lol, thanks for the little reminder there

last year i used rotala indica as an oxygenator. this plant feeds
mostly from nutrients in the water as ossposed to the roots. you'll
find a lot of aquatic stem plants are like this. for this reason, the
substrate isn't too important. val's are both, cabomba is almost purly
from the water and i'm not certain about your other plant.

florite should be fine. i've heard that other companies make very
similar clay based substrates specifically for ponds. they don't need
to be rinsed and cost a lot less. shultz's aquatic soil was one. there
are a couple others. i have yet to find this at my local home depot
though.

oh yeah, when i was growing rotala indica in my pond, i just used
potting soil with gravel to hold it down. it was about 20x the size
of what i originally put in in the spring. i've never seen it grow
that well. you should see the flowers it makes when it's emersed.

i think florite would be much cleaner than soil and doesn't break down
like soil does. i would recommend you give it a try.

well, i better get back to my 1.5' of snow and my 1' of ice!


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