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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #352
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #352
- From: joeah at webtv_net (Joe Hildreth)
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:15:00 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com (Aquatic Plants Digest)'smessage of Sun, 18 Jun 2000 03:48:03 -0400 (EDT)
On the subject of a windowsill planted tank, I have successfully
maintained a 45 gallon tank (in front of a large window) with Discus and
8 large echinodorus bleheri swords for a year and a half. The swords
are about 20" high and very healthy. the Discus pair have raised two
groups of fry. The plants were potted in soil from a wooded area with a
layer of Flourite on the top of each pot. DIY co2 is injected via a
power filter. No artificial light has ever been used. Algae has never
been a problem. 50% of the water is changed every 7-10 days. TMG is
added with each water change. This tank has been so sucessful that I
would use natural light in all of my tanks if I had enough windows.
Joe Hildreth