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Is there anything I can grow in a river tank with tons of current? I haven't set this tank up yet but I'm going to do I think my 29g with hillstream loaches. Maybe the 55g but I want to use it for salt and I can't find that many hillstream loaches in my area to really stock it. I'm planning it to be a highlight tank with lots of driftwood some rocks and I need a little help with substrate. Could I just buy some round rocks from like a hardware store? If we're comparing it to aquarium gravel they would be about the size of those rounded colored rocks people often put in betta tanks. This is gonna be a nice algae growing tank

Hi,
I've never seen plants growing in a high Froude Number,
body of water. Some may be temporarly submerged in
high run off periods, but are then emerged for most of
the year.

You could use rocks to create areas of reduced currents
in which the fish can rest (they must have these to
survive) and for plants to grow in. But plants will not
thrive in the center of the currents.

Frank


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Then I guess I'll have to convince the algae to grow on the driftwood and rocks instead of the glass. I might see if I can make a slow spot with a big rock and some driftwood and grow a hardy plant or 2. Would something like java moss stick well enough to grow if I started it in another tank?

I've got hornwort and duckweed in my 10 river(ish)tank. The hornwort gets blown around a lot, but it occasionally gets stuck behind something for a while. They seem to do okay

You could try Bolbitus heudelotti. This is a slow growing fern from Africa that does well in low to moderate light. This plant actually prefers more water movement than the average aquatic plant. Another plant that will probably do good is any type of anubias. These plants also grow well in lower light levels. Anubias can go quite a while in a tank that has had no light what so ever. Dont forget marimo moss balls. They live in any type of conditions.

Last edited by clownloachfan at 05-Feb-2005 18:11