Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

what plant for my aquarium, advice needed

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27 Mar 2010 23:25 #1 by Katherine (Katarzyna Glebocka)

what plant for my aquarium, advice needed was created by Katherine (Katarzyna Glebocka)

Could you give me any idea about hard plants (preferably South-American by origin)that I could plant in my tank? Currently I have some vallisneria growing in back corner of the tank and moss bolls. I'm dreaming about some red or reddish plant but I don't know if there are any that don't require CO2 supply (I don't have CO2 system in the tank and don't expect to have it in the nearest future).
Thanks for any suggestions
Katherine

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28 Mar 2010 01:13 #2 by Viperbot (Jason Hughes)

Replied by Viperbot (Jason Hughes) on topic Re:what plant for my aquarium, advice needed

Why not try some type of Amazon Swordplant? There are many types and most are very forgiving. They will also contrast well against the Vallisneria because of the broad leaves. I use these plants in my own planted setup and they look well together. To the best of my knowledge most of the plants with the vibrant colours are a little more difficult to care for but there are some out there that are easy enough if their needs are met. I dont use CO2 in my planted setup and its doing fine. Heres a short clip of my own planted setup. Most of the broadleaved plants are swordplants. Hope this helps.

www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...w/catid,61/id,64175/

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28 Mar 2010 11:47 - 28 Mar 2010 13:44 #3 by stretnik (stretnik)

Replied by stretnik (stretnik) on topic Re:what plant for my aquarium, advice needed

Hi K,

You need to describe the height of your Tank and the type of lighting you are using as this matters re what plants you can use. Naturally tall growing plants don't need high levels of lighting because they grow in deeper water, carpeters like Hemianthus cuba, lilaeopsis, glossostigma etc come from shallower water and are as such, closer to the Sun so deep water in a Tank needs stronger light to reach them.

I found Echinodorus ozelot, Ludwigia repens, red leaf form, echinodorus rubin and cabomba piauhyensis easy to grow.

The cabomba piauhyensis requires more than normal planting, if you just stick it in the substrate the base will turn to mush, take it out of it's wrapping and break off the Rockwool/sponge etc and allow the stems to float for a week or two, the stems will sprout lots of lovely bronze/red coloured roots, these are not true roots so don't push the stem in to the substrate, anchor them with a small weight and the roots will find their own way into the substrate, there they will form true roots.

Kev.

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28 Mar 2010 13:39 - 28 Mar 2010 13:41 #4 by NosIreland (Andrius Kozeniauskas)

Replied by NosIreland (Andrius Kozeniauskas) on topic Re:what plant for my aquarium, advice needed

Hi,
As Kev wrote provide more details about your tank.
Echinodorus are easy plants and many species have red/purple colors, but they grow big and will shade other plants.
Tiger lotus is also nice dark red plant.
Easy stem plants are Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig', Rotala rotundifolia can be red.
Most red plants become more red under intesive light.

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29 Mar 2010 22:10 #5 by Katherine (Katarzyna Glebocka)

Replied by Katherine (Katarzyna Glebocka) on topic Re:what plant for my aquarium, advice needed

Hi,
my tank is not impressive - it's just 80(L) x 35(D) x 40cm (H). I have typical, single T5 bulb and that's all. Yesterday, I re-planted some Java Moss, Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and something that reminds Crypt spiralis from my friend's tank. But all this plants are green

So, it seems my tank won't be just South American by plants and fish as I intended to have it. Cabomba and tiger lotus should be great. I have to check other plants you suggest. When I find time I'll put some current pics of my tank to give an idea of the organisational mess in it.

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