Re: [AGA-Member] Low-light tanks & CO2

[Heather J Gladney <hgladney@comcast.net>]

S. Hieber wrote:

> One thing you can do for an aquarium where you don't want
> to have a lot of light but you do a lot of fish feeding is
> add some watersprite (Ceratopteris cornuta) as a floating
> plant.
I love the way this plant looks, too.  Nice contrast with everything else.

> Because it is floating it will be up close to the
> lights, taking maximum advantage of them while providing
> some shade for the water column below. Plus, because it is
> at the surface, ity can get plenty of CO2. So it can behave
> like fast growing plants, soaking up a lot of nutrients
> fromthe water column even in a relatvely low-light
> aquarium.
>
> As a bonus, trimming is very easy, so you can control the
> amount with barely any effort at all. You can tear, divide,
> snip pretty much any way you want and the plant just keeps
> growing back and it seems to accept a pretty wide range of
> water conditions and temps.
>
> For the sake of swords, you might want to avoid shading
> them, but the ferns and anubias won't mind the shade.
>
> have plants, have solutions,
>  
Always!!  And as always, thanks.
Heather

> sh
>
> --- Adam Michels <amichels@trafficleader.com> wrote:
>
>
>  
>
> > . . .
> > 	I've heard that bunched plants absorb nutrients 
> > faster
> > than most
> > others. But it seems no one keeps bunched plants in
> > low-light,
> > discus-style tanks; mostly Anubias, Java Ferns, Mosses,
> > Grasses and
> > Swords. My planted discus tank seems to get dirty and
> > overwhelmed with
> > dissolved organics quickly. Because of this I clean my
> > canister more
> > often, every two weeks or so. I even considered doing it
> > every
> > week...discus, ugh.
> > 	Also, if your substrate is real deep, like more than 3
> > or 4
> > inches, I think adding more Sword plants might improve
> > conditions. Their
> > roots spread out fast, and I bet they do a great job,
> > comparatively, of
> > keeping the substrate free of anaerobic conditions. I'm
> > speculating,
> > though, and really have no evidence of such. 
> >    
>
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