[APD] Re: Cork backgrounds

[MJPinckard <MJPinckard at lbl_gov>]

Correct identification on the plants, although the tank is in need of a 
major cleaning/trimming at present. I'm afraid the cladaphora balls 
apparently qualified as candy, and have disappeared down the goldfish 
gullet, I've also added a bunch of stem plants (which really need 
trimming) and am experimenting with other plants... spatterdock seems to 
be a success, but eleocharis parvula and aponogeton seem to qualify as 
"tasty" and may not make it.

I keep the temperature in the mid to high 70's (75 to 78 degree F). I 
live in the fog belt here in the San Francisco Bay Area with a normal 
high temperature of about 75 degrees during the summer, (55 degrees when 
the fog rolls in every afternoon). In addition, the tank is in my 
basement, so if I didn't heat it, the temperature would never get above 
60 year round, which is a bit cold for the goldfish on an ongoing basis.

Maggie

Damian wrote:

> Maggie That's quite a beautiful tank you have there. I'm guessing 
> anubias, those special algae balls (cladaphoria? marino?), java fern 
> and possibly vallisneria and swords but you also have gold fish in 
> there- what temperature do you keep it at?
>
> Just wondering as I have a 2ft tank outside with anubias, echindorus 
> compacta, crypts, an aponogeton and and angel and I'm thinking about 
> removing the angel and turning into a cold water tank with white cloud 
> minnows or something but I'm not sure about the plants handling the 
> temperature.


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