Re: [GSAS-Member] New 20 gal: looking for foreground plants; also, cannister filter brand tips?

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

I am not necessarily opposed to something like potting soil underneath--as
long as it's cheap and easy I'll try it. :)

Bioload will probably be high, which is why I want to go cannister. Trish,
those in-tank filters look good, but I will have a pair of meat-eating
ropefish in the tank and I want an excess of filter capacity. Also, a
cannister should be easier to clean at work--I can unhook it and take it to
the restroom sink.

If I could get a riccia carpet, I would be a happy man!

Thanks everyone.

- MS

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> A 20 long is low enough to function like my tanks, I figure. I get great
> growth from rotala, riccia, java moss and ferns and some crypts. I usually
> just have 2 strip lights over the tanks or position them so they get some
> natural light. However, I don't mess with anything other than a sponge
> filter, have low bioloads, and usually have potting soil under a gravel
> overlayer, so it's quite a different set up than you are talking about.
> I'm very much the low-tech person (wink). And I probably have snails and
> either utricularia (which I consider a pest) or hair algae (low volumes
> controlled by red cherry shrimp) so you may not be interested in plants
> from my tanks although I'm happy to share (smile).
>
> Betty Goetz
>
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