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re:Suspended Particles
>My plant tank substrate is composed of natural dirt and rocks (fresh off the
>mountain). I'm having a problem with tiny suspended dirt particles
>drifting around and landing on my plants. Besides being unsightly I don't
>think it helps the plants out. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it. I
>have a large Aqua-Clear as the filter. I jammed some filter-floss infront
>of the pump so it would suck up some of the dirt instead of clogging the
>filters.
>
>Any ideas?
I had a similar problem once. I added some blue-white filter pad under the
sponge on my aquaclear and it cleared up rather quickly. I had to clean the
pad frequently though.
David W. Webb
Enterprise Computing Provisioning
Texas Instruments Inc.
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