From: Colin Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:59 AM > I've found that the Water Hyacinth is an astonishingly > good nitrate remover, I know that it's virtues are sung > by those ecologists who would like to see more natural > methods of water purification for humans... I've mentioned this before: Go to a site like http://www.google.com/ and pull a Web search on "Wetlands". You'll find a whole LIST of plants detailing their effectiveness at removing or absorbing a wide range of compounds, heavy metals, etc. that are or have been researched for the reclamation of water sheds... -Y- David A. Youngker nestor10@mindspring.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.