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inkodinkomalinko    Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003   | Are there any plants that can be grown into sand?? Carpet plants?? The pH is around 7.5, temp 82*F, aragonite sand with hagen c02 system, 2 1/2 WPG |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42 |     |
Bob Wesolowski  Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004 | Plants in sand are difficult. The sand grains are too light to effectively anchor plants and the silica quartz is reasonably sterile of anything that a plant needs for growth. You may want to insert fertilizer tabs beneath any plant that you place in the sand. A good alternative would be attaching anubias, java fern or java moss to rocks or wood in your set-up. If you have not put the substrate into your aquarium, then you might try laterite or fluorite as a ba __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright |
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FRANK    Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002  | Hi, Try this plant: Lilaeopsis brasiliensis It is sold in "squares" and should be planted with tweezers in the sand a few plants at a time. You can find out more about it at Tropica or Arizona Gardens. The root system is so small it has trouble rooting in regular aquarium gravel, and needs sand or soil. Frank  -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Thanks for the replies As for the rocks, I've got some java fern going as well as java moss. Time to get anubias started Lilaeopsis brasiliensis sounds awesome!! I'll give that a try I think theres some at my LFS for cheap Would it need root tabs or such?? |
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