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Old 01-06-2006, 09:49 AM posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
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Default New Aquarium Setup

**** off Roy the BOY... you are a dumb shit... cheers.. LOL.. Rod




""Koi-Lo" None at This Time" wrote in message
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Who really givesa a rats aass about the way you do it. There is only
one way and thats my way the Koi lo way

On Wed, 31 May 2006 16:11:30 +0100, "Mark Baldwin"
wrote:
I use Deponit covered with inert gravel. I also use Dennerle plant
fertiliser and undergravel heater cable to provide water movement
throught
the substrate.

The plants grow like mad!

However - you will have to ensure the plants have all the nutrients
they
need, if they are missing just one then they will stop growing and
algae
will take advantage of the unused nutrients.

Ideally you want to add CO2 to around 20-30ppm - Flourish Excel is an
liquid
CO2 formula that apparantly is a third as effective as proper CO2 so
you
could try this if CO2 injection is too costly/too much hassle!

Keep nitrate down! The best way to do this is to make sure your plants
have
everything they need nutrient wise, then they will soak up the nitrate
but
beware of overfeeding your fish since this will add more nitrate to
your
tank than the plants can consume, the nitrate will accumulate and the
algae
will thrive!

Keep phospate down to 0.1ppm (with ROWAPhos) and nitrate under 5ppm and
with
good plant growth you will see very little algae.