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Date: 16 Feb 2005 13:35:56
From: Troy Bruder
Subject: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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Hello,
I considering re-doing my planted tank.. This time, I want to use TRUE
planted tank substrate.. I really like the look of a "sand-ish" substrate,
but also want something that's going to reduce the amount of fertilizers I
need to add on a regular basis.
Any thoughts on Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
Thanks,
Troy
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 18:47:37
From: sophie
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In message <IC2HLI.BIK@T-FCN.Net >, Richard Sexton <richard@vrx.news>
writes
>>>Shirley is a place and not a woman then? It didn't sound like one
>>>of those weird English names like "Stoke on Ferrert".
>>
>>Piddle-on-Trent...
>
>I've never piddled in the Trent, but as a young lad, the Thames
>is a different story. Although there is a Trent river here and uh...
>
>>But yes, Shirley is a place - not so far from a place called, I kid you
>>not, "Pink Green".
>
>Hey we have a "Red Green" here in Canadia.
not as washed out as ours, then!
>
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sophie
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Date: 18 Feb 2005 05:21:52
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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>>>But yes, Shirley is a place - not so far from a place called, I kid you
>>>not, "Pink Green".
>>
>>Hey we have a "Red Green" here in Canadia.
>
>not as washed out as ours, then!
No... something to do with duct tape...
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Date: 16 Feb 2005 23:43:28
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In article <11174kc6r7upr12@corp.supernews.com >,
Troy Bruder <troy_bruder@hotmail.com > wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I considering re-doing my planted tank.. This time, I want to use TRUE
>planted tank substrate.. I really like the look of a "sand-ish" substrate,
>but also want something that's going to reduce the amount of fertilizers I
>need to add on a regular basis.
I'm really starting to wonder if all these fancy gravels are ore
of a fashio statement than actually usefull. I mean I've used
fine beach sand for years which any manner of idiots tell me
will not work and can never work.
Yeah, ok, then explain this:
http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/u/UND/
All grown in sand. For 10-15 years.
Now I've got and tried Flourite, profile, farfards aquatic
soil and so on and so forth. Given the price of this stuff
(especialy flourite) and the fact that plants can take
100% of their requirtements from the water column I
really do wonder why we need fancy gravel.
You want sand? Use sand. $4 for 50 pounds at home depot
("Playbox sand"). If my plants in fluoprite start doing better
than the one sin sand I'll let you know.
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 17:18:03
From: sophie
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In message <IC2Bn4.92H@T-FCN.Net >, Richard Sexton <richard@vrx.news>
writes
>>>http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
>>
>>psssssttt.
>>It's "Shirley Aquatics" - Shrilly is a place (just round the corner form
>>me) ;-)
>
>Shirley is a place and not a woman then? It didn't sound like one
>of those weird English names like "Stoke on Ferrert".
Piddle-on-Trent...
But yes, Shirley is a place - not so far from a place called, I kid you
not, "Pink Green".
>
--
sophie
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 17:51:18
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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>>Shirley is a place and not a woman then? It didn't sound like one
>>of those weird English names like "Stoke on Ferrert".
>
>Piddle-on-Trent...
I've never piddled in the Trent, but as a young lad, the Thames
is a different story. Although there is a Trent river here and uh...
>But yes, Shirley is a place - not so far from a place called, I kid you
>not, "Pink Green".
Hey we have a "Red Green" here in Canadia.
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 14:19:27
From: sophie
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In message <cvwv87C3RJFCFwqF@193.38.113.3 >, sophie
<sophie-usenetNOSPAMTHANKYOU@blueyonder.co.uk > writes
>In message <IC138G.En4@T-FCN.Net>, Richard Sexton <richard@vrx.news>
>writes
>>In article <11174kc6r7upr12@corp.supernews.com>,
>>Troy Bruder <troy_bruder@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I considering re-doing my planted tank.. This time, I want to use TRUE
>>>planted tank substrate.. I really like the look of a "sand-ish" substrate,
>>>but also want something that's going to reduce the amount of fertilizers I
>>>need to add on a regular basis.
