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Re: more on marine plant tanks
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: more on marine plant tanks
- From: FiestaCranberry at webtv_net (Fiesta Cranberry)
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:26:32 -0800 (PST)
- In-reply-to: Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com (Aquatic Plants Digest)'smessage of Thu, 5 Dec 2002 05:03:53 -0500
>I'm going to treat them pretty much like a
>FW plant tank as far as set up, KH will be
>higher/pH etc, substrate will be different
>(but I will add iron rich substrate mixed
>with aragonite), but I'm interested in
>adding PO4/NO3.
Hi Tom & all,
Marine algae (except caulerpa) really don't need a substrate, as they
have no roots. They just have a thallus that they use to attach to
rocks or other algae. I used to super glue my bits and pieces to a
small stone. When you collect, try and get the thallus; then you can
just rubber band them to a rock and they will attach.
I used to be on a list called wet-thumb on smart groups. There's a lady
there named Monica Landøy who lives in Norway. She has been growing
cold water marine algae with a lot of success. I know she doses for
NO3. You should write to her; she's really nice and can help you avoid
any mistakes.
Lori