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Old 12-05-2008, 01:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: cooltank suggestions

I have a 38 gallon tank that's set at 73 F with several different anubias (not nana petite though), java ferns, Crinums, mosses, Bolbitis, Val nana, Potomogeton gayii, and a red rubin sword. All the plants are doing quite well and have been for well over a year. It has 2.5wpg and is a healthy tank although I do have some trouble with the dense black furry algae that likes to grow on wood and the slow growing anubias. I just remove the leaves with a lot of it and ignore the rest as this is one of my super-lazy tanks. I had dwarf sag in there but had to remove it because it was growing everywhere and growing really tall too.

For about 2 and a half months earlier this fall I had various stems and other plants in a tank outside with a heater set at 70 F. At first it got a bit warmer than that during the day but then the weather cooled off and 70 was the high temp. I was using it as a temporary holding tank so I don't know how the plants would do long-term but Ludwigia arcuata and L repens both continued to grow well as did Bacopa caroliniana although the Bacopa lost some lower leaves due to poor light. Myriophyllum mattogrossense held on but didn't thrive (might also have been a light issue). The Anubias nana petite I had in there for over 6 weeks didn't show any signs of stress at all.
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