>>
>>I'm really starting to wonder if all these fancy gravels are ore
>>of a fashio statement than actually usefull. I mean I've used
>>fine beach sand for years which any manner of idiots tell me
>>will not work and can never work.
>>
>>Yeah, ok, then explain this:
>>
>>http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
>
>psssssttt.
>It's "Shirley Aquatics" - Shrilly
"Shirley", dammit, not shrilly.
> is a place (just round the corner form me) ;-)
>
>http://www.shirleyaquatics.co.uk/
>
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sophie
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Date: 18 Feb 2005 01:20:50
From: Ozdude
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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"Richard Sexton" <richard@vrx.news > wrote in message
news:IC138G.En4@T-FCN.Net...
> Yeah, ok, then explain this:
>
> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/u/UND/
>
> All grown in sand. For 10-15 years.
>
> Now I've got and tried Flourite, profile, farfards aquatic
> soil and so on and so forth. Given the price of this stuff
> (especialy flourite) and the fact that plants can take
> 100% of their requirtements from the water column I
> really do wonder why we need fancy gravel.
>
> You want sand? Use sand. $4 for 50 pounds at home depot
> ("Playbox sand"). If my plants in fluoprite start doing better
> than the one sin sand I'll let you know.
I agree about sand, but I really think it's not as simple as "do or don't
use sand" - ymmv is all I have to say.
I see plants like Val. and Hygro. planted in really fine sand at LFS#1 and
they have nothing like CO2 injection or anything, except there are macro
fertilizer tabs in the sand.
I think the argument for and against sand is the aerobic/anaerobic argument
for the root health, but once again it's dependent on so many things all I
can say is "different strokes for different folks" (ymmv) ;)
When I ponder the advice for aquaria I always find myself visiting the local
park lake and looking closely at the submerged plants and what they are
growing so well in - it's usually silt, so fine it would instantly cloud any
aquarium - but the lesson there is that fertilization seems to be more
important to root health than substrate particle size and whether it's
aerobic or not.
I've read a lot of articles lately which are giving the view that it's the
micro-hair roots that do the uptaking and the visible roots doing the
anchoring and some uptake, so I am starting to form the view that as long as
the micro roots hairs can penetrate the substrate and reach sufficient
fertilizer, you are going to have growth success.
Oz
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 15:46:07
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In article <4214a837$0$2672$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au >,
Ozdude <ivsmith11@hote-mail.com > wrote:
>
>"Richard Sexton" <richard@vrx.news> wrote in message
>news:IC138G.En4@T-FCN.Net...
>> Yeah, ok, then explain this:
>>
>> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
>> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/u/UND/
>>
>> All grown in sand. For 10-15 years.
>>
>> Now I've got and tried Flourite, profile, farfards aquatic
>> soil and so on and so forth. Given the price of this stuff
>> (especialy flourite) and the fact that plants can take
>> 100% of their requirtements from the water column I
>> really do wonder why we need fancy gravel.
>>
>> You want sand? Use sand. $4 for 50 pounds at home depot
>> ("Playbox sand"). If my plants in fluoprite start doing better
>> than the one sin sand I'll let you know.
>
>I agree about sand, but I really think it's not as simple as "do or don't
>use sand" - ymmv is all I have to say.
>
>I see plants like Val. and Hygro. planted in really fine sand at LFS#1 and
>they have nothing like CO2 injection or anything, except there are macro
>fertilizer tabs in the sand.
I had tothrow away my val and hygro in that tank as they were tasking over. One
red ble val was 4' long. No fertilizer other than fish, no co2, one 20W
tube over aq 30 gal tank.
