Novagal62 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Looking to grow my own plants separately from my fishes tank cause he pulls everything up or eats it before it takes good root so I’d like to have a separate 20g (it’s free) for plant growth and wonder what all I need to get it started and have them flourish. plus my lfs recently caught fire and they don’t know when they’ll be back open and I used to get my plants there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Substrate for plants, good planted tank light and ferts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 If you wanna grow fast and really stretch your plant dollar, grow emersed. You'd be surprised how fast most aquarium plants will grow emersed (except buce, sorry 😞)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 10/17/2022 at 1:03 AM, Novagal62 said: Looking to grow my own plants separately from my fishes tank cause he pulls everything up or eats it before it takes good root so I’d like to have a separate 20g (it’s free) for plant growth and wonder what all I need to get it started and have them flourish. plus my lfs recently caught fire and they don’t know when they’ll be back open and I used to get my plants there. Get some Easy Green and order some plants from Aquarium Co-Op. Start with something easy and fun like a tiger lotus or Scarlet Temple. Sorry to hear about your LFS😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 I would look into CO2 injection and go that route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 1:22 PM, Mmiller2001 said: I would look into CO2 injection and go that route. Are there ppm limits to CO2 injection in a tank with no animals? Would cranking it to, say 300 ppm start to get to a point where you're harming the plants or the microbiome? Is that even possible in an unpressurized tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 6:30 PM, Rube_Goldfish said: Are there ppm limits to CO2 injection in a tank with no animals? Would cranking it to, say 300 ppm start to get to a point where you're harming the plants or the microbiome? Is that even possible in an unpressurized tank? It might. Not 100% sure to be honest. But if it's just plants, going over 30ppm is no problem. There may be a point of diminishing returns, but it's worth testing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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