algae

'Tis time to pay forward Paul's awesome giveaway from last week. To continue the generosity I am offering a starter "kit" of aquatic carnivores. I will include two or three strands of winter-hardy Aldrovanda, a sprig of Ultricularia inflata, and associated water plants to help level out the...

I haven't posted here lately. My plants haven't done anything remarkable recently, but I thought this was pretty cool. The Nepenthes Spathulata x Ventricosa seeds I received from this auction germinated (I think)!: This is my first germination ever, so I'm super excited. I have a few...

Anybody use snails in their carnivorous plant water trays? I had heard of some folks implementing these little guys as algae control. I have began thinking about it lately after I noticed some snails doing their thing in one of my small tubs of Ultricularia and Aldrovanda. The plants themselves...

Based on a request over in Jim's thread, but not wanting to hijack it any more than I already have... Several years ago, following elgecko's lead, I stuck a pot of U. longifolia over a jar of water & allowed it to grow. The longifolia loved it but I didn't. U. longifolia bladders are very...

Last year I received an Aldrovanda plant and had it, along with U gibba, in a 10 gallon fish tank. One day we had a significant rain storm and when I checked on things, I found the Aldrovanda on the porch deck, dead. Just in case I put it back in the water. But it was too late. Fast forward to...

Hi all! I've recently re-caught the CP bug now that I'm done with school and actually have time.. so one of my new experiments is to make an utric aquarium. I'm starting off with something small, just a 5.5 gallon aquarium which I've filled with distilled water and some peat moss (which I...

I have something different to trade and I am looking for something different in return. :D Anyone interested in Fish or Reptiles? Here is what I have to offer: Albino Bristlenose Plecos Bristlenose plecos are wonderful aquarium fish. They stay small (about 4 to 5 inches) and love to eat...

Saw a couple requests for aquatics so I'm going to offer what I can spare. Hopefully it will generate some last minute interest. Shipping will be $5, roughly a small flat rate box, if I need to use a larger box I will pay the difference for shipping. Paypal only, CONUS only. Quantities are a bit...

Hey! There is this green slim growing on the soil of my plants in there terrarium. Does not seem to be harming the plants but it does not look nice.. Anyone know what it is and how to get ride of it?? [/URL][/IMG] Thanks

I just wanted to share some photos of my Utricularia tank. The substrate is Flora-max mixed with a little peat moss at the bottom with RO water and no CO2 injection, so I don't grow Aldrovanda in here, although since it doesn't really have algae problems I'm considering adding CO2 and putting...

I want to expand my CP collection but don't have any CPs to trade with. I do however have an excess of some aquatic plants that I can trade off, some grown emersed some submersed, I will try to specify which. I'm making the list mostly from memory without going down to check the bins at all so...

I made my first video showing my nepenthes on the greenhouse. Please excuse the messiness of the algae. I haven't changed the wooden shelves since I bought the greenhouse and I have to change them. A lot of my plants stopped pitchering during the winter, but I hope you enjoy them. Oh! and excuse...

Since I made such a big deal last year about going the seed route I thought I should a at the very least post a few pictures of the results: Nepenthes ampullaria 'Red' Spider mites had the growth top webbed over before I realized I had a problem but after treatment it is back and producing...

Been away for several months so I thought I would stop in with some information on the seeds I planted in late Fall 2012. The seeds and seedlings that did the best were the rafflesiana's and ampullaria's. I wound up with one hirsuta and two albomarginata's. The aristolochioides produced a half...

Hey all, I've had an awesome experience to be a lapidary for 5 years and learn the trade. Working with rocks I had been gifted a different perspective simply by the vastness of the material available. I gathered a very small sampling of some of the terra I worked on. Enjoy! Dinosaur...

My attenboroughii is over an inch now and my vent x max x talang seedlings are growing like weeds. They're in the terrarium now, but their soil is starting to break down (algae/ bacteria) so I want to repot each into a final pot... Kinda inconvienient since winter is a terrible time to harden...

I have a 29 gallon that is 6 months old and a 10 gallon tank that is 4 months old. The 29 gallon has some shrimp and fish, but the main focus is on the plants. The 10 gallon is somewhat of a grow-out tank, and I also keep a lot of Utricularia in there. These pictures show the 29 gallon over a...

Of course, you'd have to look into the mineral effect on CPs with the gel, but if it is non-toxic and biodegradable, shouldn't it be worth a shot? One thing that really stood out was that the gel, when over-watered, will absorb all of the water and create a light, fluffy mix. You can see his...

Hey everyone: My N. bical. has a bit of slimy, green algae-ish growth on the top of its potting medium (long fiber sphagnum). I tried removing the offending sphagnum and putting new stuff on, but the algae seems to have grown back. My initial thought was that it was due to poor air circulation...

Hey guys, what does it mean when a Ping's crown is shrinking? Is it unhappy? It's been slowly shrinking even though I feed it one a week and it just gave me a flower, there's a second one on its way. The leaves have lots of mucilage and are carnivorous. They also have a pretty pink tint along...