Re: NANFA-- I think I've been gone too long

Joshua L Wiegert (jlw_at_dune.net)
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:41:48 -0400

I used to get Java MOss and Java Fern growing up the power filter. Looked
really neat. I always figured it helped out filtration, if anything .... :)

JW.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mysteryman" <bestfish_at_alaweb.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:51 PM
Subject: NANFA-- I think I've been gone too long




> I got home last night after a month of traipsing about the continent, as
> I tend to do. This morning I made my rounds to feed the fish, and I
> noticed something odd about one of my Pteronotropis tanks. On further
> investigation, I found that the outside box filter was overgrown with
> lush, green plants. NOT algae, but moss and vascular plants.
> Yep, my filter has one of the prettiest clumps of some sort of very
> attractive moss hanging out of it in every direction, and growing in the
> cracks are several small, dwarfed versions of what is probably
> Hygrophilia, growing emersed. It's a weird sight. On the one hand, this
> is probably a sign that the filter REALLY needs changing, but on the
> other hand, I don't want to wreck this nifty little garden.

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