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plants that take nutrients from water
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Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. -- Janine Hudson Sure. Fine. Whatever. -Syzygy I have. I did. It's done. -Fight the Future Duct tape is like the Force, it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together. I'm completely normal, just the rest of the world is nuts... There are lies, damn lies and statistics! |
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plants that take nutrients from water
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news:xrWUb.320$964.284@edtnps84... Hi, Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and riccia grass (Riccia flutans) - if you're looking for floating plants to suck up macro-nutrients (?) under moderate lighting, either would be terrific. Water sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides), although usually rooted, also makes a fine floating plant. Most true aquatic 'stem' plants, although they will develope complete root systems, take nutrients readily from the water column. There are hundreds available commercially. |
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plants that take nutrients from water
JHudson wrote in message
news:xrWUb.320$964.284@edtnps84... Hi, Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and riccia grass (Riccia flutans) - if you're looking for floating plants to suck up macro-nutrients (?) under moderate lighting, either would be terrific. Water sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides), although usually rooted, also makes a fine floating plant. Most true aquatic 'stem' plants, although they will develope complete root systems, take nutrients readily from the water column. There are hundreds available commercially. |
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plants that take nutrients from water
I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without
mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) As of right now I put a couple Java Ferns in. I'm trying to get rid of my plastic/silk plants, even though the one tank they will have to stay because of the habits of the one resident(crayfish). -- Janine Hudson Sure. Fine. Whatever. -Syzygy I have. I did. It's done. -Fight the Future Duct tape is like the Force, it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together. I'm completely normal, just the rest of the world is nuts... There are lies, damn lies and statistics! "Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message ... JHudson wrote in message news:xrWUb.320$964.284@edtnps84... Hi, Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and riccia grass (Riccia flutans) - if you're looking for floating plants to suck up macro-nutrients (?) under moderate lighting, either would be terrific. Water sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides), although usually rooted, also makes a fine floating plant. Most true aquatic 'stem' plants, although they will develope complete root systems, take nutrients readily from the water column. There are hundreds available commercially. |
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plants that take nutrients from water
I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without
mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) As of right now I put a couple Java Ferns in. I'm trying to get rid of my plastic/silk plants, even though the one tank they will have to stay because of the habits of the one resident(crayfish). -- Janine Hudson Sure. Fine. Whatever. -Syzygy I have. I did. It's done. -Fight the Future Duct tape is like the Force, it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together. I'm completely normal, just the rest of the world is nuts... There are lies, damn lies and statistics! "Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message ... JHudson wrote in message news:xrWUb.320$964.284@edtnps84... Hi, Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and riccia grass (Riccia flutans) - if you're looking for floating plants to suck up macro-nutrients (?) under moderate lighting, either would be terrific. Water sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides), although usually rooted, also makes a fine floating plant. Most true aquatic 'stem' plants, although they will develope complete root systems, take nutrients readily from the water column. There are hundreds available commercially. |
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plants that take nutrients from water
JHudson wrote in message
news:ZNyVb.12260$Qa3.2856@edtnps89... I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) As of right now I put a couple Java Ferns in. I'm trying to get rid of my plastic/silk plants, even though the one tank they will have to stay because of the habits of the one resident(crayfish). I've been growing aquarium plants for over thirty years, almost entirely in plain or coated gravel. The only common plants you might have trouble with (just because of a gravel substrate) are the cryptocorynes. The more critical limiting factor you'll encounter in making the move to live plants will be lighting. Be sure to visit the Krib... http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/ "Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message ... JHudson wrote in message news:xrWUb.320$964.284@edtnps84... Hi, Just wondering what plants don't need a rich substrate, but take everything from the water. Hornwort (Ceratophyllum submersum) and riccia grass (Riccia flutans) - if you're looking for floating plants to suck up macro-nutrients (?) under moderate lighting, either would be terrific. Water sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides), although usually rooted, also makes a fine floating plant. Most true aquatic 'stem' plants, although they will develope complete root systems, take nutrients readily from the water column. There are hundreds available commercially. |
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plants that take nutrients from water
"Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message
... JHudson wrote in message news:ZNyVb.12260$Qa3.2856@edtnps89... I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) As of right now I put a couple Java Ferns in. I'm trying to get rid of my plastic/silk plants, even though the one tank they will have to stay because of the habits of the one resident(crayfish). I've been growing aquarium plants for over thirty years, almost entirely in plain or coated gravel. The only common plants you might have trouble with (just because of a gravel substrate) are the cryptocorynes. The more critical limiting factor you'll encounter in making the move to live plants will be lighting. Be sure to visit the Krib... http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/ The 33 gallon tank I have I converted from plastic to real plants, but I did add flourite to that setup. Its doing really well considering it is a lower light tank(two 36" flourescent I really don't want to muck with flourite right now for the Eclipse 6 which I have put a few Java Ferns in. I wish I could plant real plants in the 20 gallon(crayfish tank), but he stripped off the leaves of the plastic plants and we had to put silk plants in, he hasn't wrecked them yet. The Krib is a wonderful site, and I learned a lot there. Janine Hudson |
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plants that take nutrients from water
"JHudson" wrote:
I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) Strictly speaking, you don't *have* to use fancy substrates for a planted tank. They help, of course, but if you've got a rich load of mulm in your gravel (and most established tanks do), you should be able to grow most plants, assuming good lighting levels. -- www.ericschreiber.com |
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