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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Plant of the Month??
I Think that there either should be a plant of the month section too, or just more info on Plants... I think since that can be a big part of aquaria, we should include more info... | 
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| that's a great idea! i'd love a planted tank eventually when i can invest in a CO2 system and better lighting or something like that. | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thats pretty cool, we could even have a member of the month vote :P haha | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| That is an awesome idea...I am very interested in plants right now!!  | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yes! I've been researching plants for my betta tank, more info on here would be great. | |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| i agree.... plants are such a big part of this hobbey. i complement u on your thoughts and i belive it should be.
more knowlage on the topic would mean more people investing in plants after all and also learnig that u need more than 1 wat per galloo with ferts ad co2.
depending on wat u get into obviosly.  | |
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January 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yeah, i think we need more info on plants here, i'm still trying to figure out how to keep my plants healthy, i've spent so much on plants. | |
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January 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Im all for the plant of the month as well as putting more info about them on the forums/site Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilbert  Yeah, i think we need more info on plants here, i'm still trying to figure out how to keep my plants healthy, i've spent so much on plants. | What kind of plants do you have? Do you add fertilizer to your water, Fertilizer saved my plants after i couldnt figure out why they looked so bad. | |
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January 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I don't use fertilizer, i'll try that. Do you use liquid, soil or plant sticks? | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| The forum has an Aquarium Plants section - but the acctual sites Plant page is... 'Not-so extensive'. There is also a houseplant profiled in the aquarium plants section! (Spathiphyllum wallisii, or Peace Lilly)
Perhaps we could start writing Plant profiles on the forum for Mike to post onto the main body of the site?  | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Blub The forum has an Aquarium Plants section - but the acctual sites Plant page is... 'Not-so extensive'. There is also a houseplant profiled in the aquarium plants section! (Spathiphyllum wallisii, or Peace Lilly)
Perhaps we could start writing Plant profiles on the forum for Mike to post onto the main body of the site? | I think that's a great Idea. | |
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February 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| take a while but it would work | |
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February 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by mjordan take a while but it would work | And if that worked... What's stopping us trying to submit fish profiles? I guess the profiles would have to be approved first - but say, maybe if 3-5 members approve of the profile it could be posted up to the main site? I would certinatly have a lot of profiles to upload... (Look at the encyclopedia aquatica link in my sig, you'll get an idea of what I mean by 'a lot'...) | |
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February 2nd, 2009
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| | Moderator
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Originally Posted by Blub There is also a houseplant profiled in the aquarium plants section! (Spathiphyllum wallisii, or Peace Lilly) | could you link that for me please ?
Thanks
Carol | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly could you link that for me please ?
Thanks
Carol | Sure! http://www.fishlore.com/Plants-Umbrella.htm
I know for a fact it's not an aquatic plant - I actually have on growing on my shelf! | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| This is a great idea however I will NEVER be entering because I can't keep a plant alive to save my life lol...
We already have a "Memeber of the month" (sotra) It's the Member spotlight in the magazine...I can't wait to see this months as someone very special to me is being spotlighted! | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
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Originally Posted by Blub | Thanks! No I know it's not aquatic I just wanted to see what the profile said. One of it's cousins Spathiphyllum tasson is frequently sold as Brazillian sword and it's not aquatic either.
Carol | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I think that the peace lily can be aquatic, I was reading about it. There are some strains that are but it does take a lot of work to actually find it in the aquatic form. | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Red1313 I think that the peace lily can be aquatic, I was reading about it. There are some strains that are but it does take a lot of work to actually find it in the aquatic form. | Could you name the strain/provide a link to info on it please? I'm interested to find out... | |
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February 3rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Spathiphyllum tasson(sold as brazillian sword) is similar in looks to the Peace Lily and in the same family but is also non-aquatic. They both do great as terrarium plants or with their leaves out of the water.
carol | |
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February 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly Spathiphyllum tasson(sold as brazillian sword) is similar in looks to the Peace Lily and in the same family but is also non-aquatic. They both do great as terrarium plants or with their leaves out of the water.
carol | Peace lilys do great as houseplants as well, in a well lit site with no direct sunlight (direct sunlight damages the leaves). | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| I updated the umbrella plant to say that it is not a plant meant for aquariums. At one time I was kind of getting into plants, but then was bitten by the coral bug and my attention shifted.
If anyone is interested in writing up profiles on fish or plants we are always willing to post them on the main site. We can't reuse anything copyrighted (articles, pictures) but if anyone wants to write up a profile in their own words send them in (support at fishlore dot com). If you do use some sources for your info (sometimes you just have to), we need to credit the source of the info.
We can launch them with the magazine at the end of each month. | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I'll try to find the link again, I was reading up on it a few months ago but I'll keep looking for it. | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike I updated the umbrella plant to say that it is not a plant meant for aquariums. At one time I was kind of getting into plants, but then was bitten by the coral bug and my attention shifted.
If anyone is interested in writing up profiles on fish or plants we are always willing to post them on the main site. We can't reuse anything copyrighted (articles, pictures) but if anyone wants to write up a profile in their own words send them in (support at fishlore dot com). If you do use some sources for your info (sometimes you just have to), we need to credit the source of the info.
We can launch them with the magazine at the end of each month. | Cool! I can say, I know for certain I could add some profiles... A lot of the stuff in my Encyclopedia Aquatica (an un-copyrighted fish database with all facts researched and written down by me) would be suitable for the main site - although some articles may require expanding, and I would have to re-trace my information sources.
Last edited by Blub; February 5th, 2009 at 02:35 AM.
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| on the start page, we should bring out an aquatic plant profile section, right under the fish section. I can think of a few plants that could be added there. | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Gilbert on the start page, we should bring out an aquatic plant profile section, right under the fish section. I can think of a few plants that could be added there. | Ludwigia... Rottalla... Echinodorus.... Theres so many species not on that list! | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Blub Could you name the strain/provide a link to info on it please? I'm interested to find out... | Well this isn't the link that I orgininally found that said that but this one does say how you can grow them underwater. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...ad.php?p=46554 | |
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February 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Red1313 | Cool, Thanks! | |
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