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Hi folks just set up my tanks has 2 black more and 2 fantail using an
under gravel filter with air stone device Have all my water treatments and my water test kit just wondering about plants should I or perhaps not for just 4 fish Vikki -- Never find your self arguing with an idiot People watching may not be able to tell the difference. I Wish To Remember My Friends Birthday's Enter Here To Fill In My Accessible Birthday Book http://www.birthdayalarm.com/dob.jsp...75&t=17S11M689 To start a birthday book of your own enter here http://www.birthdayalarm.com |
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Vik,
All personal preference if you have them or not. I tend to keep live plants, but have to replace quite often. |
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Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help
amuse and interest my fishes Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh do you have a cat I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat to my fish -- Never find your self arguing with an idiot People watching may not be able to tell the difference. I Wish To Remember My Friends Birthday's Enter Here To Fill In My Accessible Birthday Book http://www.birthdayalarm.com/dob.jsp...75&t=17S11M689 To start a birthday book of your own enter here http://www.birthdayalarm.com "Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message ... Vik, All personal preference if you have them or not. I tend to keep live plants, but have to replace quite often. |
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![]() Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote: Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help amuse and interest my fishes Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh do you have a cat I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat to my fish Vik, I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy. |
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I would be hesitant about planting a tank with with a UGF (Under ground
filter). From what I understand, most plants do not do well with a UGF... Timmer... Canadians in Californi'Eh... "Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message ... Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote: Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help amuse and interest my fishes Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh do you have a cat I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat to my fish Vik, I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy. |
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Timmer,
Many plants do not do well with UGF's because people do not put enough gravel on top of the filter plates. And UGF should have 1 1/2 inch to 2 inches of gravel on top of the plates, and RUGF need about 3 inches. Most people do not want to put that much gravel in their tanks. HTH Tom L.L. "T" wrote in message ink.net... I would be hesitant about planting a tank with with a UGF (Under ground filter). From what I understand, most plants do not do well with a UGF... Timmer... Canadians in Californi'Eh... "Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message ... Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote: Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help amuse and interest my fishes Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh do you have a cat I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat to my fish Vik, I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy. |
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"Tom La Bron" wrote in message ...
Timmer, Many plants do not do well with UGF's because people do not put enough gravel on top of the filter plates. And UGF should have 1 1/2 inch to 2 inches of gravel on top of the plates, and RUGF need about 3 inches. Most people do not want to put that much gravel in their tanks. HTH 1 1/2 inch? When I first started fish keeping about 1 1/2 years ago, I had a UGF. I had about 3" of gravel. Needless to say, it got very smelly. Then, under advice, I removed 2's of gravel, and it worked better. Then under ingrid's advice, I removed the UGF, Binned the tank, bought a 10g & filter. Things work very nicely. I'm a filter convert. UGF's just don't seem to cut it in my tanks, and I'm sure it was responsible for the death of my black moor. |
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