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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1124
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1124
- From: joeah at webtv_net (Joe Hildreth)
- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:40:34 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com (Aquatic Plants Digest)'smessage of Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:48:02 -0400 (EDT)
Damian wrote about setting up 3 different types of planted tanks. (A)
with 1 watt of light and no CO2, (B) with 2 watts of light and some CO2,
and (C) with 3 watts of light and CO2.
I have been keeping around 30 planted tanks for many years now and I
know you can do this. The key is finding the right balance of fish,
plants, nutrients and water changes. Since I maintain so many tanks
most of mine are 2 watts of light with no CO2 and 2 watts of light
plants. The high light/Co2 tanks are nice, but lots of work. Overall,
I really enjoy the diversity. After a few years, each tank evolves into
a different look. Also with time you just develop an understanding for
each tank. You can tell just by looking when it's time to add
nutrients, etc.
So I hope you will give your idea a try. I'm sure you will learn a
great amount by doing it.
Joe Hildreth