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- From: bhaskar@brtph181.bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar)
- Subject: Re: Keeping plants alive.... how?!?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.140316.25028@brtph560.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@brtph560.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
- Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
- References: <15252.2b3f56b9@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec29.021200.8168@brtph560.bnr.ca> <1992Dec30.020632.7605@ultra.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:03:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.020632.7605@ultra.com> jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley) writes:
- >In <1992Dec29.021200.8168@brtph560.bnr.ca> bhaskar@brtph181.bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar) writes:
- >
- >[...]
- >
- >-->2. Inadequate nutrients - you can get many plant foods on the market.
- >-->The consensus on this network seems to be that with fish present, you
- >-->only need trace elements and possibly laterite in the gravel. With an
- >-->already set-up tank, it is too late anyway to consider many other
- >-->substrate nutrients.
- >
- >Not too late: the laterite plugs that Aquarium Products sells work very well
- >for me.
-
- Jim, I think you misread what I wrote. I did not say it was too late
- for laterite/trace elements.
-
- I, too, use the AP laterite plugs. Some time ago, I saw some catalog
- that advertized laterite by the pound, real cheap - at about $8.
- Anyone know where I can get some? I am planning to set up a 75 or 100
- gallon plant tank soon.
-
- -Shaji.
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- Shaji Bhaskar BNR, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (bhaskar@bnr.ca)
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