Overwintering Hyacinths

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This has been the source for all my lighting. The reflectors have stood up
for three + years on my 30 gallon tank. The larger tank has only been a year
or less. My WH is flourishing and still going after the last couple of weeks
indoors. All my lights come on at the same time and have not had any
problems. I plugged all the lights above my tanks into one power strip the
plugged the power strip into a good timer. The cheap ones don't have the
ground wire like they should. You might have to look for an outdoor timer.
Buy the good timer the cheap one my look tempting but it is not going to
provide protection against electricution.
My 30 gallon has two lights above it and the larger tank has three. The
tanks have a variety of non aggressive fish, Siamensis or SAE, Clown
Loaches, Koolie loaches, black loaches, Gouramis, Cherry Barbs, Tiger Barbs,
Octocinclus Catfish and a few I can't remember the name of currently.

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Thanks Mickey.

Your post actually showed up after your reply! But I found it on Deja.

That's the good news I wanted. I've actually got a few WH in the tank now,
with the crappy 25 watt light that came with the aquarium. They aren't
thriving, but they aren't dead either.

What kind of fish are you keeping in your tanks? Where did you get the
compact fluorescents, DIY or commercial? Do you find the amount of light
stresses the fish when the lights first come on or do you have separate
timers? (More than one lamp)



"Mickey" wrote in message
...
The 2 watts would most likely be fine your plants are not submerged. And
the
light is over a compact spot not spread out so it is more intense. My
water
Hyacinth is doing fine over my tanks. Look at a post I wrote earlier in
this
thread I don't remember the exact wattage now.
"Bill Stock" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
If I move a few specimens into the aquarium, how much light do you
think
I
might need?

This is my first winter for the pond and the aquarium. I've been
reading
all
I can about lighting for the aquarium watts/gallon, NO, HO, VHO, CF
and
etc.
But I'm still not too sure how much/type of light might keep the Water
Hyacinths alive without stressing the fish. I've read that something
like
2
watts per gallon of regular fluorescent light (NO) should be OK for
low
light plants. But I don't imagine Water Hyacinths are low light. I
also
imagine 130 watts of fluorescent light in a 65 gallon aquarium might
be
a
bit bright for the fish?





"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in
message ...
Great idea. No other strategy has worked for us.

We have, however, just put plastic over the pond with hyacinths and
let
them
hang in for the winter. The core plants sometimes make it. We will
try
the
pot and window method and the sink method.

Thanks for the window method.

Jim

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"Bill Sanchez" wrote in message
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Just plant them in a pot with no drainage hole like any other
plant,
but
in
clay dirt and place the plant on a southern window that gets some
sunlight.
Keep soil soggy and they should easily make it till spring. I have
had
good
success with this method.


"Tbumpy" wrote in message
...
Has anyone tried to overwinter hyacinths? I've read to put them
in
a
shallow
bowl with aquatic planting soil on the bottom and lots of water
so
that
it's a
thin mud consistency. I would like to be able to save some of
them
since
they
can be a bit expensive to buy. Any comments appreciated. Thanks
in
advance

Tina