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PEMfish · 12-23-2007, 05:57 PM

No. It restrain growth and movement. It may poison plants and plants need to be under water but silicone needs 48 hours out of water to dry. If the plants die then they will be harder to remove. Just let you bed keep them down. Also, don't stick anything other than roots into the gravel.

prow · 12-23-2007, 06:32 PM

ok cool, i see the growth and movement but not the poison. most all soils in water and land have lots of silicon. its in clay. how does it poison plants? i know you said maybe but dont get why the maybe.

PEMfish · 12-23-2007, 07:32 PM

Plants by nature absorb things.
Don't forget the dry time.

prow · 12-24-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by PEMfish

Plants by nature absorb things.
Don't forget the dry time.

:smck: first i thought they where plastic plants and now the dry time. ok, can you help me get this out of my mouth now

mps9506 · 12-24-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee!

My angle fish are eating my plants though i'm watching them do it RIGHT NOW. :0 Oh yeah and thank you for all the advice you gave me!

My angels used to do this to certain sword plant colonys before they would breed. They would yank certain leaves out of the way, and clean off the leaves that the eggs were layed on.
Get a clean piece of slate to put in your tank (Standing almost vertical), and place it near the plants they are pulling out or eating and see if that might help prevent that.

I would also avoid silicone on the roots of the plants. This would prevent root growth. Unlike corals plants grow on both ends, the leaves and roots grow

You can purchase soft lead weights from the fish store that are long strips of soft metal that you carefully wrap around the roots of the plant and insert the plant and weight into the soil. The lead is inert in this form so it is safe to put in your tank (just like a fishing weight).

PEMfish · 12-24-2007, 12:03 PM

Yes, you can do that with the weights. But don't group plants in one weight, spreed them out or light can't get to the lower leaves and they die. This causes the bottom half of the plant to rot out. Also, never dare to put anything but roots and nothing more into the substrate.

Angel Girl · 12-29-2007, 02:02 PM

Mr.mps they are not juvaniale red rainbow fish they are a new species and I can't remember what there called but I know that it's not a red juvaniale rainbow fish because they have the word rose in it I can remember that.

dobejazz · 12-29-2007, 02:10 PM

The tank is coming along great Lee!!
Excellent work

PEMfish · 12-29-2007, 02:17 PM

Could be a Glossolepis incisus.

Frankie · 12-29-2007, 02:53 PM

They are Danio roseus.Click here Lee to read about them---> Rose Danio - Danio roseus Doing quite well also! I am glade you are getting into the more unusual fish Lee! There is so much more out there then the common angel fish.

(not that yours are not the best i have ever seen

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mps9506 · 12-29-2007, 11:08 PM

Oh, cool. Those are a great choice for a fish, not extremely common and very beautiful. Take good care of them, it could be hard to find them again

Do you feed your fish flake food, or have you tried feeding them some other food like blood worms or brine shrimp?

Angel Girl · 01-01-2008, 05:04 PM

I have tried brine shrimp before and they liked it it was cool!

panmanmatt · 01-01-2008, 05:23 PM

Do not feed brine shrimp as a regular food unless it is enriched. Brine shrimp has no nutritional value except what you feed them.

Frankie · 01-01-2008, 06:34 PM

It was mysis shrimp Lee. No Brine shrimp in my house!@ LOL!

mps9506 · 01-01-2008, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by panmanmatt

Do not feed brine shrimp as a regular food unless it is enriched. Brine shrimp has no nutritional value except what you feed them.

I shoulda mentioned that

I use it as a treat for my freshies.
Almost exclusively Omega One pellets here

And the neon tetras go nuts over the frozen cyclopeeze. I'm amazed they can even eat it, but apparently they can see and eat the stuff. the Danios you have might like it. I'm not sure if it is a good FW food or not though.

12-23-2007, 05:57 PM	#76 (permalink)
PEMfish Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 2,512 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: awsome new fish tank but still fresh water! No. It restrain growth and movement. It may poison plants and plants need to be under water but silicone needs 48 hours out of water to dry. If the plants die then they will be harder to remove. Just let you bed keep them down. Also, don't stick anything other than roots into the gravel. __________________ Paul `EM My new 48" reef tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html My new planted; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-planted.html# Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

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PEMfish Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 2,512 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: awsome new fish tank but still fresh water! Plants by nature absorb things. Don't forget the dry time. __________________ Paul `EM My new 48" reef tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html My new planted; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-planted.html# Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

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PEMfish Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 2,512 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: awsome new fish tank but still fresh water! Yes, you can do that with the weights. But don't group plants in one weight, spreed them out or light can't get to the lower leaves and they die. This causes the bottom half of the plant to rot out. Also, never dare to put anything but roots and nothing more into the substrate. __________________ Paul `EM My new 48" reef tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html My new planted; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-planted.html# Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

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Angel Girl Bryozoan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: south carolina Posts: 53 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: awsome new fish tank but still fresh water! Mr.mps they are not juvaniale red rainbow fish they are a new species and I can't remember what there called but I know that it's not a red juvaniale rainbow fish because they have the word rose in it I can remember that.

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PEMfish Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 2,512 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: awsome new fish tank but still fresh water! Could be a Glossolepis incisus. __________________ Paul `EM My new 48" reef tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html My new planted; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-planted.html# Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

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