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Old 05-30-2005, 11:56 PM   #5
Alin10123
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Originally Posted by DavidDoyle
The rock wool is usually infused with fertilizers to push growth in the nursery, often it is not desirable in a tank. I also have found that bottom feeders can dislodge bits of the stuff when rooting around. I have always removed as much of the wool as possible while trying to minimize damage to the roots when I get potted plants.
Glad you pointed out it's not desireable in an aquarium. The guy at the LFS was like "yea, just plant the whole things in there to the substrate with the plastic thing they come in.

That store also had chiclids in the tanks that they kept the plants in. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.
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