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  1. Daniel
    Isn't it funny we always want what the other person has?🙂 I have hornwort and water sprite in just about every tank (and duckweed too). Between the 3 of those, I suspect that is where my nitrates go.
  2. Daniel
    Try AquaBid.
  3. Daniel
    Ugh, 2 years of high school German and I can't tell the difference between Dutch and Deutsch! At least I have a Deutsches dictionary handy. @Jungle Fan vielen dank, I will use you as a resource.
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    My favorite way to remove nitrates are aquarium plants (I realize this sounds like I am being a wiseacre). I cannot for the life of me keep nitrates up, even after adding Easy Green because to plants in my aquariums remove the nitrates so fast. I think @Brandy has the same problem.
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    How do you like those Kessils?
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    @Koi I pretty sure my understanding is lacking also. What I do know is that are multiple factors that are hard to reduce into 'A' vs. 'B'. That is why is something like a Fluval 3.0 (or similar) is nice. You can adjust the intensity of different parts of the spectrum as well as the period depend on what kind of plants you have and your goals. @Streetwise and @Bentley Pascoe have lots to say on this. The LED lights I personally own that I like the best are Kessil a360x's.
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    I just got a really cool book on Aquarium plants in the mail today. Lot of good illustrations and good photos too Now all I had to do is learn how to read Dutch and I will be all set!🙂
  8. Daniel
    The small plants that look grass-like in the foreground are probably 'dwarf chain sword'. I don't see any in this tank but another very grassy looking plant is 'hair grass'
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    What you are asking is similar to the concept of 'degree days' with gardens and agriculture crops. There is an additional dimension to your question that needs to be considered. The additional dimension is that there isn't an overall category of 'aquarium plants'. Aquarium plants have a wide spectrum of lighting and nutritional needs. Typically that spectrum in regards to lighting is for convenience broken into 3 categories. High light plants, medium light plants, and low light plants. So a long period (or even a short period) of low light might be fine for a low light plant, but there would never be enough intensity for medium and high light plants no matter how long the period was. CO2 is not typically the limiting factor. What is limiting typically is the period of the light and the intensity depending the the kinds of plants you are trying to grow. Eventually CO2 does become a limiting factor but it is only the tail and not the dog. And speaking of spectrum, the photosynthetically active part of the lights you are using is more important than overall lumens. Photosynthesis is driven by light in the blue and the red part of the spectrum and not by what is in between. The result is a purplish light that most people find unattractive. The solution is to add back green, which is useless to the plants, but makes the overall light appear more whitish to humans.
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    I agree with above sentiment that 1 big tank is the way to go if you only have one. Sometimes I go years at time with my livingroom aquarium being the only tank I keep. And then MTS hits yet again!
  11. Daniel
    @MissterspoonThe colonies of Vorticella don't last forever. If you are patient they will go away on their own. Some people think they are bad for shrimp, but that has never been my experience.
  12. Daniel
    I googled a little and found this chart: which seems to indicate Potassium as a possible culprit. But really I don't have a clue.
  13. Daniel
    It is Vorticella. Here some in my aquarium. It goes away on its own. What kind of fish or shrimp do you have in your aquarium?
  14. Daniel
    Despite a vernier of modesty you are quite the interesting character!
  15. Daniel
    No, you’re not the only one. I teared up while watching it with my wife. I tried to play it cool, but in the end I just couldn’t help it.
  16. Daniel
    The Aquarium Co-Op blog had a good post on this: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-algae?_pos=9&_sid=f461ad0ea&_ss=r
  17. Daniel
    I bet those are fine. They appear to be river gravel. I am a risk taker so I if it were me, I give it a try. Put them in some water, wait 24 hours and if the pH doesn't go up, then I would use them.
  18. Daniel
    If there is life on Mars, it will probably be hitchhiker pest snails that the spacecraft brought.
  19. Daniel
    Touch Down! It even has a helicopter!
  20. Daniel
    I love the way you can see the circulatory system just pumping away in that worm!
  21. Daniel
    I usually let it stay in my tanks. I've noticed that baby shrimp hid in the hair algae.
  22. Daniel
    Here is a collection of recent power outage threads: https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/tags/power outage Not that someone currently experiencing a power outage will see these.🙂
  23. Daniel
    Snail sex is very interesting (in a nerm sort of way).🙂
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  25. Daniel
    Glad you asked @Will Billy, yes, even doing nice stuff like this is prohibited. Sometimes it works but sometimes it leads to hurt feelings and complications, therefore the rule is no giving stuff away on the forum.😒
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