Riccia and Pangio in Q-tank

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wasserscheu
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Riccia and Pangio in Q-tank

Post by wasserscheu » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:14 am

Having plants ready for a Q-tank, I found Riccia ideal, as it grows fast even in a low tech tank and provides a lot of surface to bring bacteria from the main tank to the Q-tank. The acceptance of various Pangio was great.

Some PET-foil food container, bent and tied with a cablebinder, in the center a rock. The tray put against a flower pot (=cut water bottle) on one side, makes a nice cover. Riccia put underneath and it grows through the holes (made with soldering iron, with window open)

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Here the underneath side

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Free floating riccia with 3 kuhlii

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Kuhlii taking cover under cut waterbottles filled with sand, those work nice. The cut edge, was bent around to avoid sharb edges.

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This is a PET foil packaging the power-save-lightbulb came with (for Q-tank). Again holes made with soldering iron, stone put into and som riccia.

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I need to confess, that I put a plug on, wich should have kept out any fish, but it was not sealing enough and the oblonga found little gaps to enter and declare it a cosy home. I´m more and more buffeld by the acceptance of ugly plastic parts, it´s nice to look through, but the looks…perhaps I find a nice compromise some day… for now it´s just to keep some riccia from flowing…

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Graeme Robson
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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:20 pm

Pangio's certainly love playing around in Riccia! :D
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