stargazer Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Hi all, I've had discus, african cichlids, and reef aquarium for a number of years. I got out of the hobby 10 years ago after my reef tank crashed due to power outage while we were away. I will be setting up a new fresh water aquarium with discus and school of smaller fish shortly, and this time I want to put plants in it to give it a more natural look. I've never had live fresh water plants before. I already have a few questions that I will be posting for guidance. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/24/2024 at 4:07 PM, stargazer said: Hi all, I've had discus, african cichlids, and reef aquarium for a number of years. I got out of the hobby 10 years ago after my reef tank crashed due to power outage while we were away. I will be setting up a new fresh water aquarium with discus and school of smaller fish shortly, and this time I want to put plants in it to give it a more natural look. I've never had live fresh water plants before. I already have a few questions that I will be posting for guidance. Hello @stargazer! Welcome to the forum. I just ordered some live plants from AC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MShepard40 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hello all! Just started my first fresh water aquarium with live plants! Looking for any tips, and confirmation on something. Is it really about as easy as using the liquid fertilizer once a week? Below is a screen grab of what I've ordered that will be the beginning of a new home for a Betta fish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/26/2024 at 5:11 PM, MShepard40 said: Hello all! Just started my first fresh water aquarium with live plants! Looking for any tips, and confirmation on something. Is it really about as easy as using the liquid fertilizer once a week? Below is a screen grab of what I've ordered that will be the beginning of a new home for a Betta fish. Hello there and I am actually about to find out myself with these products I just ordered and coming tomorrow!😂here is a pic⬇️ Also got some fish food for my future White Cloud minnows. Cycling tank currently 10 gallon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaymfdm Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Hey there. Clay here from the Catskills. Back at it after about ten years. Been setup for almost a year now. Yeah buddy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiquitaemia Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Water wisteria is a nice addition and there are a lot of tutorials out there on individual plants don't be afraid to peek. Aquariam coop also posts there. When I see something I like I try looking those videos for care and propigation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maspohno Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 1/26/2024 at 5:11 PM, MShepard40 said: Hello all! Just started my first fresh water aquarium with live plants! Looking for any tips, and confirmation on something. Is it really about as easy as using the liquid fertilizer once a week? Below is a screen grab of what I've ordered that will be the beginning of a new home for a Betta fish. Hey! welcome! The plants you chose both benefit from liquid fertilizer AND root tabs! Don't forget about them! At the start, I too thought that Easy Green might be the only thing I need. After putting in root tabs about once a month, I started to notice the growth in all my plants that were planted in gravel explode. Literally. Dwarf sag covered the entire front of my tank and my Amazon Sword was growing a new leaf every week! All I can say is, look into it, give it a try! Very beneficial to the tank, especially if not much mulm/nutrients have been built up in the gravel yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) On 2/9/2024 at 9:32 AM, maspohno said: Hey! welcome! The plants you chose both benefit from liquid fertilizer AND root tabs! Don't forget about them! At the start, I too thought that Easy Green might be the only thing I need. After putting in root tabs about once a month, I started to notice the growth in all my plants that were planted in gravel explode. Literally. Dwarf sag covered the entire front of my tank and my Amazon Sword was growing a new leaf every week! All I can say is, look into it, give it a try! Very beneficial to the tank, especially if not much mulm/nutrients have been built up in the gravel yet. Yeah I have had anubias for maybe 2 weeks and doing great! Java fern died but that was totally on me because..long story! 🤣 It didn’t really…die but I had to get rid of it Edited February 9 by Bigdog99 Misspelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 1/26/2024 at 2:11 PM, MShepard40 said: Hello all! Just started my first fresh water aquarium with live plants! Looking for any tips, and confirmation on something. Is it really about as easy as using the liquid fertilizer once a week? Below is a screen grab of what I've ordered that will be the beginning of a new home for a Betta fish. Welcome. It is and it isn't! Green aqua has some really helpful videos for planted tank basics and they give you pretty good detail. One of the ones I would recommend is the "water parameters" video. Basically, in addition to things like ferts, light, co2, gh, and kh play a role in the health of a planted tank. Think of GH/KH as your "mineral ferts". I am sure you'll have more questions, please feel free to ask! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/7/2024 at 6:05 AM, Klaymfdm said: Hey there. Clay here from the Catskills. Back at it after about ten years. Been setup for almost a year now. Yeah buddy. I have been doin this 2. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I had tried the Monte Carlo. It looks great. I did mine in a small gravel and it eventually let go. Had floating Monte Carlo for 9 months maybe. It did really well floating, kind of looked like a bigger leaved duckweed. I really liked the look, but was having to scoop it out with a fish net. Every week or so. If you have aqua soil it should stay put for you. It’s just so tiny, the roots need tiny sized substrate to latch on to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/10/2024 at 8:26 AM, Tony s said: I had tried the Monte Carlo. It looks great. I did mine in a small gravel and it eventually let go. Had floating Monte Carlo for 9 months maybe. It did really well floating, kind of looked like a bigger leaved duckweed. I really liked the look, but was having to scoop it out with a fish net. Every week or so. If you have aqua soil it should stay put for you. It’s just so tiny, the roots need tiny sized substrate to latch on to. Is there any other like floating plants besides the duckweed stuff? I have a decent current in my tank on one side (which the white clouds love) so is there a easy one out there @Tony s? I have a lot of micro sword so no room at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Yes there are. Although coop doesn’t appear to have any at the moment. Things like hornwort. Water lettuce. Red root floater. Salvinia. Comboba and baby tears can be grown as floaters I use hornwort in a lot of my tanks. It’s really good at keeping the nitrates down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/10/2024 at 9:09 AM, Tony s said: Yes there are. Although coop doesn’t appear to have any at the moment. Things like hornwort. Water lettuce. Red root floater. Salvinia. Comboba and baby tears can be grown as floaters I use hornwort in a lot of my tanks. It’s really good at keeping the nitrates down Then hornwort is what I need! Nitrates are kinda high in the 10g… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiquitaemia Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 2/9/2024 at 9:32 AM, maspohno said: Hey! welcome! The plants you chose both benefit from liquid fertilizer AND root tabs! Don't forget about them! At the start, I too thought that Easy Green might be the only thing I need. After putting in root tabs about once a month, I started to notice the growth in all my plants that were planted in gravel explode. Literally. Dwarf sag covered the entire front of my tank and my Amazon Sword was growing a new leaf every week! All I can say is, look into it, give it a try! Very beneficial to the tank, especially if not much mulm/nutrients have been built up in the gravel yet. If you start getting brown after a while or holes your leave go to twice a week....I don't like root tabs it worked well to have root exposed alil let them feed off water collom itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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