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Re: I can't get Java Fern to grow!
I have a 10 gallon tank that is so overgrown I have to take a handfull out
every couple of months to see the fish. I put them in another tank and they
die within a month. The tank they do well in almost never gets a water
change. I recently started changing the water after I bought a TDS meter
and it was off the scale after a 50% waterchange...
About 4 months ago I setup a 55gallon tank and the java fern doesn't look
happy, but it has lasted for a few months. The cabamba in the 55 has grown
8 inches since I bought it three weeks ago and has roots everywhere....
Drummond
>From: schmidtcarney at ecr_net
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: Re: I can't get Java Fern to grow!
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:04:28 -0500
>
>KI><< Thanks in
>KI>advance for any help. >>
>
>KI>You did not mention temperature. I have found that it grows well at
>cooler
>KI>temperatures and dies at 80+ degrees.
>
>I find that it's an indicator species for water conditions in my tanks.
>It seems to be rather sensitinve to deteriorating water quality,
>especially nitrates. If it starts to die I do a large water change
>pronto.
>
>Catherine
>
>
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