planted tanks

[tmdavies]

at what point does my tank become "planted" i have a few plants (dont know what they are) and how do you know if you need c02

 

[mfdrookie516]

IMO, there are two types of tanks. A fish tank (with or without plants), and a plant tank (with or without fish). I think the term planted would be applicable, though, for any tank with live plants in it.

Your need for co2 depends on several factors... lighting, growth, fertlizers, etc. For a simple low light planted tank, co2 injection is not a necessity.

 

[tmdavies]

could you possibly identify any of my plants please, the two white/green plants in the middle are plastic

 

[jetajockey]

need some more close up pics, looks like anacharis in the back left corner and wisteria in the right front. Those purple ones I don't think are aquatic.

 

[roydooms]

could you possibly identify any of my plants please, the two white/green plants in the middle are plastic

Hi tmdavies. The plant in the middle looks like an amazon sword. Are those plants on the sides are all the same? Looks like wysteria. Is the purplish plant real? You might want to plant the stem plants separately or a few stems per spot for better growth. For the amazon sword, the decaying(yellowish) leaves won't fix itself and you would want to trim that. So that the plant will just focus on distributing nutrients on better leaves and on making new leaves.

 

[tmdavies]

 

[tmdavies]

yes the purple plants are real got them from my lsf, the guy bruised the leafs on the sword when he bagged them. should i just cut them off or take the plant out and remove the tie and seperate them stems? I am new to keeping tanks and very very inexperienced with aquatic plants lol

 

[tmdavies]

do i have low light plants or high? do i need c02

 

[roydooms]

yes the purple plants are real got them from my lsf, the guy bruised the leafs on the sword when he bagged them. should i just cut them off or take the plant out and remove the tie and seperate them stems? I am new to keeping tanks and very very inexperienced with aquatic plants lol

Just trim the decaying leaves of the amazon sword. For the stem plants, remove the tie and plant them separately or a few together.

 

[roydooms]

I also think the purple plants are not aquatic.

 

[roydooms]

do i have low light plants or high? do i need c02

What lighting do you have? Tank's size and dimension?

 

[tmdavies]

which are the stem plants

 

[jetajockey]

i think they are called purple waffle? idk.

You don't need co2.

If you have any leaves that are yellowing or broken then remove them off of the sword plant.

You can untie the bunched plants and separate the stems a bit, it keeps them from rotting.

 

[tmdavies]

One Power-Glo Fluorescent Aquarium Tube 40W 106.68cm (42in) T8
One Aqua-Glo Fluorescent Aquarium Tube 40W 106.68cm (42in) T8

thanks for all your input guys

 

[tmdavies]

120cm long 44cm wide 55cm tall 240l (63 us gallons i think)

 

[roydooms]

I think you have low/low-mid lighting. I'm not sure though. Somebody might want to chime in.

 

[jetajockey]

I'd say its probably more on the low end.

 

[-Mac-]

Also chiming in on low (as I do the conversion in my head, gotta love being raised in Toronto, metric FTW!)

 

[roydooms]

which are the stem plants

The wysteria and anacharis.

 

[tmdavies]

ok thanks