Under gravel filters

[Carmine J. Ventura JR]

Hello all. . .

I have a 60 gal freshwater with live plants which have done poorly for quite
sometime. I have seeked advice about this in this newsgroup before and got
about a 50 / 50 split in opinion as to weather the undergravel filter is
good (or not good ) for the plants. Finally I desided to rip the thing out
and see what happened. Well. . . finally for the first time in several
months the plants are starting to do well, one in particular is thriving, it
doubled in size in a week ! Thanks to all who took the time to respond to me
in the past, your advice was appreciated.


Carmine

[LeighMo]

>I have a 60 gal freshwater with live plants which have done poorly for quite
>sometime. I have seeked advice about this in this newsgroup before and got
>about a 50 / 50 split in opinion as to weather the undergravel filter is
>good (or not good ) for the plants. Finally I desided to rip the thing out
>and see what happened. Well. . . finally for the first time in several
>months the plants are starting to do well, one in particular is thriving, it
>doubled in size in a week !

Thanks for posting your results. We'll convince Kush one of these days! <g>


Leigh

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

[E. Mito]

In article >,
(LeighMo) writes:

>>good (or not good ) for the plants. Finally I desided to rip the thing out
>>and see what happened. Well. . . finally for the first time in several
>>months the plants are starting to do well, one in particular is thriving, it
>>doubled in size in a week !
>
>Thanks for posting your results. We'll convince Kush one of these days! <g>
>

I had a UGF in a 10 gallon tank and the water sprite I was growing in it
thrived with the UGF in use. The other plants did so-so. When I took the UGF
out, the water sprite did not grow as well and did not look as healthy,
although it was easier to keep the other plants in better condition. Not sure
how to interpret this; could be that since the other plants weren't doing so
hot with the UGF, there were lots of nutrients for the water sprite to use.
Alternatively, maybe the UGF is actually good for some types of plants...?


Erica
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mitoem/mitoem/index.htm

[rnj]

Water Sprite doesn't need to be rooted to thrive. I think it absorbs most of
its nutreints through its leaves. So I think your first interpretion is
correct.

> I had a UGF in a 10 gallon tank and the water sprite I was growing in it
> thrived with the UGF in use. The other plants did so-so. When I took the
UGF
> out, the water sprite did not grow as well and did not look as healthy,
> although it was easier to keep the other plants in better condition. Not
sure
> how to interpret this; could be that since the other plants weren't doing
so
> hot with the UGF, there were lots of nutrients for the water sprite to
use.
> Alternatively, maybe the UGF is actually good for some types of plants...?
>
>
> Erica
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mitoem/mitoem/index.htm
>

[kush]

Bah!

LeighMo > wrote in message
...
> >I have a 60 gal freshwater with live plants which have done poorly for
quite
> >sometime. I have seeked advice about this in this newsgroup before and
got
> >about a 50 / 50 split in opinion as to weather the undergravel filter is
> >good (or not good ) for the plants. Finally I desided to rip the thing
out
> >and see what happened. Well. . . finally for the first time in several
> >months the plants are starting to do well, one in particular is thriving,
it
> >doubled in size in a week !
>
> Thanks for posting your results. We'll convince Kush one of these days!
<g>
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/