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Under gravel filters
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 |
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Under gravel filters
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/ |
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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 |
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Under gravel filters
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/ |
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