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Originally Posted by zergling
I searched around the sfbaaps forum and found Bill Harada's (bharada) dry HC tank
Based from the thread, it's a combination of several things
- Bill waters the hill a bit more
- aqua soil is very porous
- capillary action from the HC roots. Turns out the emerged HC roots deeper in the substrate.
Hills? No problem!  |
Yes, I have a "dry" tank like this sitting here.
However, fill the sucker up.
Add fish, filter and you have the tank looking nice.
I'm not trying to promote terrariums here, I'm trying to suggest a nice method to start a tank up and have it hit the ground running.
Dry tanks, emergent grown plants etc are nothing "new", using that technique to start up a submersed tank is however "new" ....it seems.
I've yet to find any references suggesting the above.
Wasabi, dry tanks, emergent growth etc.
Seems like a logical extension to me.
Regards,
Tom Barr