Re: [RML] Plant Info
Chris Howe (c_howe at med.su.oz.au)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 16:21:32 +1000
Hi Stephen
Speaking as a complete mug when it comes to plants, I tried setting
up a tank with ~40 mm earthernware pottery clay under about the same
thickness of gravel, and the plants are going like trains (all common stuff
of course). Not a heap of lighting, no CO2 at present, a few Coen River tris
and a couple of bristlenose cats. The only drawback was a reddish cast in
the water for a few weeks. It's been running since late 95, and it's the
only time we've had a tank where you have to hack it back occasionally. What
I'm getting at is, a have a go, that's the fun. I'd pre-waterlog the
vermiculite though.
Cheers
Chris Howe
At 01:03 AM 15/04/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>What do people think of this for a substrate: 1-2 inches of vermiculite
>topped with small gravel?
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>I know that the vermiculite floats before it becomes water-logged; you
>can either let it soak for a while, or put it under some gravel and then
>add water slowly.
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>I hope to start a planted tank with this set-up sometime soon. It will
>have a homemade CO2 injector to it (ie some container with yeast and
>sugar water).
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>-- Stephen
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>stephenbou at aol.com
>http://members.aol.com/stephenbou/cichlids.html
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