Re: Peat and Substrate for growout tanks

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>]

Bingo Bob............how dark is that reptile sand and will it affect the pH
at all?  Great idea! Expensive??? or just like any other sand?  Brand
names.....or should we on the list???

Mike

Mike Jacobs
Center for Advanced Technologies
Lakewood H.S.
St Pete, Fl  33705
mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>
To: <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Peat and Substrate for growout tanks


> Cory writes:
>
> > A question to those who use peat moss- how often do you change it?
>
> That's going to vary with your water.  Harder water will need more peat
more
> often.  Change it when it isn't giving you the same results it was a few
> water changes ago.
>
> > A second
> > question- barebottomed or sand for substrate in growout tanks? Detailed
> > comments and suggestions appreciated.
>
> I've given up on power filters, canister filters, and al the other
high-tech
> super-nifty stuff.  It is high-buck, high-maintenance, pain-in-the butt
> stuff.  So I'm back to sponge filters and UGFs.  In grow-out tanks, I use
> either a bare tank with a sponge, or gravel over a UGF.  The python will
do a
> nice job of keeping it clean.  In spawning tanks, I am using reptile sand
and
> a sponge filter.  The females like to move the sand around.  I'm using
> reptile sand because it is what I can find in dark colors locally.
>
> Bob Dixon
>
>
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