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duckweed
How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style
filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place. Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side? Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for easy access to the surface. |
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If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?
======================== You can! It's easy to remove. Not if you have a lot of tanks. I've almost got rid of it, andhave been trying for about a year. One lousy piece is all it takes. I've throw away pounds of that crap. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for easy access to the surface. The plants grow weird. Why not a lot of LEDs? -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:42:18 -0800, "Daniel Morrow"
wrote: I grew an amazon swordplant to much greater size by lighting through the glass side of the tank it was in and it grew allot in a short amount of time. I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later! You must be losing a lot of light if you are keeping it a foot above the water. Why not add a glass cover and set the light housing directly on the glass, elevate slightly only if the bulb touches the glass. The glass will also slow down evaporation, conserve heat, and (better double check with the plant experts) reduce the rate at which your water is losing CO2. -- Mister Gardener |
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wrote in message oups.com... How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place. I'm clueless as to using them in a sump since I have freshwater fish only. They should do well anywhere there's enough light and nutrients. Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side? Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for easy access to the surface. All the plants would look horrible because they'd all be leaning towards the lights. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"Daniel Morrow" wrote in message ... I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later! ==================== I use the screw-in fluorescent bulbs in my tanks (except the 55s) and the only one that died was the one I dropped in the water. Well, I dropped the hood it was screwed into in the water. Bummer,... the bulb was only a few weeks old. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out? ======================== You can! It's easy to remove. Not if you have a lot of tanks. I've almost got rid of it, andhave been trying for about a year. One lousy piece is all it takes. I've throw away pounds of that crap. ================================= That may be true with a lot of tanks but I just skim it off the surface with a net and feed it to the koi and goldfish. They consider it the best salad they ever had. :-) If you want to get rid of it for good keep one goldfish around and move it from tank to tank. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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