PineSong Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Anybody else got plans to change or improve their plant situation in 2023? I'm trying to not bring home any new fish and to focus my energy and spending on plants. Since I do not want to protect any fry at the moment ( 😞 ), I removed all the guppy grass and about half the corkscrew valisneria clogging up my tanks and then felt quite bah humbug about my plant situation. My goal for 2023 is to KEEP TRYING STEM PLANTS until I find some I can grow, and to re-arrange things so there will be more of each kind of plant clumped together, but maybe fewer kinds of plants total, especially the kinds I don't really care for or who are in the totally wrong place, like the sagittaria in middle of my 20g long. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I'm trying to grow plants without having gobs of algae everywhere this year. I just did a massive trimming of most of my algae covered plants, and I'm hoping as they grow back I can keep things under control this time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniV Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Right now, I'd say I wanna see if I can make lillies work. I've had a Red Dwarf Lily bulb in my 20 gallon for about 4 weeks now, no growth at all. I'm gonna remove it during my next water change. I just set up my 10 gallon and I have a Tiger Lotus bulb in that one that came with some tiny leaves already, so I'm hoping this one will grow more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Brutting Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I never had luck with Crypts. This year I will find a Cryptocoryne I won’t kill. I just purchased wavy green again hopefully my skillset is a little better then last year. Fingers crossed! Go team Crypt! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Gonna try an emersed peace lily and a dwarf hairgrass carpet (different tanks) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I want to get things really growing and not just existing in my tank. Things are not looking good right now after a few months of various issues. In hoping upgrading to the new coop light will jump start that for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) On 1/8/2023 at 7:21 PM, DaniV said: Right now, I'd say I wanna see if I can make lillies work. I've had a Red Dwarf Lily bulb in my 20 gallon for about 4 weeks now, no growth at all. I'm gonna remove it during my next water change. I just set up my 10 gallon and I have a Tiger Lotus bulb in that one that came with some tiny leaves already, so I'm hoping this one will grow more. This might sound silly but try rotating the dwarf lily bulb 180 degrees. It might be upside down. It's worth a shot if nothing else has worked. I hope to tame moss, to make it grow but where and how I want it to. I also think I'm ready to try Bucephalandra. I know buce is pretty easy, but it's on the expensive side, so I've been "some day"-ing it until I got more plant experience under my belt. Edited January 10, 2023 by Rube_Goldfish Typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJenna Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Trying some different stem plants but first I have to figure out what's causing stem rot on some of my current plants. Lots of possibilities to rule out. I love the stem plants for their ease of moving around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 My goals are: to finally get the algae in the planted tank under control. Wake up the sleepy Tiger Lotus and Amazon Sword. Return the PSO to the planted tank. Not kill the Crypts which are doing much better than expected. Revive the Italian Val. and move it to the back of the tank. Grow a red plant. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Resolutions for 2023: 1) Find a tiger lotus 🐯 🪷 somewhere… 2) Maybe try and make my own Root Tabs 3) Keep Java moss alive past the 3 month mark! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This is going to sound wild. But I am going to try to keep my nitrates higher in 2023, because my plants seem to struggle. Also using more root tabs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneFishGuy Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Setting up a 75g (my largest tank by far ever) - hoping to get a large section of plants to carpet - trying to talk myself out of going all in on a CO2 setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 1:18 PM, jwcarlson said: This is going to sound wild. But I am going to try to keep my nitrates higher in 2023, because my plants seem to struggle. Also using more root tabs. Me, too on the more root tabs. I'm starting to think I've been underusing them and that may be a part of my stem plant problem. The last two times I added root tabs I added twice as many as I typically would and tested water for the next two days with no increase in nitrates. I'm thinking I may double them again in the areas around the 1 or 2 stem plants I currently have hanging on by a thread and see if that improves anything. On 1/10/2023 at 11:26 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Resolutions for 2023: 1) Find a tiger lotus 🐯 🪷 somewhere… 2) Maybe try and make my own Root Tabs 3) Keep Java moss alive past the 3 month mark! 1) I like your stones with white stripes, those are some of my favorites in my tank, too. 2) I feel your java moss pain. Mine is barely surviving even with the additional potassium I'm adding 2x a week. What on earth does this moss want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdsnstuff Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I’d like to be able to look at one of my tanks and break into Guns ‘n Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”…. 