Re: [RML] Rainbows and plants in hard water
Gary Lange (gwlange at stlnet.com)
Tue, 6 May 1997 06:02:43 -0500
If I remember correctly you're from the Chicago area? The buffering
capacity of that water is also quite high. Chris Drew's water is
less than 1/2 the hardness of your water (6 degrees or 107 ppm GH) (5
degrees, 90 ppm KH). Plants really thrive under those sort of water
conditions. If you are looking for a really lush tank most people
with that sort or hardness are cutting it with RO water. If you can
cut it 50 % and still maintain a 5 degree KH you will save yourself
some CO2. To move that pH down without cutting your water will mean
you really have to add a lot of CO2. Naturally a good amount of
light should be used. (something like 4 x 4 foot bulbs). Should be
a pretty nice tank with 20 or so featherfins in it.
Gary Lange
gwlange at STLNET.com
Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html
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From: StephenBou at aol.com
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
Subject: [RML] Rainbows and plants in hard water
Date: Monday, May 05, 1997 9:52 PM
I had the idea of a planted tank in hard (~250 ppm, pH ~8.2) water
with
rainbows. This tank would have a homemade CO2 injector but no heated
substrate, and would be 55 gallons.