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Re: Iron rich substrate and PMAS

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com, david.lorenzen at eds_com
Subject: Re: Iron rich substrate and PMAS
From: Steve Pushak <teban at powersonic_bc.ca>
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 09:29:34 -0800
References: <199812312048.PAA17601 at acme_actwin.com>

Lorenzen, David C <david.lorenzen at eds_com> wrote:
> Has anyone posted the contents or ingredients to PMAS? I searched
> the archive and found none. How about it Steve?

PMAS (poor man's Amano substrate) is not my design but Bob's.

I do have a substrate design (HTBASS) documented on my web page
http://home.infinet.net/teban/how-to.html as well as a lot of other
information about how to customize the substrate to your needs.

The simplest substrate design for HTBASS is subsoil + peat + aquarium
gravel on top. Subsoil is soil you find about a foot below the surface
(depending on the depth of the dark topsoil layer). It contains trace
minerals but is very low in organic material, nitrogen and phosphate.

Steve Pushak                              Vancouver, BC, CANADA 

Visit "Steve's Aquatic Page"      http://home.infinet.net/teban/
 for LOTS of pics, tips and links for aquatic gardening!!!

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