Comments for Guitarfish http://www.guitarfish.org Planted Aquariums Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on AGA 2008: Banquet & Auction by guitarfish http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/461342487/aga-2008-banquet-auction guitarfish Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:28 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1998 Glad to help! C. wendtii is what is most commonly available in the hobby, although there are many different varieties of C. wendtii out there. It can be a really pretty plant, especially when you have a huge stand of it. Have fun exploring the other ones out there! Glad to help! C. wendtii is what is most commonly available in the hobby, although there are many different varieties of C. wendtii out there. It can be a really pretty plant, especially when you have a huge stand of it. Have fun exploring the other ones out there!

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction#comment-1998 Comment on AGA 2008: Banquet & Auction by Mallory http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/461342489/aga-2008-banquet-auction Mallory Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:13 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1997 Wow, thanks for the info, Kris! I'm inspired to look into them now. The extent of my crypt collection is a single bronze Wendtii in my Dark Green shrimp tank. It gets so much light that the leaves are flat to the Amazonia. Wow, thanks for the info, Kris! I’m inspired to look into them now. The extent of my crypt collection is a single bronze Wendtii in my Dark Green shrimp tank. It gets so much light that the leaves are flat to the Amazonia.

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction#comment-1997 Comment on AGA 2008: Jeff Senske: Effective Design by guitarfish http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/460757460/aga-2008-jeff-senske-effective-design guitarfish Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:14:23 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=490#comment-1996 I don't know if I fully agree with that, Al, but I definitely agree that they look graceful and happy in this case. Probably because they're comfortable in that type of environment. Thanks for the comment! I don’t know if I fully agree with that, Al, but I definitely agree that they look graceful and happy in this case. Probably because they’re comfortable in that type of environment. Thanks for the comment!

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/19/aga-2008-jeff-senske-effective-design#comment-1996 Comment on AGA 2008: Banquet & Auction by guitarfish http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/460757461/aga-2008-banquet-auction guitarfish Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:04 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1995 Mallory, there are many reasons that people collect crypts. They're great for many "fish" people because most species are very undemanding of light. Plus, you don't have to fertilize the water column if you only keep crypts because they're root feeders, so you can get by with using a rich substrate, and burying a root tab every once in awhile. From a scientific point of view, they're widely distributed, highly variable, hybridizable, and if nothing else, have unique looking flowers. They're more easily tissue cultured than many other aquatic plants, and many provide a color and leaf shape/texture that other plants in the aquarium do not. They do not need to be trimmed like stem plants, and have so many varieties to choose from that you could appropriately use crypts in your foreground, midground, and background. And of course, everyone else is doing it, so why not you? ;-) Mallory, there are many reasons that people collect crypts. They’re great for many “fish” people because most species are very undemanding of light. Plus, you don’t have to fertilize the water column if you only keep crypts because they’re root feeders, so you can get by with using a rich substrate, and burying a root tab every once in awhile. From a scientific point of view, they’re widely distributed, highly variable, hybridizable, and if nothing else, have unique looking flowers. They’re more easily tissue cultured than many other aquatic plants, and many provide a color and leaf shape/texture that other plants in the aquarium do not. They do not need to be trimmed like stem plants, and have so many varieties to choose from that you could appropriately use crypts in your foreground, midground, and background.

And of course, everyone else is doing it, so why not you? ;-)

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction#comment-1995 Comment on AGA 2008: Banquet & Auction by Mallory http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/460757462/aga-2008-banquet-auction Mallory Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:46:28 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1994 That gravel picture they took is so beautiful! Why do so many people collect crypts? That gravel picture they took is so beautiful!
Why do so many people collect crypts?

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction#comment-1994 Comment on AGA 2008: Jeff Senske: Effective Design by Al http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/460431949/aga-2008-jeff-senske-effective-design Al Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:53:42 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=490#comment-1992 For some reason, the angelfish seem much more graceful than if they were in a planted tank. The tetras make it look even better. For some reason, the angelfish seem much more graceful than if they were in a planted tank. The tetras make it look even better.

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/19/aga-2008-jeff-senske-effective-design#comment-1992 Comment on Odd n Ends by guitarfish http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/460241729/odd-n-ends guitarfish Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:44:52 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=451#comment-1991 Tito, I hear about these convention from my local club members, and from the journals of the national clubs (ACA and AGA) that I'm a member of. I have my tanks at my house. Tito, I hear about these convention from my local club members, and from the journals of the national clubs (ACA and AGA) that I’m a member of. I have my tanks at my house.

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/10/29/odd-n-ends#comment-1991 Comment on Odd n Ends by Tito http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/459984978/odd-n-ends Tito Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:22 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=451#comment-1989 How you find all this amazing convenctions? And also where do you store all your tanks? How you find all this amazing convenctions?
And also where do you store all your tanks?

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/10/29/odd-n-ends#comment-1989 Comment on AGA 2008: Takashi Amano: His Tanks by Mark http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/459984980/aga-2008-takashi-amano-his-tanks Mark Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:46:39 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=488#comment-1988 Amazing! thanks for sharing. Good notes from the convention. Amazing! thanks for sharing. Good notes from the convention.

]]> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/18/aga-2008-takashi-amano-his-tanks#comment-1988 Comment on AGA 2008: Takashi Amano: His Tanks by lolly http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForGuitarfish/~3/459984982/aga-2008-takashi-amano-his-tanks lolly Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:55:11 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=488#comment-1987 That is a really cool that his photography was featured at the G8 summit. That tree photograph above is stunning. That is a really cool that his photography was featured at the G8 summit. That tree photograph above is stunning.

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