Message: 1
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:16:59 -0700
From: "Thomas Barr" <tcbiii at earthlink_net>
Subject: [APD] RE: Rift lake refugium
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:41:54 -0700
> From: jvision at telus_net
> Subject: [APD] Re: Planted Tank as Rift Lake Refugium
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
>
> I'm planning on buffering the Rift Lake tank with CaCO3 - gonna have a
lot of
> oyster/clam shells in there - so, will I need to add CO2 to the
refugium?
I
> was thinking that if the C was too limited, it'd probably be better to
go
with
> the SeaChem product instead.
> We've got a long weekend coming up in Canada, so I'm probably going to
set most
> of it up then... tho, I want to rework my 35 gal planted tank, too...
>
> So much to do, so little time!
>
> Thanks!
>
Err why use submersed plants when good old emergent plants work better,
need less light and are easier to prune?
Simply use hydroponics, place the plants in the sump in Hydroponics media,
(rock wool/clay balls are better though), use ABS or PVC 3" tubes and add a
test cap to the bottom and drill a few small holes in the bottom. Splice
off some of the inflow or use a small powerhead to trickle the sump water
over the media for several of these 3" tubes (pots) and the water flows
over the roots and the filtered water flows out the bottom of the tubes and
back into the sump.
You can make the Tubes 6" 12" 18" etc, whatever range of levels you might
have in your sump.