hi guys, what is " the odd Jobes plant spike." FLI USA Yvan Alleau 712 Kings boulevard 97330 Corvallis, Oregon home # 738-0606 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely ! yalleau@oce.orst.edu "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential" ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Miller" <ruddigar_99@yahoo.com> To: "Apisto List" <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:25 AM Subject: Re: profile as substrate > Al, > > One of my best planted tanks is a thirty five gallon tank that has > been set up for about five years. The substrate is nothing but silica > gravel, about 3mm. The plants grow well with good light (about 80W > flourescent), and CO2, with a weekly addition of liquid fertilzer and > the odd Jobes plant spike. > > HTH > > J > > > > The aquatic planting soil is suppose to be the same stuff as the soil > > conditioner..the soil conditioner on the Shcultz page says it is > > inert > > also..also I just used a condutivity meter not a reagent kit...the > > stuff > > looks nice in the tank....but changing the water chemistry is not > > good.....just looking for something simple to grow some of the easy > > plants....looking for ideas from others who grow plants in soft water > > and do > > not go the super substrate method..if there is such a way... > > > > AL > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List > Archives"! > > > ===== > J. Miller > Edmonton, AB, Can. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!