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I goofed up, the show was SEPTEMBER 30th, today, not October. If you missed it you can still listen to it at the same link

October 30th, 10 am PST, Wabi Kusa with Frank Wazeter and Kiran Ravin.
Kiran will be giving away Wabi Kusa kits to callers!...

Karen Randall, board member of the Aquatic Gardeners Association, former columnist for Aquarium Fish Magazine, aquascaping judge, world traveler, and photographer, will be on the Aqua Botanic Radio...

July 29th, Sunday, 10 am PST, Claus Christensen, former CEO of Tropica Plants of Denmark will be on the Aqua Botanic Radio Show LIVE to answer questions and talk about aquatic plant biotopes based on...

German aquascaper Jurijs Jutjajejvs joins us to share with us the nature tank in Germany, his aquascaping techniques, and aquascaping competition in Europe. Jurijs is a professional aquascaper,...

Chris Brown is doing experiements with a humus based substrate and adding other ingredients to increase both humic and fulvic acids in the substrate and for better plant growth. Humus is used quite a...

Tom Barr is coming on the Aqua Botanic Radio show, this Saturday, March 17th, 10 am pacific time, and you can call in LIVE, toll free to ask Tom any questions! The subject is C02 in the planted...

Actually thats not true Tom. There are Rheophytes, which grow in fast moving rivers on rocks, fully submersed and above water when the water is low. Here is the definition of Rheophytes from...

Aquascaping roundtable- This coming friday, December 9th at 7pm PST, Under the Sea radio will have the great pleasure of presenting TWO influential hobbyists: Jason Baliban and George Farmer! Jason...

Your confusing me by mixing potassium perm. and bleach in the same sentence?? I simply use about a teaspoon of Pot. Perm in a 3 gallon bucket of water and soak the plants for 30 minutes, any plant:...

Its basically a Taiwanese knock off of the ADA product from a Taiwanese manufacturer that has a whole line of knock off products from cheap glass diffusers to whatever. I am sure they are the bane of...

Under the sea radio show

On December 2nd, 7pm pacific time, 10pm eastern time, I will be on this show for two hours talking about aquarium plants and answering calls/questions from callers. This...

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20 pound C02 cylinder already filled, 50 dollars. Would cost you over 100 at a welding/gas supplier. Originally bought from Airgas-Salem

Location: Salem Oregon....

I know this is a really old thread... but Dr. Timothy Hovanec is no snake oil salesman. He is the Tom Barr of the world of bacteria! He is a research biologist and scientist, and actually studied...

I live 30 minutes from him, and this has been going on for a couple years. He has been in seclusion with very little communication with anyone for a long time, and has been having some sort of...

interesting...

I think this plant was developed by Oriental Aquarium of Singapore and is primarily distrubuted by them around the world. That is how it has gotten into a few retail stores in the USA. I always...

I have never heard of anyone doing that, but I would like to know how that ends up working for you! As I am sure you know it is not the type of plant one would normally try to use for that purpose. ...

How do you figure that? Most all commercial top soil contains mulch and manure which is nitrogen rich, and he said he was going to use "partially" mineralized soil which would mean he is adding trace...

Hey Tom, Doesn't Osmoscote contain Urea? What is your feeling on the affect of Urea in the aquarium?

I have a whole bunch of these left over from when I went out of business last year. For over five years I sold these for 15 bucks. The are really good quality and one of the longest tweezers you...

Tom, have you found sibthorpioides to otherwise be a problem? My experience was it never seemed to last more than a couple months submersed. Each time I tried it would eventually disintergrate. I...

Well putting aside Tom's own issues of acceptance, I would take issue whith most of what Mike has said here. There are many knowledgable and well meaning hobbyists on the internet making a huge...