*** Quoting Jim Edmondson from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***
JE> I am always striving to find the balance between growing plants, fish
JE> and algae. ;-)  With the sun shinning in you may find algae growing on
JE> the glass getting the most light.  It is going to take some "fiddling"
JE> to get the right balance of lighting and that will change with the sea
JE> but I like the idea of a natural approach.  Please let us know how it
JE> I'll bet you don't have to worry about full spectrum bulbs when using
JE> the natural source though.
Hehehe a little algae doesnt bother me.  If it gets to bad, I'll get some 
algae eating fish types.
This morning, I planted in the cat litter and sprinkled it down with some 
regular gravel, then tucked the plants down to the cat litter clay.  Tossed 
in some of the TetraMin plant sticks I already had, and the new plants 
(variety of types of plants).
Should know in a few weeks if it will work well or not.
                                       xxcarol
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