whetu Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Wow! That's impressive! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 but can you remove the florabase and re use? how many years would it last before you would need to replace it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 the stuff virtually lasts forever, so you wouldn't have to worry about changing it for at least a fair few years... having said that it costs a fair bit... but the results are clearly visible. nemines - i love the rimless tank - i didn't think many ppl in NZ had them, and the plants are so healthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Wonder about using that stuff folrists use(cant think of name), flow water through it and dose your ferts. Like underwater hydroponics. May get root bound and you wont be able to remove the plants, but just move the whole block of foam to a new tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Wonder about using that stuff folrists use(cant think of name), flow water through it and dose your ferts. Like underwater hydroponics. May get root bound and you wont be able to remove the plants, but just move the whole block of foam to a new tank Oasis is what its called, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Oasis is what its called, I think zat wood be zit May try it one day, spose it would be like a solid lump of rock wool in theroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanx, guys. the one thing i would have done differently on the tank would've been putting in under-gravel heating but at it was only a 2 footer i didn't bother...excellent substrate, weekly and daily ferts, and 40% weekly water changes with good filtration and a CO2 system, not too many fish = planted aquarium. hopefully it will come down in price one day :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raewyna Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 I have Diana Walstad's book "Ecology of the planted aquarium" so I got brave and did as she suggested - 1" garden soil and 1" gravel. It has only been about 5 months but so far the tank I did that in is going well. Plants all growing, fish happy and the green water went away and left a crystal clear tank. The plants are Amazon swords, tiger lotus, Hygrophila, Indian fern - some planted and some floating and Java fern growing on some gravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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