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by krisw
Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Wassup?
Topic: Holiday Party - December 3rd
Replies: 27
Views: 61849

Holiday Party - December 3rd

This year's holiday party will be at Viktor's house in Gaithersburg, MD. Please post here what you are bringing to eat and/or drink. We will elect our new board
by krisw
Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:03 pm
Forum: Announcements, comments & suggestions
Topic: Wabi-Kusa Workshop
Replies: 24
Views: 26270

Re: Wabi-Kusa Workshop

There's plenty of space, Tim.
by krisw
Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:24 am
Forum: Announcements, comments & suggestions
Topic: Wabi-Kusa Workshop
Replies: 24
Views: 26270

Re: Wabi-Kusa Workshop

Updating website now, thanks Arlene!
by krisw
Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:25 am
Forum: Announcements, comments & suggestions
Topic: Wabi-Kusa Workshop
Replies: 24
Views: 26270

Re: Wabi-Kusa Workshop

Arlene, do you have an exact address for this?
by krisw
Fri May 20, 2022 12:22 pm
Forum: Wassup?
Topic: May meeting
Replies: 8
Views: 6177

Re: May meeting

FYI, some Pittsburghers mentioned that they will be attending, and bringing some more of their awesome sand.
by krisw
Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:25 am
Forum: Aquarium Plants
Topic: Native Plants
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Re: Native Plants

Gratiola viscidula is threatened in our area, but native to Maryland/Virginia. There are places in Maryland you can collect Proserpinaca if you want to try the local version. It's a beautiful aquarium plant.
by krisw
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Really?
Replies: 10
Views: 8202

Re: Really?

Josh - lead the way with your MiracleGrow experiment. I bet it'll do wonderful things for growing algae! ;-)
by krisw
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:57 am
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Really?
Replies: 10
Views: 8202

Re: Really?

Viktor is right -- the best is to have substrate that will keep the ferts (regardless of miracle grow or others) in the substrate. So, large gravel with lots of water flow through the substrate would not be ideal, but Flourite Black, Sand, Aquasoil, etc. should be fine.
by krisw
Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:45 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Electrical Conduit Light Hangers
Replies: 5
Views: 3688

Re: Electrical Conduit Light Hangers

Looks really nice, Will! Thanks for sharing!
by krisw
Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:26 am
Forum: Planted tank chemistry
Topic: Mixing Ferts
Replies: 2
Views: 2772

Re: Mixing Ferts

Definitely don't mix your phosphate into your iron or traces. In general, you can get down to two solutions, one for macros and one for micros. In terms of removing tediousness, I found using measured pump bottles very helpful. They typically deliver 1-2ml of solution per pump depending on the bottl...

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