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Re: Plants for a shiner tank
Kudzu said;
>I am surprised that your
>sand with gravel works with an UGF. I would have thought that the sand
>would have stopped it up. Very interesting! Have you torn it down
It's not sand, it's a gravel - about 1/8' in diameter. It's too big to fit
through the holes in the filter plate. I also use plastic screen material
over the filter plate.
I find, personally, that growing the plants with a UG filter is kinda like
growing them hydroponically. There is a constant flow of fresh oxygenated
water flowing through the gravel. The roots seem to feed the plants from
the mulm and detrius that is under the filter or trapped in the gravel.
I've tried solid layer substrate, but I found that I had problems with dead
zones
The "Phishhed"
-----Original Message-----
From: Kudzu <Kudzu at airnet_net>
To: nfc at actwin_com <nfc at actwin_com>
Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Plants for a shiner tank
>> I'm going to have to disagree with y'all about the use of UG
>filters in a
>plant tank. <<
>
>Well I hope I didn't say they wouldn't work! Because yes they will!
>They are just not the ideal setup for plants. I am surprised that your
>sand with gravel works with an UGF. I would have thought that the sand
>would have stopped it up. Very interesting! Have you torn it down
>since you set it up? Would be interesting to see how much sand is
>under the filter plates and how much if any is stopped up by sand.
>
>>>I know that this set up won't work for everybody, but it works for
>me. If you are starting out with live plants, the best thing to do is
>to experiment and find out what works best for you. The main thing is
>to obtain a balance where everything works together.<<
>
>I couldn't have said it better myself! :-)
>
>I have a 65 gallon with 120 watts of light, substrate is sand over
>Hartz kitty litter. I add CO2 with a Do It Yourself rig and have to
>trim plants every couple of weeks. Like you said you have to find
>something that works for you!
>
>Jeff <*\\><
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