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Re: Modular substrate
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Modular substrate
- From: Tauni Sandy <wuggamom at hotpop_com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:05:27 -0700
- In-reply-to: <200206180748.g5I7m6Y23135 at acme_actwin.com>
- References: <200206180748.g5I7m6Y23135 at acme_actwin.com>
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:53:22 -0700 Thomas Barr <tcbiii at earthlink_net> wrote:
>These pots can be cut at angles or down low for the foreground and come up
>high to 5 inches (or higher set on the gravel) in the back giving a nice
>maintainable slope.
>
Are these plastic pots? I have several clay pots and want to know how
to cut them. The tiny pots at the craft store don't leave a lot of
room for substrate and roots, while the bigger ones are 3-4 inches
tall (and I don't want a substrate that deep). I have also picked up
some plastic trays, about 1.5 inches deep, to use for those plants
that generally use their roots to hold them down rather than really
absorbing a lot of nutrients.
In fact, I've been considering using no substrate in the tank at all
(or maybe just a thin one to hide the mulm a bit) and keeping all my
rooted plants in pots. I know I'd have to vacuum the rest of the
substrate, but keeping my plants in pots would make it so much easier
to catch my rapidly reproducing platies, since I could just remove
all the plants to a bucket beforehand. Does anyone have a tank like I
just described, and maybe some pictures I could see online?
Feedback, anyone?
Thanks -
Tauni