Re: [GSAS-Member] Am I doing the right thing with Vals?

["Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>]

There are certainly lots of folks on this list who know way more about this
than I but in my experience a mineral rich substrate supports stronger and
more rapid root growth supporting the general health and betterment of the
plant.  I suggest a layer of something that would work well for the plants
you are most into and then put the beautiful blue stuff back on top.

I use fluorite but some folks on this list use really cool combinations of
flourite and/or peat and/or magic.

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:33 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Am I doing the right thing with Vals?

I'm not totally opposed to that.  What do you suggest?  If they're  
already getting nutrients in the water column, do they need more from  
the substrate?
On May 19, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Shango Los wrote:

>
> It would be a bit of a hassle but you could always put something  
> healthy
> UNDER the inert substrate.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:19 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Am I doing the right thing with Vals?
>
> I got some Vallisneria at the auction, and so far my mbuna either
> haven't figured out that it makes a tasty snack, or they're not eating
> it fast enough for me to notice.  I'll start with telling you that I'm
> a complete plant noob.
>
> I have an inert substrate(3m Colorquartz) that I have them planted in,
> and I'm dosing the tank with excel every day or every other day if I
> don't remember.  I also have been dosing it with Flourish twice a
> week.  I noticed a couple days ago that some of the leaves appear to
> be turning slightly transparent.  They might have been this way
> beforehand, and I didn't notice it, regardless, should I be doing
> something to combat this?  Should I be adding anything else to the
> water? It's buffered pretty heavily(with a premixed buffer as well as
> a bunch of aragonite substrate in my filter) and has Malawi GH
> boosters as well which I believe is calcium and some other stuff.
>
> The tank's levels(of stuff I have test kits for) are -
> pH - 8.0
> Amm. - 0
> NitrIte - 0
> NitrAte - >5, <20
> KH - 15º
> GH - 15º
> Phosphates I haven't tested in a while, but they're fairly low
>
> Thanks for the input, after having such bad luck with Anubias, I wan
> to make sure I'm doing this correctly, but I'm not willing to switch
> out for an enriched substrate, the colorquartz is too perfect for my
> mbuna.
>
> Here's a shot of the tank on thursday
>
http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Laurelthequeen/Fish%20Tank/?action=vi
> ew&current=DSCF5423.jpg
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