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kachua_chap
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 Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:07 pm Post subject: tubiflex in sand |
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hi. few days back i set up a planted tank with hair grass and glosso. the carpet has started spreading well. then i added few fishes in tank. and i fed them live tubiflex. but while feeding them few tubiflex fell down in laterite and in seconds they vanished under it. now its 2 weeks and i observed yesterdays theres a well carpet of tubiflex flying on sand.   .so how to remove those worms from sand is there any proper method to remove them without uprooting the plants?? i had introduces loaches few days back but they were disturbing the sand making water cloudy so i removed them.
Please help. :cry:
PS- i do not want to remove all plants(if theres no other way i will do it too) so please help me.
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rasikanayak
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: tubiflex in sand |
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Let them be. They will not cause any harm.
And when they poke out of the sand they will be live feed for your fishes.
Never add live Tubifex to a planted tank. You might inadvertently add pests like leaches and be in serious trouble.
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Nayak. |
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kachua_chap
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: tubiflex in sand |
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thnx a lot Sir. ya it was the 1st and last time i live feeded in planted tanks.
thnx. |
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Batman
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: tubiflex in sand |
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| tubifex ariives in your tank some times naturally if u use river sand , it happened to me long time back, it was a bonus they used drill little passages in the substrate , this used to let the water all through the substrate , so roots get more nutrients and also good plant growth |
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ifish
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: tubiflex in sand |
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| Is it really good to have those in your sand, I read somewhere that having worms in soil will restrict anaerobic bacterias to grow. Some more info on this would be really helpful..... |
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kachua_chap
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: tubiflex in sand |
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ohh. thats now really confusing..whether to keep their number growing or to finish them. experts please help
thnx |
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