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400L catfishtank
Posted: 05 Mar 2007, 12:10
by franc
This is my catfish tank.
Megalechis thoracata (Kwi kwi) 1 male.,2fem..
Panaque maccus (Clown pleco) 4.
Gold Nugget Pleco, L081 (1)
Pseudolithoxus anthrax (1) L235.
Corydoras arcuatus (10).
Corydoras sterbai (15).
Posted: 05 Mar 2007, 13:15
by racoll
Really nice tank Franc.
I like it.
I'm a big fan of
Pistia too, but I found that the nice big plants die off and are replaced by smaller and smaller plants over time.
These don't look as good unfortunately as they lack the long trailing roots.
Posted: 06 Mar 2007, 07:03
by M@RS
Very nice!
I love what your tank looks like.
Posted: 11 Mar 2007, 21:32
by apistomaster
Salvinia species are a good plant to use in lieu of Pistia. With good lightng like yours it will thrive and it is easily harvested to make sure it doesn't cause too much shade. It also has the nice feathery roots albeit smaller and shorter.
It is a heck of a lot better than that accursed duckweeed. I am currently at war with duckweed that has gotten a foothold in some of my tanks.
It just takes one and the next thing you know it covers the surface water in the aquarium.
Posted: 11 Mar 2007, 22:15
by Marc van Arc
apistomaster wrote: I am currently at war with duckweed that has gotten a foothold in some of my tanks.
It just takes one and the next thing you know it covers the surface water in the aquarium.
True, it can be very annoying. However, it's a brilliant nitrate digester and in my tanks they are a necessity. I prefer the duckweed to Cyanobacteria
Btw: nice tank Franc!
Posted: 11 Mar 2007, 22:48
by apistomaster
I agree with that Marc.
I have actually harvested as much as one pound of Savinia from just a ten gallon tank so they are both good exporters of nitrates. Salvinia is just easier for me to control is why I prefer it.
I grow it in my cherry shrimp tanks and they spend a lot of time picking throught the roots. I can remove it by hand but I have to use a net with duckweed and invariably I lose some shrimp in the duckweed harvest.
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 07:54
by Marc van Arc
The whole story is that I have tried Salvinia and Pistia several times, but I'm not able to keep them.
Within a couple of weeks they'd become weak and start to develop a "loose-leaf" off-white coloured and rootless variety.
I was eventually told it had to do with the space between the watersurface and the glass tank covers, which is very little in my case, thus causing the leaves to be pushed against the covers.
There's no doubt however that I would prefer them to duckweed.