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Aquarienpflanzen, 4th Edition Karen and Christel visit with some local children in Kerela, India. https://www.sunkengardens.net/blog/2019/3/6/barclaya-longifolia-in-nature-and-in-the-aquarium monthly 0.5 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551974904307-CYV3WTCJMQYLS8A64LXH/DSC03369.JPG Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium Photo by Mark Crow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551985416463-POP7RH6P89KGNOG8X8Z1/0094-CKT03.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium The author, with a beautiful Barclaya longifolia from a typical loamy stream in southern Thailand. This type has a green upper leaf and is magenta pink underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551975001704-TGHSOE4H2VJJYOETEYWR/2009+01+03+Thailand+015.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium Barclaya longifolia among tree roots in southern Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551975225444-RACYFFHCAAOBF7N741Y3/2008+03+20_0067.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium Barclay longifolia flowering, totally submersed, near the banks of a stream in southern Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551975107554-KJZFU06C4YRYBCO5Y16L/2009+01+03+Thailand+006.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium A large number of Barclaya seedlings have been snagged in the roots of a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551975304456-FM0KY5CE01U81ZA4U0M7/IMG_4247.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium This plant is almost high and dry as the water level recedes at the start of the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1551975378360-LPFEDZVNKYTNIU9E3CNJ/0813171932_HDR.jpg Blog - Barclaya longifolia, in Nature and in the Aquarium The red form of B. longifolia flowering in the aquarium. 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What are those plants? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1545841183167-BXE9H6P6TO5XL243I4OQ/KR+70G+long+ago+001+copy.jpg Blog - Epiphyte? Rheophyte? What are those plants? A (very) old tank, with large Java fern ‘planted’ in the heavy gravel substrate. There was nothing with any nutritional content in this substrate other than some mulm(which I dutifully sucked out fairly often) You can see, in this setting, the Java ferns are faring better than the plants that would do better with more nutrients in their substrate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1545841272286-NB2097QSCJP243HL6IG6/2013+01+India-170.jpg Blog - Epiphyte? Rheophyte? What are those plants? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1545841270975-QEX7TZ0OU2BF7D6FLFG5/2013+02+01+India-72.jpg Blog - Epiphyte? Rheophyte? 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I have a lot of storage now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514567091774-814UVBWOP1DUBZOJOE0Q/IMG_3501-2.jpg Blog - Grow Out Racks for Emersed Aquatic Plants Plants in a mis-mash of containers on my desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514567280757-5CSFCANXR5FXU9KLRJBH/IMG_4453.jpg Blog - Grow Out Racks for Emersed Aquatic Plants The file boxes each hold 12 2" pots. And each pot is labeled with the species (and, if known, locality information) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514567346404-RNVJA8J0A216WXJUUXRQ/IMG_4454.jpg Blog - Grow Out Racks for Emersed Aquatic Plants I use a number of smaller containers as "holding space" for plants that I just don't currently have room for in my tanks. Who wants to throw out pretty Anubias! For these plants I put a layer of calcined clay over the soil based substrate to more closely mimic their conditions in nature. This is also a great way to save Anubias that has become infested with algae. The new emersed leaves will, of course be completely algae free, and you can just clip off any ugly leaves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514567531597-HAU1B4S3A8NXPHDQXH7H/2017+12+06+Emersed+Spathes+%283+of+6%29.jpg Blog - Grow Out Racks for Emersed Aquatic Plants - Cryptocoryne pallidinervia spathe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514567641196-3FRSS6RLAO58I654DWLE/2017+12+06+Emersed+Spathes+%285+of+6%29.jpg Blog - Grow Out Racks for Emersed Aquatic Plants - Bucephalandra bogneri spathe https://www.sunkengardens.net/blog/2017/12/28/interested-in-learning-about-true-dutch-aquariums monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1514499045028-NRPTLTXVBJQLV7NFER2O/26173186_1609542852414332_3039469409100890008_o.jpg Blog - Interested in Learning About TRUE Dutch Aquariums? Aquarium by: Henk Bretveld https://www.sunkengardens.net/blog/2017/12/14/how-to-make-a-glass-cover-for-your-rimless-nano-tank monthly 0.5 2018-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1513306463274-DB3QRX3PMGCPMB6SI4B5/2017+12+02+Betta+%284+of+4%29.jpg Blog - How to Make a Glass Cover for your Rimless Nano Tank This shows what a clean look you get with these covers. 