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Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
big D wrote:
Here is a link for more information regarding lights and other equipment. Here's another link, from the official FAQ of the aquaria newsgroups: http://faq.thekrib.com/plant.html Yes, certain plants do need more light than others, but using the "fair amount" means absolutely nothing. A person's tank depends on What I meant to say is that if she has the standard bulbs they sold her with her tank it will be extremely difficult to grow most plants, including the vals she expressed interest in. Perhaps I should've worded it differently. light, fish load, plant type, CO2 usage, and fert usage (hopefully I'm not leaving anything out) You missed one of the most important factors: substrate. Even when I had a 125 gallon african tank lit only with 2-36" bulbs, I was able to grow anubias and vals. Sorry The lenght of the bulbs is irrelevant. Wattage is what would tell you if you have enough light. Also, bigger tanks require less light than smaller tanks to grow the same plants. In my 110 heavily planted tank I had 110 watts of light for a year and most things grew like weeds. I've just upgraded to 260 watts so I can grow plants that require more light. Victor, but I can't fully agree with you and I am suprised you would make the above statement without being more specific. This is not an aquaria newsgroup, I was just giving simple, basic advise. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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light, fish load, plant type, CO2 usage, and fert usage (hopefully I'm
not leaving anything out) You missed one of the most important factors: substrate. The same person that spends $100 on substrate can be bested by the person that spends only $10. Look at some people's natural tanks that don't use flourite. Choice of substrate can depend on many variables - and the primary is what you can afford. I didn't miss substate - to me that is a given, how else are you going to "plant" life in your tank. The african tank had coral with laterite around the roots. Both anubias and val grew great with the 2-36" FLs (maybe 30 or 40 Watts each) I also used cheap aquaglow bulbs in the setup. Even when I had a 125 gallon african tank lit only with 2-36" bulbs, I was able to grow anubias and vals. Sorry The lenght of the bulbs is irrelevant. Wattage is what would tell you if you have enough light. Also, bigger tanks require less light than smaller tanks to grow the same plants. In my 110 heavily planted tank I had 110 watts of light for a year and most things grew like weeds. I've just upgraded to 260 watts so I can grow plants that require more light. Actually length was relevant in my comments - since I could not remember the wattage of the basic 36" lights that come with a 125 gallon tank. Also try lighting a 4 ft tank with a 2 ft light. I don't care what the wattage is, the plants on the edges of the light will not do as well. I have tried this in my 120 with a 250W halide. The center looked great but not the edges of the tank. Therefore length is not totally irrelevant. Here is an opinion (because I have seen this disputed), lighting is not jsut about watts but kevin rating, age, and lumens. I bet there are other variables, but I only worry about age and kevin. I always recommend to people to choose plants that may be able to work with your current setup before investing in other lights. Victor, but I can't fully agree with you and I am suprised you would make the above statement without being more specific. This is not an aquaria newsgroup, I was just giving simple, basic advise. That is the point of the links that both of us provided. BTW, hope to see you at AGA in Dallas this year. There is more information to be had at the convention. Later big D |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
big D wrote:
The same person that spends $100 on substrate can be bested by the person that spends only $10. Look at some people's natural tanks that While that is true (my 110 gallon tank started with regular gravel, because I didn't know better at the time, plants still grow like weeds there), two tanks with identical conditions but one with a fluorite substrate and one with gravel substrate will probably have very different growt and plant health. The center looked great but not the edges of the tank. Therefore length is not totally irrelevant. Lenght is irrelevant in the sense that it does not tell you how much light you're getting out of them. You can get 24" CF lamps with 65 and 95 Watts... clearly not the same. Here is an opinion (because I have seen this disputed), lighting is not jsut about watts but kevin rating, age, and lumens. I bet there The kelvin rating is indeed a factor, but for freshwater planted tanks the generally accepted recommendation is 6500K. I don't know enough about sal****er tanks to comment, but they have other needs depending on the type of critters you keep. All lights degrade with time, CF bulbs should be changed every 14-16 months or so. I believe regular fluorescent bulbs degrade faster. are other variables, but I only worry about age and kevin. I always recommend to people to choose plants that may be able to work with your current setup before investing in other lights. That's how I started, but in hindsight, it would have been better to spend a little more and get better lights at the beginning. BTW, hope to see you at AGA in Dallas this year. There is more information to be had at the convention. I generally try to avoid going to Big D as much as possible, but they do have that new museum I'm interested in visiting. We'll see... :) Cheers. Victor -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
Lenght is irrelevant in the sense that it does not tell you how much
light you're getting out of them. You can get 24" CF lamps with 65 and 95 Watts... clearly not the same. I don't think you understand. I said the length because I was refering to standard lights that come with 6ft - 125 gallon tanks. You have completely taken my original thought out of context. I have never seen a standard 125 sold with CF only FLs which usually measure as 2-36" FLs. That was my only point. I generally try to avoid going to Big D as much as possible, but they do have that new museum I'm interested in visiting. We'll see... :) When do we get to see your tank(s)? I have seen you post before, but I don't think I have ever seen pictures. Let me know if you post some. Or just go post at aquabotanic. Also, have you considered joining CAS - the Capitol Aquarium Society in Austin. You can find more information here. www.petsforum.com/cas I invite all that have read these post to our meetings. Peace ddaquaria |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
big D wrote:
When do we get to see your tank(s)? I have seen you post before, but I don't think I have ever seen pictures. Let me know if you post I haven't taken pictures in a while... I should. Here's an old one, from about 6 months ago or so: http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxoxo/fish/tank1.jpg Also, have you considered joining CAS - the Capitol Aquarium Society in Austin. You can find more information here. www.petsforum.com/cas Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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On 22 Oct 2003 20:16:58 -0700, (big D) opined:
