Stan Perkins
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From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- anyone ever toyed with this idea?
> In a message dated 1/19/04 2:52:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> stanperkins_at_academicplanet.com writes:
>
> << I tried the freshwater sandbed but the results were less than what I
had
> hoped. I would suggest a refugium type mud filter. They seem to work a
lot
> better. I also built a filter system using water circulated through a
tank
> containing water lettuce. This also worked but required a lot of light
> wattage. It was a great place to grow out fry. Daphnia loved it as well.
> Smaller grained sand in a tank is a plus! I have use DYI and fizzie
systems
> for delivering CO2 both work about the same. >>
>
> I like a layer of builders sand about 4 to 6" deep with a layer of
detritus
> (mulm, mud) over the sand. This along with a refugium filled with floating
> plants like water lettuce. Water hyacinths, or some other fast growing
floating
> plant with lots of thick trailing roots. I also like lots of emergent
plants
> like dwarf cattails, dwarf umbrella palms, and trees like bald cypress,
> mangroves, and water tupelo kept trimmed back into small trees with large
trunks and
> root mats. the only thing I would like to try is slow injection of clean
water
> under the sand slowly diffusing up through the sand into the aquarium. So
far
> I haven't been able to do this effectively. I have injected water into
deep
> sand bed at a high pressure and a very large flow rate. the effect is
amazing
> not only with water quality but the visual effect of boiling sand is
great.
> Since I can't have mulm and boiling sand I keep the mulm.
>
> Moon
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