gjcarew Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 My 5-gallon desktop fry tank 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 What kind of light are you using on your 5 gallon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjum Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Where did you get that piece of wood (in the 5g)? That is amazing! Love this journal, you do beautiful work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 10:50 AM, Patrick_G said: What kind of light are you using on your 5 gallon? It's a 30 watt GE grow light I got from home Depot hanging from a hook in the ceiling. Super cheap and it does the job. On 10/20/2022 at 10:50 AM, Anjum said: Where did you get that piece of wood (in the 5g)? That is amazing! Love this journal, you do beautiful work! From a LFS nearby. It was $40 so I bought it on impulse and it has been sitting in the garden shed for almost a year. It is a little silly how large it is but I'm growing out some philodendron melanochrysum that I'm hoping will vine up the wood. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 1:49 PM, gjcarew said: It's a 30 watt GE grow light I got from home Depot hanging from a hook in the ceiling. Super cheap and it does the job. From a LFS nearby. It was $40 so I bought it on impulse and it has been sitting in the garden shed for almost a year. It is a little silly how large it is but I'm growing out some philodendron melanochrysum that I'm hoping will vine up the wood. I need to find some wood like that around 16 to 20 inches high.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Time for some nerd talk. This is from a few weeks ago. Ludwigia natans was looking pretty good, this was when I was fertilizing in the Estimative Index style (adding way more fertilizer than the plants need, for the layman). The picture below is from last night. Notice the downward curling leaf tips and slow/ratty older growth. The color has gotten a lot deeper, which is nice, but that overall does not look like a healthy plant. At this point, I'm not sure what to do. I like how the rest of the plants are growing, but I also like this Ludwigia natans. I am considering upping my K dose from 15 to 20 ppm as I think that is the most likely culprit here, but I don't want to throw everything else off just to try to make the Ludwigia happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 What's your P dose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 12:57 PM, Mmiller2001 said: What's your P dose? 15 ppm K, 24 ppm Ca, 8 ppm Mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm farming plants for the GSAS annual plant and fish auction in 2 weeks, so all healthy trimmings have been replanted. Everything looks lush as a result! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 10 days later, still no trimming 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 8:37 AM, gjcarew said: I'm farming plants for the GSAS annual plant and fish auction in 2 weeks, so all healthy trimmings have been replanted. Everything looks lush as a result! I'm debating going to that but it's about an hour drive (if no one crashes I-5). I haven't seen anything about what type of stuff is sold there. Is there smaller scale stuff that someone fairly new to the hobby could buy or is it mostly bigger/advanced stuff that mostly appeals to more experienced hobbyists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I love your style so much. All of your scapes and plants look incredible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 This one is only fish and plants. Typical prices are between 10 and 50% of what you would pay at retail. Here's the list of preregistered items and there will almost certainly be many more that are registered day-of. I don't know what you are looking for but there is no better place to get plants and no cheaper place to get fish. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 7:21 PM, Schuyler said: I'm debating going to that but it's about an hour drive (if no one crashes I-5). I haven't seen anything about what type of stuff is sold there. Is there smaller scale stuff that someone fairly new to the hobby could buy or is it mostly bigger/advanced stuff that mostly appeals to more experienced hobbyists? You should totally go. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 7:21 PM, Schuyler said: I'm debating going to that but it's about an hour drive (if no one crashes I-5). I haven't seen anything about what type of stuff is sold there. Is there smaller scale stuff that someone fairly new to the hobby could buy or is it mostly bigger/advanced stuff that mostly appeals to more experienced hobbyists? 294 items registered SO FAR. Pretty much an entire fish store 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 8:36 PM, Minanora said: You should totally go. Just my opinion. Agreed. If you can, try to. You'll LITERALLY NEVER have a better deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 1:23 PM, gjcarew said: 294 items registered SO FAR. Pretty much an entire fish store I actually set up my password and stuff so I could look at the list. That's a lot of cool stuff and a lot of googling scientific names. On 11/11/2022 at 2:36 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Agreed. If you can, try to. You'll LITERALLY NEVER have a better deal. Definitely planning on going now! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 3:59 PM, Schuyler said: I actually set up my password and stuff so I could look at the list. That's a lot of cool stuff and a lot of googling scientific names. Definitely planning on going now! Yeeeeeee! Hooray! I doubt that you'll regret it! 🎉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Question for you. Why do you dose magnesium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 12:13 PM, Mmiller2001 said: Question for you. Why do you dose magnesium? To remineralize my RO water. Not sure I understand the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 I ended up removing 13 bags of plants to sell and I still have pretty high plant density. I also took the time to do some rearranging and replanting. The most noticeable missing piece is the tiger lotus. They had reproduced over time and I ended up with 6 plants and a whole lot of bulbs, so I sold the adult plants. I bought some Chilatherina sp. Upper Tor today. It's 6 juveniles so I'm excited to see how they color up. I'll get some pictures once they're settled. I also bought some snowball neocaridina for the fry tank, since I miss having shrimp around. The only plant I bought is a Nymphaea minuta, a small water lily from Madagascar. It's a real rarity that only folks in GSAS seem to have in the US, by way of Christel Kasselmann. When it's in good shape it has yellow to chartreuse leaves with a pale pink underside. It's looking a bit worse for the wear right now but I'm excited to see how it grows out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 10:13 PM, gjcarew said: To remineralize my RO water. Not sure I understand the question I may have read wrong, are you dosing it along with NPK or just all at once when you remineralize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Looks like I read it wrong. I was thinking you dosed additional Mg throughout the week. I've been thinking about my dosing schedule for the epiphyte tank and reading a lot. Some people dose an additional 2ppm over the week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcarew Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 4:54 AM, Mmiller2001 said: Looks like I read it wrong. I was thinking you dosed additional Mg throughout the week. I've been thinking about my dosing schedule for the epiphyte tank and reading a lot. Some people dose an additional 2ppm over the week. Oh I dose everything at the same time straight into the tank. So for me there isn't a difference between nutrient dosing schedule and remineralization schedule. My understanding is that a lot of AIO ferts include it because most tap water is Mg deficient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 8:53 AM, gjcarew said: Oh I dose everything at the same time straight into the tank. So for me there isn't a difference between nutrient dosing schedule and remineralization schedule. My understanding is that a lot of AIO ferts include it because most tap water is Mg deficient. Gotcha, ty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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