Also, have you considered joining CAS - the Capitol Aquarium Society in Austin. You can find more information here. www.petsforum.com/cas I invite all that have read these post to our meetings. Peace ddaquaria Wow, that many be something my husband would be interested in. We virtually know nothing about things, outside what we've read and experimented with. Last winter I didn't want to leave the comets out in the cold pond. BIG mistake. We had a 30 gallon tank with 4, 6 inch comets, two cory cats, two suckers. Almost daily I had to check the water for ammonia and nitrites. I carried them through the winter in that tank. After they returned to the pond in the spring, we cleaned up the tank and started collecting some small fish. When I saw my husband got such great pleasure out of it, I insisted he buy a beautiful 150 gallon aquarium. So, this is off topic, but I was wondering about the shrimp I saw on one of the photos...will my other fish eat the shrimp? We like the ghost shrimp, but I'd die if they became food for the others. We only have small, schooling community fish. Black neons, lemon tetras, blood fin tetras, cory cats, suckers, striped dano's (unfrilled) and that's it. We have nowhere near the amount of fish we could have in the tank. So, shrimp. Are they food for fish? Victoria |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:45:00 GMT, Victor Martinez opined:
I haven't taken pictures in a while... I should. Here's an old one, from about 6 months ago or so: http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxoxo/fish/tank1.jpg What is the plant in the lower left corner? V |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
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http://merrifieldgardencenter.com/products.php?pid=818 http://merrifieldgardencenter.com/products.php?pid=810 "ddaquaria" wrote in message ... I have already tried the standard home depots and lowes but did not see any peat moss there that did not have additives. I am specifically looking for white peat moss, but I will settle for "clean" peatmoss with no additives of any type (just in a bale or bag). Thanks in advance! big D -- Remove the word ³REMOVE² to reply to me. Check out my fish site @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ddaquaria/ Or just a whole lot of macro and other aquarium pictures @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
animaux wrote:
What is the plant in the lower left corner? A generic sword. It's twice the size now...! -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
animaux wrote:
So, shrimp. Are they food for fish? Depends on the fish and the shrimp. I keep 3 different types of shrimp and I also feed ghost shrimp, which are sold as food anyway. :) -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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wrote on 10/23/03 8:35 AM: On 22 Oct 2003 20:16:58 -0700, (big D) opined: Also, have you considered joining CAS - the Capitol Aquarium Society in Austin. You can find more information here. www.petsforum.com/cas I invite all that have read these post to our meetings. cleaned up the tank and started collecting some small fish. When I saw my husband got such great pleasure out of it, I insisted he buy a beautiful 150 gallon aquarium. That is wonderful. I like to hear people getting pleasure from their tanks. Here is a picture of one of my tanks (the angel tank). http://petsforum.com/cas/Gallery.html Select the picture for a larger view. I plan to post more members' tanks this weekend. I'm ddaquaria. So, shrimp. Are they food for fish? They can be. When you have shrimp in a tank, they need cover otherwise they get eaten. They can even be eaten with a lot of cover. I put 20 ghost shrimp in my angel tank last Friday, and the only 4 I have seen had jumped out. Otherwise I think the others have been devoured. The other option is Singapore shrimp (or fan shrimp). These are usually larger in size and fend for themselves very well in a tank. Cost about $8-10 at a local fish store (LFS). They are filter feeders a like to hang out near the filter. So far the two I have in my angel tank have been their for about 2 years. big D -- Remove the word ³REMOVE² to reply to me. Check out my fish site @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ddaquaria/ Or just a whole lot of macro and other aquarium pictures @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
in article , Stan Moore at wrote
on 10/23/03 4:45 PM: Try one of these sites http://merrifieldgardencenter.com/products.php?pid=818 http://merrifieldgardencenter.com/products.php?pid=810 Thank you. The second one is what I basically bought, except I got a bale of it. big D -- Remove the word ³REMOVE² to reply to me. Check out my fish site @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ddaquaria/ Or just a whole lot of macro and other aquarium pictures @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ |
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It's twice the size now...! Which means we should see an updated shot soon... Or we will wait till he joins CAS so we can post it on the Members' Gallery (smile) big D -- Remove the word ³REMOVE² to reply to me. Check out my fish site @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ddaquaria/ Or just a whole lot of macro and other aquarium pictures @ http://homepage.mac.com/ddaquaria/ |
Where to find White Canadian Peat Moss
ddaquaria wrote:
That is wonderful. I like to hear people getting pleasure from their tanks. Here is a picture of one of my tanks (the angel tank). Cool! I'm finally getting some vals from LeighMo (rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants). The problem with my tank is that it doesn't really have a background, since it sits in the middle of a room. Are some of your angels those peruvian scalare Aquatek had for sale a while ago? I bought some of those when they were quarter size and now they are enormous! The other option is Singapore shrimp (or fan shrimp). These are usually larger in size and fend for themselves very well in a tank. Cost about $8-10 at a local fish store (LFS). They are filter feeders a like to hang out near the filter. So far the two I have in my angel tank have been their for about 2 years. I have three of those and they spend all of their time in the giant sword near the recirculating Eheim ball I have there. I also have a bunch of Caridina japonica, which have been in the tank for almost a year now. The females are always gravid, but I've never seen a baby make it. My cherry shrimp live in the small tank, which doubles as my quarantine tank (I know, I know... I'm not allowed more tanks though). Right now it's inhabited by 3 Botia striata, a few pigmy cory cats, 6 new Melanotaenia praecox, the 3 cherry shrimp, 2 large snails (Pomacea bridgesii), and thousands of MTS. :) I wouldn't risk the cherry shrimp in the big tank, they're too small and the angels are too big... -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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