So here are the PAR models he sent me. Red represents the highest PAR readings and going through the spectrum to purple being the lowest PAR. First model is a 50-gallon breeder, 36 x 18 x 18 empty/emersed setup with a glass canopy and a 36 inch fixture with a 60 deg. beam angle. Second model is a 50...

Just had a great chat with the owner of the company. His background is in horticulture where he worked for the country's largest horticultural lighting company developing lighting systems for some huge names in the horticultural trade and he decided to go off and start his own company. He definitely...

Let me know when you decide to put in an order. I'm looking at a custom red/blue configuration to replace my T12 florescent seed starter light and I'd like to jump in if possible. Cheers. Jim I plan to place an order this week for 2 30" fixtures. Count me out then. I don't want to hold you up....

Let me know when you decide to put in an order. I'm looking at a custom red/blue configuration to replace my T12 florescent seed starter light and I'd like to jump in if possible.

Cheers.
Jim

Yes, thanks to Nick for hosting. Good meeting and I am stoked to start collecting this year.

Cheers.
Jim

I'll be bringing:

Anubias barteri
Hygrophila sp. 'Bold'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident'
Riccia fluitans
Taxiphyllum barbierii (Java Fern)

Cheers.
Jim

Most of them are dry land terrestrials so no worries about changing conditions to suit them. With the bog types, most gardeners either a have naturally wet spot or just water them a lot. There's a breeder down in Texas named Marcelle Sheppard who has some beautiful stuff, but plants bred and raised ...

Mine was a bit hard on my scape when it grew up. Kept knocking my woodwork apart and uprooting Anubias, Java fern, and some Crypts trying to hide in plants half as big as it was.

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Jim

I'm trialling a couple from a friend in South Carolina for winter hardiness as we're right on the northern fringe of their winter hardiness zone. (USDA zone 6B/7A). I have C. bulbispermum, which is supposed to be the most winter hardy, and C. 'Indian Red' under mulch up against the house where the w...

Very nice Viktor! Hopefully mine will bloom with more light over the tank. How old is your plant?

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Jim