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...n to check out the fish section.Low and behold i rounded the coner of a aisle and ran into a huge tank of plants.Oh i was giddy with excitement.I have 3 different varietys ordered and should be here b...
I have been playing around with a few cheap plants from my local pet store and am not too pleased with them. I mostly have Fancy guppies in my 55 gal and really want to plant the tank, but am not sure...
...not want to name names, but it merits an answer.
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So it turns out that the live plants that I bought from petco, aren't actually "aquatic" plants as the packaging says, of course I find this out after i spent the money and got rid of t...
There are some basics you need to understand before you get the live plants. How big is your tank? The very general rule of thumb is 1 watt a gallon for low light plants, 2 watts a gallon for modera...
... aquarium using 10% ammonia. I am at 5ppm for the ammonia, no nitrites and no nitrates. Is it safe to add plants to the aquarium with such high ammonia levels? If so, which plants would be best for a ...
Some fish need to eat plant matter, but the real advantage of live plants lies in their ability to metabolise aquarium wastes that would otherwise become toxins like ammonia. They also use many of the...
It's a good idea to rinse artificial plants before installing them. I still have one or two plastic plants in an aquarium and have never had a problem with dyes or toxins. The plants, though, wer...
Many people also use fishing line to tie down plants like Java moss and Java fern. Nylon sewing thread should be fairly inert, but you could always test it by soaking a piece in water. Some plants wil...
Finally managed to get plants ordered that johnarthur recommended for my aquarium to help manage nitrate+ammonia levels
A month after I started searching mind! I had no idea it would be so hard to fi...
EBay runs ads for live aquarium plants, so the other day I checked out one of the vendors from Asia. If the Administrator says it's OK to get specific, I will. Anyhow, the prices were so low that...
The Bettas will need some floating plants. My personal favorite is hornwort; it's cheap and easy to grow. A few rooted plants will give the fish some necessary hiding places. Some of the low ligh...
I don't have a CO2 diffuser and my plants are growing just fine in the tanks. BUT I think if you order plants from someone who did use CO2 you need to also.
I ordered plants from a guy in Cal...
I know some plants are effected by the PH as well. I forget someone telling me about some plants i was going to buy at the store to stay away from unless i plan to mess with PH. I think it was hornwor...
...g some of the materials in this website, you may want to look at Aquabid.com. Some of the vendors selling plants on that website give details about best conditions for growing particular plants. To in...
I have MTS and they are good cleaners like Redwing said. They are the best at keeping the plants clean.
It does sound like you are overfeeding your fish though, if you are having to siphon out by ...
If they are rooted plants, they need at least two inches of substrate. Be sure to leave the crown of the plant above the substrate. Some fish like to dig in the substrate and will uproot the plants. S...
...ave to keep it wet to complete the cycle because lots of bacteria reside on it. Also if you have lots of plants, you can put in the fish from day one since plants act like bacteria in that they feed ...
...le inches of gravel is fine, and you can add it to an established aquarium. Some people also put aquarium plants in clay flower pots. In any case, you may want to add some clay based substrate like Fl...
...h you want to have discuses or other tropical fish. In case you decide to go with the discuses there some plants that you better avoid as they need certain temperatures.
If you want an high-tech aqua...
Just like the title says I am looking for plants that can withstand alot of moveing water and low light. Thanks in advance
what is the best substrate for live plants in my 125 fluval thanks
what is a good plant food for aqutic plants?
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