Re: [GSAS-Member] Keeping Groundcover Plants in the Substrate

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Wow, thanks! They are just down the street from me!

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:56 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Keeping Groundcover Plants in the Substrate

I believe it's only available in 25 lb bags.  Honestly, it's so good  
looking that you could use extra in big glass cylinders for  
candles(like from pottery barn/crate and barrel) or in anything else  
that you'd use sand in.  I traded my remaining sand(after doing 2  
tanks with it) for a vinegar eel starter culture.  Here's a link to  
the website that will show you what colors they have.
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ColorQuartz/HomePage/Products/Cr
ystals/ 
   The S-grade is sand sized and round in shape.  The T-grade is like  
very tiny gravel and sharper, but I hear it can be vacuumed like  
gravel(not that you'd need to if you had sand-sized)  You might want  
to call to make sure that they have whatever grade/color you're  
looking for, here's their information
        Industrial Coatings & Sealants  &nbsp425-742-5693
12521 Evergreen Drive
Mukilteo WA 98275


On May 2, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Susan Welenofsky wrote:

> Do they sell in smaller quantities other than 50lbs? If not, do you  
> have any
> left and can I buy some from you or trade with Turface, plants or  
> fish with
> you?
>
> If not, what is the place in Mukilteo called? I live close by there  
> in Mill
> Creek.
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:46 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Keeping Groundcover Plants in the Substrate
>
> It's a pool grit.  It's available at pool supply places, if you do a
> search on 3m's website, there are 2 places "locally" that carry it.  I
> got mine at a place in Mukilteo for $25 for a 50lb bag, they were very
> nice and have fairly decent hours.  There's a place in South Seattle
> that also apparently carries it, but I emailed them and never heard
> back, so I'm not sure. The colorquartz is good because of the
> homogenous grain size/shape(round, good for sand sifters/diggers) and
> because it's available in pretty much any color under the sun.  There
> are some closeups of mine in the May edition of the newsletter.  :)
> On May 1, 2008, at 9:41 PM, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
>
>> Do you get that at the hardware store? I was thinking of trying to
>> the sand
>> "river" effect.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:32 PM
>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Keeping Groundcover Plants in the  
>> Substrate
>>
>> I don't know if heavy sand would work, but I've found the 3m
>> Colorquartz to be "heavier" than other sands.
>> On May 1, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Shango Los wrote:
>>
>>> I was reading Roy's email about the foreground plants he brought to
>>> the
>>> auction and was so excited by the idea.  The challenge I have is
>>> that the
>>> Glossostigma and other small plants I have bought never stay in the
>>> substrate. The roots are simply too short. They float to the top
>>> when even
>>> touched by a fish or even if the water is moving.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions for making this work?  I would so
>>> love to
>>> have some serious groundcover.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Shango
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Seattle_Aquarist
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:37 PM
>>> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
>>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] New 20 gal: looking for foreground
>>> plants; also,
>>> cannister filter brand tips?
>>>
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I picked up a "Foreground Package" of plants at the annual auction
>>> which
>>> contained: Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC); Echinodorus tenellus
>>> (Pygmy
>>> Chain Sword); Glossostigma elatinoides (Glossostigma).  It was just
>>> what I
>>> was looking for to trial with the Sagittaria subulata  (Dwarf
>>> Sagittaria)
>>> that I already had in the tank.  All four are working well but the
>>> one I
>>> like the best so far is the Hermianthus callitrichoides (HC) because
>>> of the
>>> very small, fine leaves and low creeping habit.  Sorry I do not have
>>> any
>>> extra to share since I just planted it two weeks ago, but it is
>>> rooting and
>>> spreading in my natural gravel tank. Maybe someone else has some to
>>> offer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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