A couple fairly old pics... taken some time ago by friend in canada.
Now says only two occupies the tank.
Cheers!
Now says only two occupies the tank.
Cheers!
share your channa set-ups here
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I hope to get a Channa setup later this year. I'm looking at a 120 (not 100% sure) for a group of bleheri. What would be the best tank size for five or six bleheri?
Once I figure out a good tank size, I can figure out the best filtration, how much substrate/ferts I need, and then work on plants and pieces of driftwood. It's never too early to start planning.
Once I figure out a good tank size, I can figure out the best filtration, how much substrate/ferts I need, and then work on plants and pieces of driftwood. It's never too early to start planning.
Hi,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistia
This plant is really easy growing (very often grows better than I want and spreads over the whole water surface).
But in Somje tanks the lighting ist too low for most plants , even for this easy one. So I have Anubia growing pieces of driftwood, and the leaves of the plants grow outside the water and give cover from above.
And I often use whats in german called "Efeutute", the Epipremnun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum
http://www.google.de/images?hl=de&q...209077911&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Very easy to handle, just cut branches off and put them on a floating piece of cork bark, or let it just hang the roots inti the water. Grows not as fast as Pistia, but eats lots of Nitrates just as pistia.
In some tanks I have this plant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa
But not as surface plant, I put in the roots or just a piece from the plant without roots, the leafs outside the water and it grows and takes out lots of nitrates, too.
The roots look great and the fish like to hide in them. But as you see its a big growing plant, you need to have space over the tank.
I use Pistia stratiotes very often, I think the english name is "water lettuce".ExtraMe;4914836; said:hey Brucki, wat kind of floating plants do you use in your tank?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistia
This plant is really easy growing (very often grows better than I want and spreads over the whole water surface).
But in Somje tanks the lighting ist too low for most plants , even for this easy one. So I have Anubia growing pieces of driftwood, and the leaves of the plants grow outside the water and give cover from above.
And I often use whats in german called "Efeutute", the Epipremnun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum
http://www.google.de/images?hl=de&q...209077911&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Very easy to handle, just cut branches off and put them on a floating piece of cork bark, or let it just hang the roots inti the water. Grows not as fast as Pistia, but eats lots of Nitrates just as pistia.
In some tanks I have this plant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa
But not as surface plant, I put in the roots or just a piece from the plant without roots, the leafs outside the water and it grows and takes out lots of nitrates, too.
The roots look great and the fish like to hide in them. But as you see its a big growing plant, you need to have space over the tank.
Thanks for the help Bruki!
i was always cirious as to what the Efeutute was called. that was the kind of plat i was looking for. i think we have the same kind of plant here in the philippines. ill try to put it in the tank if i get some
i was always cirious as to what the Efeutute was called. that was the kind of plat i was looking for. i think we have the same kind of plant here in the philippines. ill try to put it in the tank if i get some
Strange, because with my snakes I remove the hides of the larger species as they mature. From what I had gathered through the magic of the internet the people keeping micros didn't seem to have cover in their tanks.
I don't fancy having living plants in my eventual set up though, will fake ones work just as well?
I don't fancy having living plants in my eventual set up though, will fake ones work just as well?
