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Post by cindy on Sept 9, 2007 0:04:23 GMT 8
The bladders for this species is quite big and the leaves are nice looking...compared to U. gibba at least. :lol: The bladders.  I was watching this snail very closely. Kinda worried it'll get sucked in.  But basically, it went round the circumference of the bladder. Btw, Snail Junior is slightly larger than a fullstop. I could only see a black dot moving and it was with the camera that I could tell it was a baby snail!  This bladder sucked in air!  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 10, 2007 15:42:23 GMT 8
Interesting national geographic-like docu drama Cindy.....heheh. and yes, the bladders on this one is quite visibly sizeable. Nice.
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Post by David on Sept 27, 2007 21:45:52 GMT 8
So weird and cute. i love pictures of CPs up close and personal. Cindy, how big are the bladders? 3mm or bigger? Hmmm, maybe I'll get myself some Ultris and try again.
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Post by cactustts on Sept 27, 2007 22:40:10 GMT 8
David, will give you some "weed" again from my aquarium if you want, hehe.
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Post by David on Sept 27, 2007 23:04:27 GMT 8
Yes, yes, I wan, I wan. I'm thinking of putting them in the huge tray of water where I place my Sundews in since I also have a hose pumping air into it. Hmm, or maybe place in a small tank. By the way, what is the name of the species you have in your planted tank?
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Post by cactustts on Sept 27, 2007 23:42:11 GMT 8
I think Cindy should be able to indentify it.   |
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Post by artificialive on Sept 28, 2007 5:27:45 GMT 8
Erm is it U. Gibba?
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Post by hongrui on Sept 28, 2007 6:57:26 GMT 8
u. subulata?
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Post by cindy on Sept 28, 2007 10:06:02 GMT 8
TS, I am very poor at ID. But my guess is of course, U. aurea.  |
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Post by cactustts on Sept 28, 2007 22:30:50 GMT 8
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Post by Robert on Sept 29, 2007 7:10:56 GMT 8
Is this one of the local utrics? I saw a massive clumps of yellow flowers and green weeds, it brightens up the whole stretch of the monsoon drain.
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Post by piscesilim on Sept 29, 2007 9:51:45 GMT 8
If the plant is thread a like. Then, it is U. gibba.
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Post by cactustts on Sept 29, 2007 11:32:24 GMT 8
Is this one of the local utrics? I saw a massive clumps of yellow flowers and green weeds, it brightens up the whole stretch of the monsoon drain. Yes Robert, they could be seen everywhere in ponds, lakes or drains in Malaysia. |
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Post by David on Oct 3, 2007 17:44:18 GMT 8
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Post by David on Oct 3, 2007 17:46:24 GMT 8
One question tho'. Those traps that are black in colour are dead traps or just filled with food? Man TS, took me so long to wash them. I think alot damage too. Can't seem to wash of all the broken stems/leaves/traps. At the end I stop washing them as I think the process damaged them.
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Post by cindy on Oct 3, 2007 21:12:50 GMT 8
David, those are traps filled with debris. Floating fish poo, dead plants etc. |
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Post by cactustts on Oct 3, 2007 23:21:29 GMT 8
O dear, you must have taken two hours instead of one! The utrics looked sooooooo clean, you used bleach urh? hehe. Hey Cindy, I think those are micro organisms trapped in the bladders ler. Because I got the utrics from a pond instead of my own planted tank, hehe. That pond fulled of water lilies, lotus, aquatic plants, fishes and alot of micro organisms too.
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Post by David on Oct 3, 2007 23:29:51 GMT 8
Not only full of those stuff TS said but also full of MUD! Yaa man! can't remember how long it took me, but it seems forever and so tideos,... pouring water in, rinsing, pouring out, pouring in, rinsing, pouring out, ... over and over and over gain...
Another question guys... U thin it is ok to let the whole bunch together like that or should I thin them out so that it is not so crowded to start with?
Hopefully they grow well. This tank is under artificial lights and I pump air into the water. Just worried that algae will grow soon and chock the ultris. Any suggetion to prevent algae... hmm, perhaps by leaving the whole bunch in there, that would prevent algae from growing on the ultris. What do you guys think?
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Post by cactustts on Oct 3, 2007 23:40:59 GMT 8
They grow in that way in the wild. And I discovered that they flower only when they are crowded and steady.
If the whole surface is covered with the plant, I don't think the algae will grow anymore - no light for photosynthesis. I changed my planted tank's water every week to avoid algae growth. But make sure you use chlorine free water.
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Post by David on Oct 3, 2007 23:47:39 GMT 8
Ok TS. At the moment they're in RO water. Will continue with that then.
By the way, I've decided not to put my crown tail beta in the tank with them. Too difficult to maintain and have to keep changing water so that amonia o not buid up.
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