Using plants as nutrient export

wakeupneo · 07/20/2012, 03:38 PM

I noticed a lot of people using mangrove as a nutrient export. Can one use other plants such as bamboo for a similar purpose?

nyquist · 07/20/2012, 08:05 PM

common bamboo isn't a saltwater plant, it will likely either not grow, or die in a saltwater aquarium

you can, however, use a variety of saltwater plants and algae to export nutrients; just be careful in choosing the plants so they do not spread uncontrollably, interfere with your other organisms, or die off and add that many more nutrients to your tank

07/20/2012, 03:38 PM	#1
wakeupneo Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 112	Using plants as nutrient export I noticed a lot of people using mangrove as a nutrient export. Can one use other plants such as bamboo for a similar purpose?

07/20/2012, 08:05 PM	#2
nyquist Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 80	common bamboo isn't a saltwater plant, it will likely either not grow, or die in a saltwater aquarium you can, however, use a variety of saltwater plants and algae to export nutrients; just be careful in choosing the plants so they do not spread uncontrollably, interfere with your other organisms, or die off and add that many more nutrients to your tank