Doesn't 50% of light itself is a bright lightitng for a tank of just 1.5' height??
In my expr with ponds, under filtered light the plants grow but dont look as healthy as i want them to look. My suggestion is that you experiement with your plants - try the hardier ones like foxtail/hydrilla first.
50% sunlight in the afternoon may be ok but not sure if thats enough for the other times.
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If it is under direct sun, how could we combat algae??
though Madras is hotter, under direct sun, with so little depth I wasnt able to keep fish in my bathtub converted into a pond. The sunlight, and the heat from the ground made the water really hot. The water surface is covered wilth lilly leaves, that didnt help.
Such tanks do best under filtered light is my opinion.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:
Update
Plants doing nice, molly fry growing very fast. Had a lot of green water due to my overuse of pmdd.
However Sujoy's mehtod of overflow of tank has worked, recent rains have further improved the tank.
Water is very clear now, bottom can be seen.
Lily bulb hs not yet sprouted
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:
Last night I saw tiny white flowers in this tank.
They are tiny, white & have four leaves, they are free floating.
I have vals, hygrophylla, ludwiga, amazon word, duck weed.
Does duck weed flower, they look beautiful
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:26 am Post subject:
UNDERWATER SPIDERS?
I seem to have underwater spiders in my tank, did not know that they exsisted, but they do
Anybody has any experience with them?
good, bad
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Cement Tank for Live Bearers
Duck weed have been taken out.
The picture is nearly 20 days old. Now the lotus leaves are really large.
BTW I can see a lot of dragon fly near the tank, so far I have not suffered any losses, do I need to take any precautions.
Sandeep,
The tank looks good. If you could trim the plants so that they don't come up to the surface, the tank will have a good look..... my humble opinion
A clear view of all the flora and fauna could be seen.... Â
I have not trimmed the plants on purpose, right now I want them to grow like hell so that algae is removed.
In the initial stages I had lots of green water,now its place has been taken by thread algae.
It is s lot of hair algae, it somthers the leves of palnts and throw out a mugfull of algae every week.
Any easy way to control it or will the nature take its own course.
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