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  1. Tony Swinney

    Tropica 1-2 grow

    Hi Martin, you'll be fine with the 1-2 grow stuff. I planted some 1-2grow eleocharis sp mini yesterday that I've had in their pots on the windowsill for 4 weeks ! Tony
  2. Tony Swinney

    how to...hygrophilia Pinnatifida

    Hi Iain. I'm doing a similar thing in my nano that was planted a couple of weeks ago. I have it in my big tank and in there its attached to the rocks, sending runners out and growing compact ( low light tank ) so i took some cuttings from there for the nano. I can tell you that it does NOT...
  3. Tony Swinney

    Bolbitus Advice

    Hi Stu Bolbitis is my favourite plant, but also the one I've struggled with the most. I've had it in low-tech, hi-tech, with Excel, without Excel , RO water, tap water, 22 degrees, 29 degrees but it always does the same thing - the stems of the leaves blacken and go soft, then the rest of...
  4. Tony Swinney

    Salvaging blyxa auberti

    Good stuff Tom - it'll need pruning before you know it :thumbup:
  5. Tony Swinney

    Salvaging blyxa auberti

    Off at the base Tom, or the remainders will dot in the tank ;)
  6. Tony Swinney

    Salvaging blyxa auberti

    Hi Tom Blyxa is notoriously bad at travelling. I'd trim all the melted stuff and get it planted. If there is still a bit of foliage on there they will recover in a few weeks. Tony
  7. Tony Swinney

    Anubias in the compost heap ???

    Thanks very much guys - I know they were something like anubias (same family at least) :lol: Cant think where they've come from, and cant really get them out of there either as they're growing between the timbers of the compost heap. Maybe I'll just cover them to protect them from the frost...
  8. Tony Swinney

    new tank: grow plants emersed?

    Hi Jarthel Have a read through the emersed section of the website: http://www.ukaps.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=56 Lots of great info in there :thumbup: Tony
  9. Tony Swinney

    Anubias in the compost heap ???

    Hi This might be a very daft question but I'm going to ask it anyway :lol: Could I have anubias growing in my compost heap :?: All my trimmings and dead foliage from my tanks, which arent worth passing on, go onto my compost heap. Over the past few weeks, a plant has been growing very...
  10. Tony Swinney

    Planting Eleocharis Acicularis question

    No problem Chris :D Hi Glenn, I havent used Parvula yet, but I'd go along with Chris's reasoning too :thumbup: Tony
  11. Tony Swinney

    Planting Eleocharis Acicularis question

    Hi Chris I cut it down to about 1" remaining, and planted it in small clumps of just a few stems - the thinner you plant it, the quicker it will fill the area you want it to :D
  12. Tony Swinney

    Reference Book on Plants

    I'd agree with George on the Tropica catalogue - it makes a very good reference book :D That said, the new Christel Kasselman's book sounds like a good reason to put amazon vouchers on the chirstmas list !! [EDIT] just seen the price of that book, better make that alot of amazon vouchers ...
  13. Tony Swinney

    Planting scheme

    Hi Dave Something simple like E.Tennelus might be nice in your white shaded area - the thin leaves will sit well with the background plants, and height should be about right. If you can get it to turn towards red that'll give you antoher bit of colour too. As for no of pots I wouldnt like to...
  14. Tony Swinney

    Riccia carpet...

    Hi I cant help on the riccia I'm afraid, but the hairgrass is best separated into as close to individual stems as you can be bothered to do, and planted like that :D You can also trim the roots back to about 15mm, and (if you want to) trim the shoots back to about 20mm too. This will promote...
  15. Tony Swinney

    hc not pearling

    I can't help you sam, but can sympathise with you - I have exactly the same situation ! I get occasional and infrequent pearling, but there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it. Tony
  16. Tony Swinney

    Juncus Repens?

    Hey Paulo. MAQ at West Horseley have AquaFleur Juncus Repens in stock :D Tony
  17. Tony Swinney

    Planting HC in EcoComplete ??

    Yep its acicularis. I'll spilt it up some more when I do the first big water change, cheers. Thanks for the heads up YzemaN, I'll keep an eye on it, and not overdo the EC. The CO2 had the DC to yellow within an hour last night, so theres plenty of that in there ! The Acicularis and HC were...
  18. Tony Swinney

    Planting HC in EcoComplete ??

    Thats great info, thanks Mark :D I've just finished planting and have filled the tank. Water might have been a bit cold at 18º, but the hydor has it up to 21º now, so should be at 24º pretty quick - theres only 14L in there and the turn over is pretty fast ! I went with little clumps of...
  19. Tony Swinney

    Planting HC in EcoComplete ??

    Thanks Mark - thats pretty much what I'm doing, but with little clumps of stems ! Does it grow better, if planted individually ? Ta Tony
  20. Tony Swinney

    Planting HC in EcoComplete ??

    HI I'm just planting a load of HC for the first time (thanks Aaron), and my substrate is Eco-Complete, which is quite "chunky" compared to the tiny HC. The tank is drained, so I'm pushing small clumps of 4 or 5 stems in to the sub every 25 or so mm. Is this correct, and will it be OK ? It...
  21. Tony Swinney

    Transplanted Blyxa melting

    Thanks Ceg - simple and straight to the point, exactly what I need :D :D I'm going to be trying to rebalance the light / CO2 set up this weekend. Thanks Garuf, if there are any lower leaves left in the morning I'll try stripping them off ! Cheers Tony
  22. Tony Swinney

    Transplanted Blyxa melting

    Thanks for the replies guys. Lighting is: 1 x Arcadia T5 54w marine white - 9.30am > 5.30pm 1 x Arcadia T5 54w plant pro - 9.30am > 5.30pm 2 x Interpet TriPlus 55w compacts - 10.30am > 4.30pm which I think is enough (?). My auto-waterchange system might be draining the ferts to quick, which...
  23. Tony Swinney

    Transplanted Blyxa melting

    Hi I got some Blyxa in the post yesterday, and planted it in the tank last night. Its melting away at a heck of a rate right now ! A few leaves were damaged in transit so I expected them go go, but it seems the whole lot will be gone in a couple of days. Is this likely to be trauma, or...
  24. Tony Swinney

    Photo library of plants ?

    Thanks for the info - plant geek looks very good ! I read through your post Aaron, and it seems its just too big a mission for anyone to do, and perhaps uneccessary with the likes of plant geek already out there. :| I think the 'tank-map' as above would be really useful though. If everyone...
  25. Tony Swinney

    Photo library of plants ?

    Hi Hellohefalump I havent got the Tropica catalogue yet, though it is on my AE shopping list ! I expect that the images in it are probably the same as those on their website, which I dont find too inspiring! Heres the Tropica image of Rotala, and below is one from the forum (from one of...
  26. Tony Swinney

    Photo library of plants ?

    Hi all I'm just starting out on my first planted tank venture, and this forum is providing both excellent information, and beautiful inspiration ! One thing that I am struggling with is identifying the plants I want, as in knowing the names of the plants I have seen in pics which I would like...
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