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Originally Posted by skabooya
...Thank you for the updated list. Its great LOVE IT!
I cant imagine growing some of those plants in 1.1wpg. Would that be a list for 2wpg and under?
If so maybe there should be a category next to it for minimum light threshold for each plant?
Again its a wonderful list and I will definitely be using it...
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You're welcome, but all thanks and credit should really go to James From Cali who is the author of the list. James has more experience than I growing these in different light thresholds, so maybe he can chime in. I have heard some debates about whether or not some of these will grow below 2.0 watts per gallon. Some say yes and some say no and some say it can be done with c02 injection and or Excel supplementation in tanks below 2 watts per gallon.
Interesting about the Eco-Complete. I heard that they had a contaminated batch and the water chemistry issues are only temporary. One thing about Eco-Complete is that it is far more nutrient rich than fluorite. How that translates to plant growth is another story and I guess in a low light tank it probably would not matter. Everyone says that whether a substrate is nutrient rich or not does not matter but I have yet to see someone explain to me why a substrate like ADA Aquasoil gives such great plant growth even where people don't dose any water column ferts. The funny thing is that the same people that say that a nutrient dense substrate makes no difference are the same ones that say that ADA Aquasoil gives the best plant growth because it is so nutrient dense. Talk about a contradiction. This is the review I read about people who used Eco and I found it interesting.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/r...php/product/12
Mind you many of these reviews were done prior to the discovery of the contaminated batch.
Some of the contradictions that I read about with respect to people's experiences using different substrates is the reason I am attempting to test as many substrates as I can(time and space allowing) to see for myself if some of these things are true or not.
By the way, if you don't mind me asking, are the Jobes Plant Spikes that you are using the "16-2-6" ones for the "Lush Ferns and Palms." I ask only because I have some of these for a future project and was curious. Thanks