😉😆 But seriously, I’d like to try some harder plants than the current low light ones I have. I’m sneaking up on getting a big for me tank - 40gallon tank and I’d like to plant some different things than I have now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 10:03 PM, Birdsnstuff said: I’d like to be able to look at one of my tanks and break into Guns ‘n Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”…. 😉😆 But seriously, I’d like to try some harder plants than the current low light ones I have. I’m sneaking up on getting a big for me tank - 40gallon tank and I’d like to plant some different things than I have now. If you haven't tried aponogeton ulvaceous or aponogeton boivinianus, you might want to give them a try. They definitely add the 'jungle' look to tanks in my opinion and they are easy to grow from bulbs. The boivinanus is the one that looks like wrinkly spinach in this photo: 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 1:51 PM, PlaneFishGuy said: Setting up a 75g (my largest tank by far ever) - hoping to get a large section of plants to carpet - trying to talk myself out of going all in on a CO2 setup. A 75g is a great size. It would be my planted tank if I did not have plant eaters. CO2 is one more hassle I don't need or want, but I am playing with a passive CO2 experiment in the project tank. It is too soon to tell what effect if any it is having. Check out the Coop tour of Ocean Aquarium San Francisco. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 My goal is to get this one, teeny, tiny piece of AR (Alternathera Reineckii, your favorite right @Mmiller2001?) a notoriously finicky plant especially in non-co2/high-tech settings, that I've managed to keep alive for the last 2 years but not thrive in my low tech environment, to GROW DANG IT GROW! (recently moved to a new tank with fluval stratum and a sand cap, higher lighting and no duckweed shadow as the last tank it was in) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 my goal is to get my assorted crypts to grow larger so they fill in my midground 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 My only real plant goal is to take this mess: And to put it in an aquarium 3 times larger so that it can eventually be even messier ! 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I definitely have some goals, but I feel like if I say anything the tanks will hear me and revolt for the entire year! (Especially that algae) Seriously though, I do have some things I want to try. Right now I just want to get some successful Hygro Pinnatifida to be able to actually see it when I look at the tank. Moss is great and it looks great, so does the S. Reopens, but I really do want to get some more stems and the Hygro to propagate. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjum Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I haven't put any research into it yet, but I just got the co-op light for my 29 so I can finally try plants that need more light. I've always had to rely on low light plants so it feels like the possibilities are endless now 😅 I should also make it a goal to dose easy green on the recommended basis so I can maybe save my poor java ferns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerflower Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Ooh, being better at keeping up with ferts is definitely a priority for me. I want to try growing more crypts and maybe buce, as well as get some more anubias since I lost most of mine a while back to anubias rot. I'm going to be converting one of my existing 10 gallons to a botanical style tank, so more low light plants will be my focus. I'd also really like to keep some moss alive. And get my dwarf hardy water lilly in my mini pond to bloom this summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogpulchra2 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I want to get rid of the duckweed in all of my tanks and be better about cleaning lids off. The mineral deposits and duckweed block off way too much light. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherHumanPerson Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I recently got some jungle val and salvinia minima from my lfs, so it would be great if they grew in. Once it starts to get warmer, I’d like to get some water lettuce from the pond stores. And, of course, it would be great to finally get rid of algae (IF it is possible 🙃) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJenna Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I'm finding my best success with plants that are epiphytes and bulbs. I'm going to start with some Bucephalandra and some Aponogeton. I'm not giving up on rooted plants so I will be looking at some different types of plants. My next goal is to familiarize myself with everything CO2 related and possibly add to my tank. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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