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Re: Plants for a shiner tank

Sajjad,
  Sounds like a fair mix, but I'd caution you against the Anacharis.  Its
generally pretty hard to keep alive and healthy, turning to mush in a few
weeks.  Maybe thats just my luck, but I've never been able to keep it
alive indoors.  

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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Sajjad Lateef wrote:

> Hi all,
> 	Thanks for all your input regarding the plants. After considering
> all suggestions and some research, I have decided to get the following
> plants: 
> 1: Egeria densa (Anacharis) for the ends
> 2: Sagittaria Sp for background 
> 3: (dwarf) Sagittaria subulata for foreground
> 4: Hornwort for fry to hide in. 
> 5: A piece of driftwood (its Mopani wood from the LFS)
> 6: (I haven't decided yet) Java Fern to grow on the driftwood.
> 
> 	Apart from the Java Fern, the rest of the tank should be pretty
> much a natural North American biotype. I have seeded the gravel with some
> blackworms and mite-like critters from the community tank. I might add
> more fish or inverts in six months or so. I would have loved to add a
> sword plant but they would not fit the NA biotype (know any North
> American Swords?)
> 
> 	I decided against Cabomba, Bacopa and Ludwigia sp since they are
> all bright-light plants. The substrate will be Seachem Flourite mixed with
> natural gravel and the filter will be a Whisper power filter rated at 200
> GPH (overfiltering a bit). I might add a sponge filter and air stone if it
> seems like its needed. I don't know what kind of light, yet.  But probably
> a plain old shoplight with GE daylight bulbs. 
> 
> Sajjad
> 
> On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Josh Wiegert wrote:
> 
> > There is something to this:
> > Begginer's plants are usually bunch plants that grow rapidly and can be
> > harvested easily under the RIGHT CONDITIONS.  That is a key phraze.
> > They're readily harvestable, because you can usually just clip them in two
> > and have two plants.  Think Elodea (Anacharis.)  They usually like bright
> > light, and often cool water (which is ideal for a native tank...).  Many
> > of these plants are actually natives to the americas.  Again, think Eldoa.
> > Cabasmba is found locally here.  Hornwort grows all over.  This makes them
> > ready and easy to gather... as well as cheap.  This is why they're
> > begginners plants: not because they're so easy to grow. 
> > For great begginers plants, I think Anubias, Java Fern, Brazil Sword,
> > "Mystery BUlbs (usually wind up being Arrowhead or Lily Pads) and so forth
> > make great aditions.   These plants also have another great advantage over
> > the bunch plants:  They're larger leaved and won't be eaten, but still can
> > provide quite a bit of shelter for fry.  Brazil Sword is a good example,
> > as its long roots and numerous stalks provide plenty of hiding places.
> > Unfortunately, these plants generally run about $5 each, as compared to a
> > $.99 bunch of anacharis.  
> > 
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> > On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, D. Martin Moore wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Martin, 
> > > >   If it makes you feel any better, I can't grow val worth a damn either.
> > > > :)  I manage to grow all the "impossible" ones and kill off all the easy
> > > > ones.   My Java Moss dies off, while the Fern flourishes alongside the
> > > > Lace Plants... etc. etc.
> > > 
> > > That's what I don't get.  I can also grow MLLP's, plus C. balansae, 
> > > etc., but the "beginner's" plants always die :-(
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Prost,
> > > 
> > > Martin
> > > 
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> > > 
> > 
> 
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