer with the plants? keeping in mind I will be
adding florish excel to the water. Also I'm a little confused with the
florish excel instructions, it says to add 1 ml for every 10 gallons "every
day or every other day". Does this seem too frequent?
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Posted by Reel McKoi on March 14, 2007, 11:56 pm
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> One more question. Prior to live plants I did a water change every 3
> weeks and that seemed fine. I never have problems with fish deaths or
> water quality (I do test monthly). However I did have moderate algae
> growth on the glass and plastic plants. With the plants to add oxygen to
> the tank and to fight with the algae, should I do water changes more often
> with plants, or will I find I can go longer with the plants? keeping in
> mind I will be adding florish excel to the water. Also I'm a little
> confused with the florish excel instructions, it says to add 1 ml for
> every 10 gallons "every day or every other day". Does this seem too
> frequent?
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I feel I wasted my money with Flourish Excel. It made no difference one way
or the other. I got the best results from the tabs placed in the gravel
under the plants and plain Flourish. Excel isn't a fertilizer and it didn't
kill algae in any of my tanks as some people claim. Continue the water
changes.
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Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
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Posted by ~Roy~ on March 15, 2007, 8:53 am
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Ahhhhhhhhh, so if its not Miss Legale all 350+ pounds of her....whats
a matter there fat ass you like the attention you got before and had
to come back for more.......or do you plan to grab info and then slam
the group again?
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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!
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Posted by Don Freeman on March 15, 2007, 11:22 am
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> Ahhhhhhhhh, so if its not Miss Legale all 350+ pounds of her....
Sigh... And we were doing so well for awhile.
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> weeks and that seemed fine. I never have problems with fish deaths or
> water quality (I do test monthly). However I did have moderate algae
> growth on the glass and plastic plants. With the plants to add oxygen to
> the tank and to fight with the algae, should I do water changes more often
> with plants, or will I find I can go longer with the plants? keeping in
> mind I will be adding florish excel to the water. Also I'm a little
> confused with the florish excel instructions, it says to add 1 ml for
> every 10 gallons "every day or every other day". Does this seem too
> frequent?