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06-18-2008, 10:02 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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|  Plant pics Thought I'd post some pics of my current plants! Many are still new & developing, but these are some that I've had for a while and are doing well. Rotala macrandra:  Rotala verticillaris:  Rotala verticilaris & Rotala macrandra:  Rotala sp. 'Vietnam':  All three together w/ Echinodorus angustifolius in the background:  There's really nothing special about growing these plants. Tank conditions are as follows: 29g w/ 65w PC (All-Glass 8000K bulb & AHS reflector suspended 5" above tank), ADA Amazonia Aquasoil + Powersand + Tourmaline BC, CO2, NPK (10ppm/0.5 ppm/?), 10mL Traces every other day, 2mL Flourish Iron every day, 8-10mL Flourish Excel about 4x a week. I do use 100% RO water...there are no fish in this tank yet.
__________________ MyFishTank: 29g Planted Plants: Bacopa australis, Blyxa japonica, E. angustifolius & tenellus 'micro', Hygrophila angustifolia, 'Low grow', & 'Tiger', H. zosterifolia, L. aromatica & 'mini', Ludwigia brevipes, 'Cuba', & 'Pantanal', Pogostemon. stellata 'narrow' & 'fine-leaved', Rotala sp. 'Goias', 'Vietnam', verticillaris, & wallichii, Tonina fluviatilis & manaus, Utricularia graminifolia, Flame & Christmas moss View my gallery here and join us in the MFT.net chatroom! |
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06-21-2008, 10:08 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX
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| WOW...those are spectacular pictures and plants. You have done a wonderful job raising them.
__________________ -30g -2 lemon cichlids  /1 convict/1 baby catfish-20g-3 brichardi (lyretail lamprologus) CLICK ME!!!!!!   |
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06-21-2008, 10:12 PM
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| MFT Staff  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hamilton, ON.
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| <----- is very jealous Where do you get such an array of plants?? All I seem to be able to get from my LFS are standard plants, not like what you have  . Those are some very beautiful varieties of rotala though.
__________________ Old 20G New 20G Long: 3.25WPG, Pres. CO2, Mineralized Soil & Flourite Daily Ferts [mL]: None- acclimating Flora: Hairgrass, Java Moss, Java Fern, Java Fern 'Windelov', Stargrass, Jungle Val, Val, Rotala indica, Onion Bulb, Giant Bacopa Fauna: 4 Neon Tetras, Guppies, 3 Ottos |
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06-21-2008, 10:53 PM
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| Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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| I get them from other plant nerds on the internet. It's getting difficult to find certain plants...like the R. vietnam & R. goias. Shops don't carry plants like these; there are maybe a handful of shops in the US that do and usually they are trade-ins or happen to have a good source from overseas. I always keep my eyes open for the plants I like. I usually don't go for the latest and greatest, but just plants I either like from experience, or plants I think I would like. Sometimes I just don't like to be beaten by a plant. For example, the last time I tried R. macrandra, I didn't do so well (had to rip them all out). Now, you can see I'm doing ok with it, and this plant has been around for forever. My motto is "there's no plant I can't grow." 
__________________ MyFishTank: 29g Planted Plants: Bacopa australis, Blyxa japonica, E. angustifolius & tenellus 'micro', Hygrophila angustifolia, 'Low grow', & 'Tiger', H. zosterifolia, L. aromatica & 'mini', Ludwigia brevipes, 'Cuba', & 'Pantanal', Pogostemon. stellata 'narrow' & 'fine-leaved', Rotala sp. 'Goias', 'Vietnam', verticillaris, & wallichii, Tonina fluviatilis & manaus, Utricularia graminifolia, Flame & Christmas moss View my gallery here and join us in the MFT.net chatroom! |
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06-21-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
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| That macandra is looking great. I might have to get some of that for my 55g.
__________________ My tanks: 2.5g, 5g, 10g, 14g planted, 29g, 30g and 55g planted http://jpotx113.4t.com/index_1.html http://www.myspace.com/tomstreetman นะกัดตัง กะขะชนะ ตัวข้ามีกำลังดังพระยา ปลาในมหาสมุทร สุกุโยเกล็ดแก้วมณีหุ้มห่อตัวข้าดังเกราะเพชร พุตากะเก เขี้ยวแก้วทั้ง 4 ดุจตรีเพชร หนุมาน มะอะอุปลา ใดมารอนราน วินาศสันติ  |
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06-24-2008, 06:52 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: clemson,sc
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| beautiful plants, as always!
__________________ 85g-1f krib,2 female bettas,3 gourami, angel 6 dwarf frogs,6 ghost catfish, 7whisker shrimp 65g-2 kribs+30 2wk fry, 2 plecos,1 guppy, 1 platy, 4 bettas 33g long-9 badis badis,3 badis assamensis, 3 sparkling gourami 3.3g pair dwarf orange cray 10g 10 dario dario, 10 ghost shrimp 20g 6 peacock gudgeons 10g 10 Go Obo Gudgeons 10g blueberry shrimp 3.3g white and red juvi shrimp 3.3g guaranteeing 6 badis buxar  |
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06-24-2008, 07:40 PM
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| MFT Staff Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hamilton, ON.
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| Well let me know if you ever trim more that you can replant eh?
__________________ Old 20G New 20G Long: 3.25WPG, Pres. CO2, Mineralized Soil & Flourite Daily Ferts [mL]: None- acclimating Flora: Hairgrass, Java Moss, Java Fern, Java Fern 'Windelov', Stargrass, Jungle Val, Val, Rotala indica, Onion Bulb, Giant Bacopa Fauna: 4 Neon Tetras, Guppies, 3 Ottos |
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06-25-2008, 09:37 PM
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| Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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| New photos! Rotala sp. 'Vietnam':  Posostemon stellata 'narrowleaf':  Tonina fluviatillis:  Heteranthera zosterifolia (aka "Stargrass"):  Middle of the tank:  Hygrophila angustifolia:  Rotala macrandra bunch: 
__________________ MyFishTank: 29g Planted Plants: Bacopa australis, Blyxa japonica, E. angustifolius & tenellus 'micro', Hygrophila angustifolia, 'Low grow', & 'Tiger', H. zosterifolia, L. aromatica & 'mini', Ludwigia brevipes, 'Cuba', & 'Pantanal', Pogostemon. stellata 'narrow' & 'fine-leaved', Rotala sp. 'Goias', 'Vietnam', verticillaris, & wallichii, Tonina fluviatilis & manaus, Utricularia graminifolia, Flame & Christmas moss View my gallery here and join us in the MFT.net chatroom! |
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06-25-2008, 10:17 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: clemson,sc
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| your plants are so lush! One can only dream!...If you ever get too many plants growing and dont know what to do with them hit me up! lol
__________________ 85g-1f krib,2 female bettas,3 gourami, angel 6 dwarf frogs,6 ghost catfish, 7whisker shrimp 65g-2 kribs+30 2wk fry, 2 plecos,1 guppy, 1 platy, 4 bettas 33g long-9 badis badis,3 badis assamensis, 3 sparkling gourami 3.3g pair dwarf orange cray 10g 10 dario dario, 10 ghost shrimp 20g 6 peacock gudgeons 10g 10 Go Obo Gudgeons 10g blueberry shrimp 3.3g white and red juvi shrimp 3.3g guaranteeing 6 badis buxar |
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