Quest

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Q U E S T 8/23/03, Newsletter of the Madison Aquarium Gardeners Club
From: John Glaeser [email protected] > 233-5182

NAME THE PLANTS :

This is part of our native waters plant collection:

1. Myriophyllum sibiricum (Right edge of frame. Most common milfoil in the state. Soft, fuzzy stem with close leaf nodes.
2. Myriophyllum spicactum ("Eurasian"... the one with the bad reputation. Upper left). 3. Elodea canadensis (Very top).
4. Potamogeton vaginatus Turcz. (Upper left. Wispy, branching sheathes. Though rare, Lake Mendota has an abundance.
5. Potamogeton pectinatus, skinny grass like (Upper right and sweeping down to bottom and curving up to left edge.
6. Ceratophyllum demersum (descending from upper left. down).
7.Najas flexilis (right center).
8. Potamogeton illinoensis (broad leaves, lower left).
9. Not shown is Vallisneria americana. Our lakes are loaded.

Take the plunge! It's a good time to get out there and glean a few plants from the wild. Put a few in your aquariums and see if they work year round. Eventually we'd like to see school kids getting plants from the local waters and planting them in their school aquariums. Lily plants are off limits, I understand. Unless you get special permission from the DNR, don't touch them.

Next scheduled meeting of Madison Aquarium Gardeners Club is September 25, a Thursday evening. Remaining dates up to year end are October 23, and November 20.

September's meeting means catch up time. Expect an active round table, Q&A with Mark Adams, display of native waters plants, several new books in the library and special report on T5 fluorescent lighting. T5 technology for aquariums has landed in USA. It is gaining popularity in Europe, leap frogging the much touted T8 system introduced to our market place a few years ago. What makes T5 "the coming thing"? Skinny 5/8" bulbs, using very little energy, giving off intense light. The physics of T5 allows it to ratchet up to HO (High Output) design. I picked up a four footer with 6500K bulbs from BLT Aquarium Products. Low voltage with bright light makes for impressive performance.

If you have agenda themes for coming meetings, let me know. I expect algae issues and lighting debates will not be exhausted, anytime soon.

Anyone going to the Aquatic Gardeners Association Convention, November 14-16, Dallas, TX? If tempted, check out the details on the WEB: http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/convention.html

Should I reserve a bus?

John