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Substrate for oxygenators
Hi, all
I was at Home Depot and they had half barrels. Next thing I knew, one was in my cart. :-) I'm going to try running it unlined because wood dries out horribly here in San Diego, and a half barrel planter I had literally fell apart after the staves shrank in the sun. So, The water is a reasonable 60 degrees ;-p and the handful of hornwort I tossed in from my fishtanks is already growing. I went ahead and mail ordered some Egerea najas, Cambomba pulcherrima (purple cambomba), and Vallisneria americana (spiral val) as oxygenators. I figure at least one of the three should thrive. I found some 7" plastic planting baskets, but I'm not sure what to put in them. I do have extra Fluorite from setting up a fishtank. Fluorite is a fine laterite clay gravel that's high in minerals and iron, designed to grow true aquatic plants. Will that work in a pond as well as in fishtanks? Thanks - and sorry to you folks who are still cutting holes in the ice with axes. -- __ Elaine T __ __' http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ |
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