Onoma1
Member
To mulm or not to mulm. That is the question.
I have a largish patch of mulm, moss and debris in my 120cm ( I need to confess). This wasn't the plan for this particular medium energy tank. However, its now shrimp heaven, bits of buce and anubias are now developing in it and the smaller fish, and nano catfish seem to love it.
I cultivate this in my other low energy tanks, however hadn't planned for this in this particular tank.
Now I know that for some this stuff is the source of all evil. Evil in this case being BBA and other persistent algie and other nasties. It should be removed with a turkey blaster ASAP.
Others see it as a positive development and an essential part of an ecological approach to planted tank development.
I wondered what other people thought. Does this material have a place in medium or high energy planted aquarium?
I have (shamelessly) shared a picture of my patch below:
Just to clarify this is to the middle/right side of the picture above!
The whole tank (for context).
I have a largish patch of mulm, moss and debris in my 120cm ( I need to confess). This wasn't the plan for this particular medium energy tank. However, its now shrimp heaven, bits of buce and anubias are now developing in it and the smaller fish, and nano catfish seem to love it.
I cultivate this in my other low energy tanks, however hadn't planned for this in this particular tank.
Now I know that for some this stuff is the source of all evil. Evil in this case being BBA and other persistent algie and other nasties. It should be removed with a turkey blaster ASAP.
Others see it as a positive development and an essential part of an ecological approach to planted tank development.
I wondered what other people thought. Does this material have a place in medium or high energy planted aquarium?
I have (shamelessly) shared a picture of my patch below:
Just to clarify this is to the middle/right side of the picture above!
The whole tank (for context).