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Leave a spot unplanted that is big enough for a small, shallow dish or bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495849733804-8AX6AZBU99M46KSPX2YH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495850765011-87SOSLXRF7H8IBJ59O8E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! Once the water is deep enough to cover your foreground planting and the dish is completely submerged, you are increase the flow slightly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495851222548-Z27PGHB6Z5TFRPZH5B2Q/2012+10+25+Rimless+75G+set+up-47.jpg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! Once the tank is filled to this level, you can increase the flow a little bit more. Don't be in a hurry, though. The slower you fill, the clearer that tank will remain. At this point I had also finished the planting of background stem plants. I use a wood working clamp or "chip clip" to hold the hose in place. this serves two purposes. It keeps the hose from popping out of the tank if I wander away during filling, and it makes sure that the stream of water remains pointed at the dish, so the the water flow doesn't disturb the substrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495851544585-GDOUL7F4Z7OBANTQEW39/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! Voila! The tank is filled and the water is nice and clear. This photo was taken right after filling. You can see that I haven't even set up the filtration on the tank at this point. I still have to plant the small area where the dish was, but other than that, the tank is done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495851981833-0Z8VTLGQOV9LGFVAY85N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! In this 14 gallon Coralife Biocube there was no place to put a dish. You can still fill the tank cleanly, but it means that you have to control the water flow even more carefully. In this case, I balanced a bucket on top of the tank, and siphoned water in through tubing a little larger than airline tubing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852204852-F9QZOI9DR2W1T2NRPUPQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! I made sure that the water flowed gently over the rock before hitting the substrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852290370-7TZZOCNM81OVU10VI39R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! Again, with a little patience, this lead to a super clear tank as soon as it was filled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852454687-UQUN1MWLMCNXR26CI1OZ/2015+01+03+Buce+Tank+%282005+of+29%29.jpg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! This was a little 2 1/2 gallon Bucephalandra tank. Obviously, there as no room for a dish in here, and it was even too small for the "bucket on the edge" treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852571030-KVPPFYMHL2WUFY8LKOEH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! On these tiny tanks, simply lay a sheet of plastic wrap over the entire scape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852642857-YD7UDEJDEX55JM1OWOAB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! Then slowly fill the tank by pouring right onto the plastic wrap. I use a watering pot for house plants to fill these little tank. The watering pot makes it easy to control the flow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852766192-UZ6I6HEAFQI775LOXV58/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! As the water gets deeper, the plastic wrap will float up. No problem! Just keep pouring water directly onto the wrap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1495852867138-I6170P5USX9WPPAMDT3F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Fill Your Tank Without Making a Mess! 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Clearly a Pogostemon, and based on emersed, flowering plants found nearby, I would say P. erectus. But it doesn't look like what we have in the hobby as P. erectus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1490730855468-L5C3LV5FSAX1QUSK5LZA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What's in a Name? (Or why do we have trouble identifying our plants?) Pogostemon (probably erectus) from another locality, not TOO far away from the first, but very different looking... More like what we have in the hobby. We didn't find flowers at this site, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1490730961391-10QG7FL2MJYKH497AH9I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What's in a Name? (Or why do we have trouble identifying our plants?) Cryptocoryne crispatula from the Mekong River in north Thailand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5875ac5344024353e512c5c9/1490731016631-XSTFUTH45GRQQB0ADMMU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What's in a Name? (Or why do we have trouble identifying our plants?) Cryptocoryne crispatula from the Myanmar border at the Pogostemon helferi locality. How can this be! They look so different? 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