>I think the argument for and against sand is the aerobic/anaerobic argument
>for the root health, but once again it's dependent on so many things all I
>can say is "different strokes for different folks" (ymmv) ;)
I put manure under the sand when I set it up in 1996. It goes black for a bit
near the bottom then clears up. The anaerbic state causesiron to be reduced
to a usable state.
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 12:56:23
From: sophie
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In message <IC138G.En4@T-FCN.Net >, Richard Sexton <richard@vrx.news>
writes
>In article <11174kc6r7upr12@corp.supernews.com>,
>Troy Bruder <troy_bruder@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I considering re-doing my planted tank.. This time, I want to use TRUE
>>planted tank substrate.. I really like the look of a "sand-ish" substrate,
>>but also want something that's going to reduce the amount of fertilizers I
>>need to add on a regular basis.
>
>I'm really starting to wonder if all these fancy gravels are ore
>of a fashio statement than actually usefull. I mean I've used
>fine beach sand for years which any manner of idiots tell me
>will not work and can never work.
>
>Yeah, ok, then explain this:
>
>http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
psssssttt.
It's "Shirley Aquatics" - Shrilly is a place (just round the corner form
me) ;-)
http://www.shirleyaquatics.co.uk/
--
sophie
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 15:42:39
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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>>http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
>
>psssssttt.
>It's "Shirley Aquatics" - Shrilly is a place (just round the corner form
>me) ;-)
Shirley is a place and not a woman then? It didn't sound like one
of those weird English names like "Stoke on Ferrert".
--
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Date: 16 Feb 2005 21:41:02
From: Shagster
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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Thanks for the feedback.. I've been using standard old "aquarium gravel"
for 2 years... Plants are growing like crazy... But I'm adding chemicals
like a mad scientist... I was hoping these newfangled gravels would simply
provide a continuous supply of nutrients for a longer period of time...
Troy
"Richard Sexton" <richard@vrx.news > wrote in message
news:IC138G.En4@T-FCN.Net...
> In article <11174kc6r7upr12@corp.supernews.com>,
> Troy Bruder <troy_bruder@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I considering re-doing my planted tank.. This time, I want to use TRUE
>>planted tank substrate.. I really like the look of a "sand-ish"
>>substrate,
>>but also want something that's going to reduce the amount of fertilizers I
>>need to add on a regular basis.
>
> I'm really starting to wonder if all these fancy gravels are ore
> of a fashio statement than actually usefull. I mean I've used
> fine beach sand for years which any manner of idiots tell me
> will not work and can never work.
>
> Yeah, ok, then explain this:
>
> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/g/GRA/
> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/Cryptocoryne/u/UND/
>
> All grown in sand. For 10-15 years.
>
> Now I've got and tried Flourite, profile, farfards aquatic
> soil and so on and so forth. Given the price of this stuff
> (especialy flourite) and the fact that plants can take
> 100% of their requirtements from the water column I
> really do wonder why we need fancy gravel.
>
> You want sand? Use sand. $4 for 50 pounds at home depot
> ("Playbox sand"). If my plants in fluoprite start doing better
> than the one sin sand I'll let you know.
>
>
> --
> Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org
> http://www.mbz.org
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Date: 17 Feb 2005 03:19:36
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: Onyx Sand vs. Eco-Complete?
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In article <zeGcnfJp-LDMmYnfUSdV9g@ptd.net >, Shagster <noway@nohow.com> wrote:
>Thanks for the feedback.. I've been using standard old "aquarium gravel"
>for 2 years... Plants are growing like crazy... But I'm adding chemicals
>like a mad scientist... I was hoping these newfangled gravels would simply
>provide a continuous supply of nutrients for a longer period of time...
Nah. The clay bases ones do that ion exchange thing aned convert ammonia to
nitrates faster or some damn thing and are supposed to be higher in iron
but my plants still go chloritic in flourite if I don't dose Fe+traces.
If what you have works, stick with it,and resign yourself that
this is just a chemistry set with moving parts.
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