Additional Algae filtration

I ever though of Kangkong too. You bought them from market to throw in or ? I was sourcing for seeds but couldn't find.. How were your test results sir ?

Heard from my Dad last time kampong they plant kangkong in the mud at the shallows of the fish ponds too.

Originally Posted by atom

From my understanding ....ammonia is like carbo and nitrate is like fat!
Your body prefer to use carbo or fat for energy?




Ammonia is not a problem. Nitrate is. Plants will fight with bbs for ammonia. If the plant is winning, nitrate will reduce as the ammonia will not be oxidised to nitrite to nitrate.

Originally Posted by atom

Not idea on what plants. As for hydroponic ...I tried kangkong.

[stoner]

kangkong?

Hmmm...very new to me... My sister-in-law's family are farmers locally... will ask for young kangkongs to try out...

Originally Posted by xiia0beN

I ever though of Kangkong too. You bought them from market to throw in or ? I was sourcing for seeds but couldn't find.. How were your test results sir ?

Heard from my Dad last time kampong they plant kangkong in the mud at the shallows of the fish ponds too.

No need to use seeds. Just use the unwanted bottom section which normally gets discarded ...can liao.

Don't have sufficient lighting....so stopped after 3 mths.

[stoner]

Originally Posted by atom

No need to use seeds. Just use the unwanted bottom section which normally gets discarded ...can liao.

Don't have sufficient lighting....so stopped after 3 mths.

During that period...do you see any drop in Ammonia and Nitrate?

Originally Posted by atom

No need to use seeds. Just use the unwanted bottom section which normally gets discarded ...can liao.

Don't have sufficient lighting....so stopped after 3 mths.

All right. Care to share how you planted them ? Did you use any gravel/soil for them, or just left them above the filter like a hydroponics system ?

Would an outdoor condition with daily routine of sunlight exposure during daytime be sufficient for the Kangkong to survive ?

Thanks.

Aquatic Plants Prefer Ammonium Over Nitrates. Only when the ammonium was gone, did it seriously take up nitrates. Nitrate uptake seems to require more effort for aquatic plants than ammonium.

Only 4 of the 33 species preferred nitrates.

Ammonium:
1) Agrostis canina
2) Callitriche hamulata
3) Ceratophyllum demersum
4) Drepanocladus fluitans
5) Eichhornia crassipes
6) Elodea densa
7) Elodea nuttallii
8) Fontinalis antipyretica
9) Hydrocotyle umbellata
10) Juncus bulbosus
11) Jungermannia vulcanicola
12) Lemna gibba
13) Lemna minor
14) Marchantia polymorpha
15) Myriophyllum spicatum
16) Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
17) Ranunculus fluitans
18) Salvinia molesta
19) Scapania undulata
20) Sphagnum cuspidatum
21) Sphagnum fallax
22) Sphagnum flexuosum
23) Sphagnum fuscum
24) Sphagnum magellanicum
25) Sphagnum papillosum
26) Sphagnum pulchrum
27) Sphagnum rubellum
28) Spirodela oligorrhiza
29) Zostera marina

Nitrate:
30) Echinodorus ranunculoides
31) Littorella uniflora
32) Lobelia dortmanna
33) Luronium natans

Thank you very much for your valuable input. Time to check their common names now

Originally Posted by neosh

Aquatic Plants Prefer Ammonium Over Nitrates.

Only 4 of the 33 species preferred nitrates.

Ammonium:
1) Agrostis canina
2) Callitriche hamulata
3) Ceratophyllum demersum
4) Drepanocladus fluitans
5) Eichhornia crassipes
6) Elodea densa
7) Elodea nuttallii
8) Fontinalis antipyretica
9) Hydrocotyle umbellata
10) Juncus bulbosus
11) Jungermannia vulcanicola
12) Lemna gibba
13) Lemna minor
14) Marchantia polymorpha
15) Myriophyllum spicatum
16) Pistia stratiotes
17) Ranunculus fluitans
18) Salvinia molesta
19) Scapania undulata
20) Sphagnum cuspidatum
21) Sphagnum fallax
22) Sphagnum flexuosum
23) Sphagnum fuscum
24) Sphagnum magellanicum
25) Sphagnum papillosum
26) Sphagnum pulchrum
27) Sphagnum rubellum
28) Spirodela oligorrhiza
29) Zostera marina

Nitrate:
30) Echinodorus ranunculoides
31) Littorella uniflora
32) Lobelia dortmanna
33) Luronium natans

Originally Posted by stoner

During that period...do you see any drop in Ammonia and Nitrate?

How to check any drop in ammonia? I started off on existing tank n setup. Nitrate never change as the number of kangkong used ...to few.

Originally Posted by xiia0beN

All right. Care to share how you planted them ? Did you use any gravel/soil for them, or just left them above the filter like a hydroponics system ?

Would an outdoor condition with daily routine of sunlight exposure during daytime be sufficient for the Kangkong to survive ?

Thanks.

Echinodorus ranunculoides (Lesser Waterplantain)


Littorella uniflora (Shoreweed)


Lobelia dortmanna (Water Lobelia)


Luronium natans (Floating Water Plantain)

[stoner]

Thanks for the pictures!

A picture tells a thousand words...

So... for a 6ft tank... how big a surface area you reckon is sufficient? Say... kangkong planted heavily side by side + strong lighting on a 4hrs cycle?