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Re: NFC: plant filtering capabilities
Take a good look at them and build your own, its
really pretty simple.
The Smithsonian in Baltimore has a more drawn out
example using grasses. Check the marine sites for
refugia and you'll get a good idea how to build your
own.
--- Kristine Weisbrod Massin <kwmprairie at hotmail_com>
wrote:
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<P>yeah, but they're bloody expensive! I looked
at their systems when I first set up my native fish
exhibit for work and it would have cost $1000 for
their system! ouch...I paid less than that for the
tank, hood, & lights!</P></DIV>
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<DIV>-kris</DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: jake levi <JLEVI_US at YAHOO_COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com
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<DIV></DIV>>To: nfc at actwin_com
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: NFC: plant filtering
capabilities
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:10:08 -0800
(PST)
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<DIV></DIV>>Inland Aquatics does, they have a
website, just do a
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<DIV></DIV>>web search for them.
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<DIV></DIV>>--- Ty_Hall at eFunds_Com wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > I have been to a website that
sells a system just
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<DIV></DIV>> > like this. It uses live
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<DIV></DIV>> > plants as the filtration media.
I'll see if I can
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<DIV></DIV>> > find the URL. It might be
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<DIV></DIV>> > in my bookmarks at home.
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > Ty
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > Does anyone know the comparitive
filtering/water
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<DIV></DIV>> > cleaning abilities of
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<DIV></DIV>> > different aquarium plants?
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > There's a gentleman in town here
(Denver) who has
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > set up an interesting
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > aquarium filter for his marine
aquariums. He uses
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > the case & pump from a
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > wet-dry undertank, but instead of
using bioballs he
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > fills it with plants.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > It seems to work great, the tanks
in the shop he had
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > that setup on were
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > much healthier than the ones with
the traditional
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > set-ups.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > I'm thinking I would like to
combine this idea with
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > my current wet-dry. My
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > plan is to leave the bio balls
in, but fill the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > resevoir side with plants &
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > leave grow light on them all from
1pm to 11am (not
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > quite 24 hours & flipped
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > from the plants in the
tank). I'll have to build a
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > screen filter for the
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<DIV></DIV>> > pump, but that's pretty simple.
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > My problem is that the only plant
I have an abundant
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > amount of is java moss
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > and I'm not sure what kind of
filtering ability it
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > has. I could get some
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > cabamba for pretty cheap, but
I've never had really
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > good luck with it.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > Maybe a mixture of assorted
plants would be good?
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > My amazon swords from my
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > old tropical tank are sending out
babies like
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > mad...they need to be
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > seperated anyway...there's no
room for the fish
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > anymore!
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > Suggestions?
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > thanks,
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> > kris
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV></DIV>> >
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