On 27 Apr 2006 14:42:59 -0700, "Frank"
wrote:

Altum & Mister Gardener,
If I were talking to anyone less experienced.....

I've been around the block a few times with fish, but with plants, I
let Jessie rob the train. My first two planted tanks (90s) were set up
just after I sold out my breeding tanks and breeders, a couple of years
ago. I built the hoods and had the elect. on one of the jobs install
the lighting - planted the hell out of the tanks (atop of UGFs) and
pumped the CO2. Plants cloged the filter plates in no time - some
growing, others dying, whole thing looked like crap in no time. Removed
the UGF plates - redid everything, and in no time, the two tanks looked
like crap again. Took everything out again, called one of the gals from
the fish club that used to take care of the plants at the pet shops.
She does the plant thing in my tanks and I do the fish thing in hers -
tanks really look great now, and I still don't know much when it comes
to plants...
To answer your guestion Altum, 0 ammonia... yes, she does have a small
amount of water sprite floating - removes handfulls all the time... She
don't mind the nitrAte level. .................... Frank

Sounds like you and the fish club gal need to hang onto each other.
Your body of knowledge in matters piscine is astounding, you shouldn't
have to carry around all that plant expertise at the same time.
Altum's comment on Water Sprite really got me thinking, of the
successful plant growers I know, a common denominator is water sprite.


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