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Perhaps not too surprising to us, but researchers are discovering just how great undersea grasses are at filtering out pollutants. Sounds like planted aquariums are the way to go! (www.seattletimes.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Wahots@pawb.social to c/aquariums@lemmy.world

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[–] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Plants remove nitrites and nitrates so of course they are a great resource for making your tank more natural in both filtration and visually

I refuse to not include plants, especially with a Geophagus that likes to move everything around, there are always ways to get plenty of plants in there! Unless it’s sevrums or other such plant eaters, in which case a refugium is golden