a few plant questions

[gil_ong81]

Originally Posted by welchrock

Ah just realized your account doesn't allow those, well anyways:

that's weird, cos PMs are set to enabled.

Originally Posted by welchrock

I am happy with Pet World ....

the one in greece is where i've been going since it's about 10 min away from home. they've been pretty good to me, but their prices are kinda high, esp for hardware, chemicals etc. their selection of plants also don't have much of what i'm looking for.

Originally Posted by welchrock

There is also ABC Pets in the Fairport/Victor area....

And a final suggestion that is right down the street for me, is Park Avenue Pets (on Monroe, not Park).

i'll have to check these 2 places out.

also take a look at this from COM in BUF (post #11).

http://www.fishforums.com/forum/live...-my-platy.html

Originally Posted by welchrock

What is your current setup like?

20-gallon, 55W 6700k bulb, an aquaclear 30 (150gph).

currently in there now:
2 red wag platies
6 peppered cories
8 neon tetras
2 red indian swords
2 bunches of rotala wallichi
some java moss
2 baby java ferns

i'm looking to add some snails and some shrimp in the near future.

[gil_ong81]

yay! my stuff has arrived! +1 for big al's being about 80 miles away.

added nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium per directions on the bottle.

i just tested the water before added the stuff:

ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0.25
nitrate - 5
pH - more than 7.6

i'll test again in a few hours to see if the stuff does anything to the levels.

also, the water stinks and there's a layer of "slime" on everything. must be this algae everyone is talking about since my nitrogen is low. right?

[gil_ong81]

OK. i'm gonna go ahead call a code here.

i brushed up against one of my baby ferns when i moved the driftwood, and now it's missing. nothing to be found upon a cursory inspection. will look more tonight, and if not, let's hope it does OK until i tear things up this weekend.

[welchrock]

Gil_ong81 where did you get your java moss? I'd love to get something mossy growing/attached to my driftwood but am unclear on what grows the fastest and would produce the quickest coverage.

[gil_ong81]

i got it at the LFS in ridgemont plaza on west ridge road, aka Pet World Aqua Shoppe. the one you told me about.

they don't alway have them, but they have them in little containers (like if you got a pint of soup form a chinese place) on a pretty regular basis. they usually sit on the edge of the "pond" together with the betas. $2.98 + tax.

i've also seen containers of something else hairy which name i don't remember. moss? algae? something basic like that.

in one of the plant tanks, they also have "balls of moss."

[gil_ong81]

i got too tired yesterday and completely forgot to take another water test. here it is now.

ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0.0
nitrate - 0
pH - more than 7.6

[COM]

Gil- I tried to PM you some addresses for LFS and couldn't. Maybe it is a Mac thing...

[gil_ong81]

look at this algae on my driftwood.

[fishbguy]

ohh..pretty

[gil_ong81]

the only thing i worry about ti that it might choke out the java ferns or the java moss that's on the other piece of driftwood.