Stem plants are a lot of work. I've gotten rid of a lot of mine. But I still
keep a few, of the easy-to-maintain variety. (Hygrophila difformis, Limnophila
indica, etc.) I've found that without stem plants, algae is more of a problem,
so I'm not planning to get rid of them all together.
Leigh
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