Nikki Casali wrote:
Elaine T wrote:
Nikki Casali wrote:
Elaine T wrote:
Nikki Casali wrote:
Elaine T wrote:
I thought I'd never see anything pearl in my plant tanks since I'm
using Flourish Excel rather than CO2. This morning, the sun was
shining on the guppy tank, and the Baby's tears and Rotala indica
were both pearling in the sunlight. What a beautiful sight!
I used to get pearling from my swords when the sun shone through
the blinds. That was before I fertilised or even touched CO2. Sun
definitely has the oomph.
Nikki
Funny - it's just the right WPG and wavelength. ;-)
It'd nice to harvest it through some fibreoptic contraption brought
through the roof. I don't think it would have the same heat problems
associated with direct sunlight at the window ledge.
I don't think I've
ever seen a swordplant pearl. That must have been magnificent.
Not really, just a single stream of bubbles, but it was the first
time I'd ever seen a plant do that and didn't even know what it meant.
http://www.ncasali.demon.co.uk/ECHINODORUS-leak.jpg
Nikki
Wow! Nice shot of it. Must have been a tiny bit of damage on the leaf.
True, my male angelfish was pecking at the leaf just seconds before. You
can just make out all the little points of damage. Actually you can see
a ghostly refection of the angelfish on the left of the image.
My baby's tears pearl from where I clipped some off when I wanted
cuttings for another tank. The rotala collects bubbles under the leaves.
Is this your tank by the side of the window?
Nikki
Yes. It's my 10 gallon guppy tank. It runs mostly on natural indirect
sunlight with a strip light so I can see the fish at night. The plants
lean towards the window, but they grow great. There's something oddly
satisfying about having a naturally lit tank so I put up with the
lopsided plant growth.
This tank makes me laugh whenever anyone posts that sunlight causes
algae. I've got huge, lush rafts of floating water sprite growing on
the surface and there's no way algae can compete.
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