Re: [AGA Member] Marsilea carpets

[ROlesen104@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/28/04 12:47:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bailin_shaw@hotmail.com writes:
My other plants are growing gangbusters and the anubias (equally as slow 
growing) doesn't have the same issues.  I tend to think it has to do with 
detritus collecting on the gravel bed promoting algae growth.  It gets 
started on the gravel and migrates to the plants.  Any other thoughts on the 
subject?
I think you're right about the debris collecting followed rapidly by algae. 
The algae spores, broken off pieces, whatever, sink (it is the bottom) get 
trapped there more than anywhere else and there is usually way less water movement 
there also.

Notice how Amano and others have largely abandoned densely planted 
foregrounds in many tanks, opting instead for clean, white sand which jumps right up to 
mid sized Crypts, Anubias, etc.

Bob Olesen


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