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    Plant ID please

    Thanks. That’s the one I couldn’t remember. Couldn’t get a pic as I forgot my phone. Might post a pic if I go back to get it
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    Plant ID please

    Hi everyone, I have a pea puffer tank I’m trying to plant with asian plants. Went to our local fish shop and saw a plant I’m fairly sure is from the right area. I do know its name but can’t recall what it’s called so I’m hoping someone can help as I’m getting frustrated with myself now...
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    High, medium or low?

    I grew plants fine including red plants using a 4w led daylight bulb in an IKEA desk lamp over a 12l tank. No CO2 and no filter You won’t need a lot of light as the tank can’t be very deep.
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    The weekly 50% water change.... why?

    If you look back at some of the older Estimative Index posts you should find your answer. There’s lots of scientific talk that explains it properly When I first joined the forum I was just starting in the hobby. The advice was to overdose fertiliser to ensure that there was enough of...
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    Gammarus for a planted pea puffer tank?

    I’m thinking of adding a snail colony in an air driven HOB Fluval breeding box on the puffer tank. Will be easier to keep the main tank clean as I can overfeed and siphon off mess easily away from the sand. It should prevent a total massacre if the puffers go on a snail killing rampage and...
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    Gammarus for a planted pea puffer tank?

    Thanks for all the extra info guys. I have a tank with 10 little ‘murder beans’ so they should be predatory enough control them. Darrel Can you pm me with your paypal info and I’ll send the money over friends and family and send my address. Sorry I didn’t mean to go quiet on you. Have a...
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    Gammarus for a planted pea puffer tank?

    Thank you so much for all the info. Yes please to some. Let me know cost etc
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    Gammarus for a planted pea puffer tank?

    Hi I’m hoping for some advice on adding gammarus to my 120l pea puffer tank. Am I crazy to consider adding these to a planted tank? Are they going to destroy the plants? How fast are they? Will puffers be able to keep the population under control? If they are OK to add which type are...
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    Success growing Hygrophila Pinnatifida low tech in hard water

    Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing OK A while ago I asked about growing Hygrophilia Pinnatifida low tech as I was struggling and several of you gave me advice. I wanted to share my recent success. I’d tried several pots of established plants that just dropped leaves and melted away. I...
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    Plant ID please

    Apologies for all the typos. Typing with a migraine isn’t my thing it seems
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    Plant ID please

    Thanks
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    Plant ID please

    Hi everyone. I’m hoping the plants experts in the group can help me ID plant that has appeared in my pond. The pond was set up this summer and I bought some plants on ebay as stick at pur local shop wasn’t great. I didn’t buy floating plants Aftet I added the plants a couple of floating...
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    Daphnia population explosion in Ember Tetra tank. Too many?

    I thought the tetras would wipe out the daphnia in a day or two. They do eat some Hoping the constant supply of live food and dense planting gets the tetras spawning
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    Daphnia population explosion in Ember Tetra tank. Too many?

    I wouldn’t know where to get black worms from. I monitor the number of ramshorn snails that appear when I add an algae wafer. If there are a lot I remove some and add them to the pond. If the numbers are increasing I use a turkey baster and airline to clean the substrate a little
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    Daphnia population explosion in Ember Tetra tank. Too many?

    Thanks for the advice. I’ve assumed that having a healthy and increasing number of daphnia and shrimp in the tank means the tank is fine. Water tests show no ammonia, nitrite and low nitrate whenever I test. The tank is heavily planted above and below the water. Very little substrate is...
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