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- From: tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse)
- Subject: Re: Keeping plants alive.... how?!?
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- Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
- References: <15252.2b3f56b9@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:32:06 GMT
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- In article <15252.2b3f56b9@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> rudin@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
- >HI!
- >
- >I have a question about keeping store-bought plants alive in
- >fresh water aquariums. Mine always seem to die. What do I need?
- >More light? More of some chemical? Any help would be aprreciated!
-
- Well, there are people on the net who are FAR more quailify then
- I am on this, but I have nothing better to do at the moment.
-
- How much chemical and light you need depend somewhat on what kind
- of plant you want to keep. For fast growing plants like cabomba (sp?),
- the "if you see algae, put more fertilizer in" rule of thumb seems to
- work. You do have to trim the plants or they will outgrow your tank
- and die. For slow growing plant, fertilizer will turn your plant tank
- into an algae tank. My "plant" tank is a 10g with java fern and a few
- crypt. They are slow growing plants. I do a 20% water change once a
- month w/o vaccuming the gravel (mainly because it's too much work) and
- add a shot glass worth of FerroPlant. Lighting is one 18" UltraLume50.
- Seems to work pretty well. No algae problem. Plants doing well, so are
- the fish.
-
- -Anthony
-
-