What did you do to your tank(s) today?

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From this site, it sounds like you can just affix some cuttings or stems to the tank glass and the roots will take care of themselves. Maybe "affix" could be to just bunch some stems together, fasten on a suction cup, and attach them wherever you want.

"I generally use hydroculture pots filled with clay pebbles that I attach to a side glass of the aquarium. For epiphytes like golden pothos (Epipremnum pinnatum) you don’t even need a pot. You can just attach the stem to a side glass and let the roots float in water. The roots will soon find their way down to the bottom."

I so want to play. If you please Sirs/Madams, where might I find a comprehensive list of plants that will abide total root immersion, and moreover from where may they be inexpensively procured?
 

dogofwar

CCA Members
+1 - I know Peace Lillies and Pothos work well. I got a big pothos at Home Depot for like $10...and broke it into a bunch of smaller ones.

Matt

I so want to play. If you please Sirs/Madams, where might I find a comprehensive list of plants that will abide total root immersion, and moreover from where may they be inexpensively procured?
 
I so want to play. If you please Sirs/Madams, where might I find a comprehensive list of plants that will abide total root immersion, and moreover from where may they be inexpensively procured?

Pothos is really easy to find, and grows fast, so if you see it in any of your friends' houses, ask for some cuttings. I had a pothos for years that I kept with the roots in a jar of water, since I never got around to getting a pot for it! On some forum, there is a thread about putting pothos in your filters and just letting them go, but I don't know where and don't have time right now to search! Shhh, I'm working!

There is a list of common indoor plants in this article, along with pictures, but I don't know about a comprehensive list.
 

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
As an aside, where is Survivor set this season? Didn't realize that it had begun again...

Matt

Was fixing up the basement during the beginning and missed it. It's subtitled "South Pacific" but beyond that, not sure. Shaping up to be a great season. They brought back Ozzie and the Donkey Slayer (Coach).

I know the bashing will commence, but I think we need a dedicated thread....
 

londonloco

Members
I so want to play. If you please Sirs/Madams, where might I find a comprehensive list of plants that will abide total root immersion, and moreover from where may they be inexpensively procured?

If you fly around this site:

http://ripariumsupply.com/

there is a lot of information about which plants do well. You don't have to buy from this site, I usually "rescue" clippings from friends, or buy any plant at Home Depot or Lowes that requires high watering. I had one plant a couple years ago, "purple waffle" that grew great. All plant roots eventually grow out of the planter cups down into the water, most plants I have had didn't require the planter cups, but the cups do make it easier to keep them in the tank.
 

mscichlid

Founder
I finally made myself take a pic. The 10 gal rack is not completed. Like I said, I moved the bottom row of 10's to put a 40 brder in their place.


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I need to put a micron filter in this tank. Did a 100% wc...should have rinsed that substrate.


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Trimmed and replanted a few speciemens in the 120. Took a few hours to do. Didn't get around to finishing the moss wall screens. I'll have to do it pretty quick before I loose the moss.
 

msjinkzd

invert junkie
Today I am still working on replacing all my sponges. I finally bit the bullet and got 100 new poret block filters from Stephan. I also spent about two hours (EEK) cleaning dead shells out of the assassin tank.

Next up, FOUR more racks! I willh ave to start a thread of my own for that one! :D Fish room will be shaping up nicely





Yours is looking kick *** franny!
 
Set up the 120 I painted the back on the other day, have to pick up some filter parts tomorrow. May change the scaping a bit Im not sure. Picked up some goods for the tank at Michaels. 50% off fake plants. Ac Moore didnt have as good of selection then Michaels.
 

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
Bummer. Aggression issues or something else?

I had them in with my breeding group of Pseudotropheus sp. acei - White tail in one of those 4'x18" tanks. With everyone else looking healthy, I can only assume aggression.

Oh well, lesson learned. (A costly one, unfortunately - easily a $100 fish if I tried to replace him with one that size/age)
 

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
Here's sort of a shot I took of them back in the spring. Submale in front. (Excuse the dirty glass)

Lost the submale right after ACA. He was a good click larger than the one that won at the fish show, but still smaller than the big boy that died yesterday. Didn't want to bring him to ACA because I didn't want to ruin the dynamics in the breeding group.

Check out the spangles on the alpha in the background. Now that's a nice fish.

Yeah, serious bummer....

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rich_one

Members
Holy... dude... that has GOT to be the prettiest blue fish I think I've ever seen! Wow! Sorry you lost him!

-Rich
 
Finally got to one tank yesterday. (I didn't do a single WC last weekend between CCA and the greyhound adoptathon!) Did a water change, good gavel vac, pulled some plants out of the 58 planted, ruthlessly tossed some that were looking sickly, and planted the nice swords I got at the auction. Moved the driftwood around and pulled out handfuls of Avatar-given guppy grass that was trying to take over the tank (dumped it in with the BN's 20 gallon for now.)

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