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Old 07-03-2006, 04:32 AM posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
Steve
 
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Default Plants For Clown Loaches

justice wrote:
Hi all, I need some recomandations on some plants for my clown loaches I
have 1 juvi and 2 I guess teens.


I have a planted 90-gal aquarium with 3 large clown loaches plus other
fish. I'm successfully keeping Cryptocorne wendtii, C. balansae, giant/
jungle Val, Anubias barteri var nana, Rotala (bunch plant variety, Java
moss, water sprite (planted and floating) and water lettuce (floating).
I especially recommend C. wendtii.

There are pieces of slate against the back wall for the clowns to hide
behind, and some abs plastic sewer pipe bits that they hide in. The C.
wendtii are so thick and bushy that they provide hiding places too.

I've recently started fertilizing the water with potassium nitrate
solution, and the plants are doing better than ever. For years I thought
that plants' purpose was to get nitrates down to zero. Not so; ask Mr.
Sexton on this group or read Chuck Gadd's plant pages.

Good luck with your fish!

Steve