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High-Light Planted Tank -- part 2 -- hornwort FLOWERS!

Started by dannypd, March 05, 2005, 05:04:52 PM

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dannypd

March 05, 2005, 05:04:52 PM
After the other topic of my 'experiment' on high light, co2 and fish food + fish for ferts, my tank is BEAUTIFUL!!

The reason for this new post is the hornwort is now flowering...

Here's the pic:

dannypd

#1
March 05, 2005, 05:05:35 PM
see the bubbles too??  there are so many of them being produced!!

BigDaddy

#2
March 05, 2005, 05:14:56 PM
Yeah... when my 75 is in full gear, the entire surface of the water looks like a glass of champagne...

Pearling is such a confidence booster that you are doing things right....

NjOyRiD

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March 05, 2005, 06:28:24 PM
congrat danny..its really nice!
370g System

220g tank, 65g Sump. octopus Cone skimmer xp-5000, vertex zf-30 nitrate reactor, RX6 DUO Ca reactor, Mp60w Ecotech pump, 2x 400w MH XM bulbs 15k. All controlled with DA RKE-net controller, Water Blaster HY-3000 return pump, Vertex Zf-15/Carbon, Vertex Zf-15/GFO

Mila

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March 06, 2005, 10:11:00 AM
Pearling is such a confidence booster that you are doing things right....

Big Daddy can you explain this little better.
I have two identical tanks, 12g, planted, same lights (30W compact day light bulbs on each one), same filters, same water changes. Only difference is one has small driftwood and the other not.
One without driftwood is pearling, no alge at all, tank with driftwood is not pearling, and there is dark green alge.
Thanks
Mila

dpatte

#6
March 06, 2005, 10:29:36 AM
is it dark blue-green slimy algae? or dark green hairy algae?

DonCorleone

#7
March 06, 2005, 11:04:42 AM
Driftwood lowers the Ph of your tank, and maybe your plants prefer more alkaline water. Just one of the many possible reasons.

Mila

#8
March 07, 2005, 12:35:31 AM
is it dark blue-green slimy algae? or dark green hairy algae?



It is dark blue-green slimy algae.
Mila

dpatte

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March 07, 2005, 09:16:11 AM
You have 'blue-green algae' BGA which is not technically an algae but a bacterial culture. I have had it grow in only one of two identical tanks myself. It probably came in on something. To rid yourself of it read about 'blackouts' on the front of the website.
10-12 days and its cured.

dannypd

#10
March 07, 2005, 07:45:47 PM
Quote from: "dpatte"You have 'blue-green algae' BGA which is not technically an algae but a bacterial culture. I have had it grow in only one of two identical tanks myself. It probably came in on something. To rid yourself of it read about 'blackouts' on the front of the website.
10-12 days and its cured.

If it truly is a bacterial algae, wouldn't a blackout not affect it??

dpatte

#11
March 07, 2005, 08:00:41 PM
bga is a bacterium with chloroplasts. it needs light to generate energy

dannypd

#12
March 07, 2005, 09:27:47 PM
Quote from: "dpatte"bga is a bacterium with chloroplasts. it needs light to generate energy

That is really good to know!!
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