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Re: Stephens Plant Tank II
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To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
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Subject: Re: Stephens Plant Tank II
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From: "shaji (s.) bhaskar" <bhaskar at bnr_ca>
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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 21:43:00 -0400
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>To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
>From: mark.stephens at gsfc_nasa.gov (mark stephens)
>Subject: Stephens Plant Tank II... comments welcome
>Sender: owner-aquatic-plants at actwin_com
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>Reply-To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
>9) The plants were supposed to be more compact with those twin MH suns.
>All the bunch plants reach the top in a week or so. The polysperma in the
>outside lilly pond was very compact, red and never got near the top
>(granted it was 6" deeper). It just looked better.
It's the CO2, I believe. H. Polysperma is a much prettier plant if
you don't use CO2.
>So. What to do different?
>1) Get a trickle filter for one. Correct if wrong, but I'm assuming that
>the overflow box captures most of the gunk and is fairly easy to clean.
>I'd like to get away from filtration systems which basically filter the
>water thru the captured gunk ("UGF syndrome"). The idea of a settling tank
>has appeal too.
Why do you think you need a bio filter at all? You could probably do
quite well with just a couple of powerheads for circulation. In my
70G, all I use is a Magnum 220 canister filter with no media other
than a filter sleeve. I have moderately high fish load, but the
nitrates are always less than 10 ppm. (I use a Tetra NO3- test, and
its resolution is 10ppm, so I don't have acuurate numbers)
-Shaji
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Shaji Bhaskar bhaskar at bnr_ca
BNR, 35 Davis Dr., RTP, NC 27709, USA (919) 991 7125