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Vinod_Uthaiah
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 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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Hi Enthusiasts,
Can anyone suggest a good hard plant that I can put in my tank with 3 Electric Blue Jack Dempseys and 2 Blue Gene Jack Dempsey.
Idea here is to reduce the Nitrate content.
Can anyone please help me identifying the plant and availability in bangalore? |
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Johnnymc
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:06 am Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Try getting some anubias they are great plants for the cichlid aquarium.They are available in a variety of leaf shapes and sizes you'll get them in most lfs's or from hobbyists |
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abhishekls
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:23 am Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Go with amazon and sagitaria in pots, I had some success with these. |
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Scotty
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:33 am Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Anubias sp. would be handy for cichlids. |
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jabba
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:31 am Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| i had read that anubia sp. Are good for cichlid and gold fish tanks. |
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maheep007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Vinod_Uthaiah wrote (View Post):
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Hi Enthusiasts,
Can anyone suggest a good hard plant that I can put in my tank with 3 Electric Blue Jack Dempseys and 2 Blue Gene Jack Dempsey.
Idea here is to reduce the Nitrate content.
Can anyone please help me identifying the plant and availability in bangalore?
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Already gv u contact info. of the guy who sells these plants, they r expensive though, i needed to ask you if u kn anyone who had regular jd, i too hv a blue dempsey, but these r fragile guys, this is my 5th try with them, regular jd's r much more robust plus grow bigger. |
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abhis9
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Anubias variety is the best option..........Amazon is also good...... |
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maheep007
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Wish to keep a Live plants in Cichlid tank |
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| Vinod_Uthaiah wrote (View Post):
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Hi Enthusiasts,
Can anyone suggest a good hard plant that I can put in my tank with 3 Electric Blue Jack Dempseys and 2 Blue Gene Jack Dempsey.
Idea here is to reduce the Nitrate content.
Can anyone please help me identifying the plant and availability in bangalore?
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Here's a link to anubias in my tank
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150439838365819.376987.682835818&type=3 |
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