Just came in today. Pretty darned bright for just 32W!

Julie, thanks so much for hosting! This was my first time visiting your home, and I must say both it and your tanks are beautiful! And the food was great, too! Sean, thanks for your talk. That chart from Dr. Ole Pederson really floored me - if I understand it correctly, it pretty much means that CO2...

jweis wrote:I plan to start printing nametags tomorrow, so pls respond to this thread if you are coming to the meeting. I will pull your Avatar from there.

Julie,
All four of us will be there, though Amy (Amy_Payne) does not have an avatar.

See you Saturday,
Chris

It looks like we might finally make a GWAPA meeting! I think it's been 7 or 8 months. Not sure yet whether it will be just me, or all four of us (Amy and the girls), but we can make a crock pot of vegetarian beans (probably black, since I don't know how to make refried, LOL).

SCMurphy wrote:Kessil LED pendant lights are what you want.

Very intriguing, Sean! Would you recommend the grow lights or the 6700k aquarium lights? I want my CPs to grow vigorously, of course, but I would like them to be pretty, too, and not just purple, LOL.

Or maybe we are taking about different things- I was looking at the LED fixtures that screw into standard light bulb sockets.

Yeah, I was just looking at some of those online. I could easily build a hood that had three of them.

So we have this 54g corner bowfront we got from Kris a few years ago, and which we are going to turn into a southwestern Australian carnivorous plant biotope. These plants live in full sun, so I need something really bright and roughly triangular, LOL. Any suggestions? In a perfect world, I'd custom...

Joe, whenever I have tested my tap water, I've found about 10ppm nitrates. Might want to test your tap.

George, while I'm sure there are some folks in the club using sponges, you'll probably find a much greater percentage on CCA or PVAS forums. Lots of folks there swear by sponge filters and a reliable air pump for large fish rooms. Most plant peeps won't go near the things because they are ugly as si...