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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #1328
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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:02:43 +0000
"Jan Fidrmuc" <fidrmuc at united_econ.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>Subject: soil substrate
>Hello,
>Those of you who add soil, manure, laterite or other additives to
>your substate, how do you keep it from getting on top of the
>substrate and in the water when removing plants? I have had a tank
>setup with layers of soil and sandr. Everything was fine for about a
>year until I decided to thin the plants drastically (the tank was
>overrun by Valisneria). Now the soil is everywhere, under the sand,
>in the sand, and on top of it. I didn't want to tear down the tank
>completely, so I tried to remedy the situation by repeatedly
>siphoning out the fine soil particles. Later, I added an additional
>layer of fine gravel on top of the sand/soil mix.
>Any comments or suggestions?
>Jan
That happened to me once. Since then, every time I want to get rid of plants, I just pull them up a little bit, and cut them off at the substrate level. I don't know if this is the right method, since part of the roots are left buried and eventually will rot, but it has worked out very well for me so far.
Alex
Washington, DC