Planting tips amd types?

[tadpole1567]

Soo as of now i have no live plants in my tank. Would love to get rid of my plastic decor and get live plants. I havent ever really messed with live plants in an aquarium.
6 angels
2 dwarf gouramis
2 tetras
1 bolivian ram
1 large pleco and 1 small albino bristlenose pleco.
What types of plants would be best for my aquarium and the fish. Also would i need new gravel possibly?

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[Hulka9]

What substrate do you currently have?

 

[jglover]

Most plecos will uproot plants and/or eat them. Bristlenose will not but common plecos and most others will pretty much look at your plants as a salad bar and a place to dig.

 

[tadpole1567]

Thats my pleco. The albino one is only an inch long. The gravel is just some that i picked up from a local store when i first got the aquarium. I dont wanna bother putting plants in if hes gonna dig them all up lol

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[captaincritical]

You can always choose plants that do best when tied to driftwood and rocks. Anubias, java fern, various mosses. If they're tied on, your pleco will be less likely to mess with them.

My advice is to choose a whole bunch of low-light plants. Adding many plants at once will lessen your chances of algae problems. Some good contenders would be java fern, anubias, amazon sword, vallisneria, and crypts.

 

[tadpole1567]

Okay thank yall for the tips

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[elephantnose]

You can always choose plants that do best when tied to driftwood and rocks. Anubias, java fern, various mosses. If they're tied on, your pleco will be less likely to mess with them.

My advice is to choose a whole bunch of low-light plants. Adding many plants at once will lessen your chances of algae problems. Some good contenders would be java fern, anubias, amazon sword, vallisneria, and crypts.

I've heard you should never put more than two plants in a tank at a time?

 

[captaincritical]

I've heard you should never put more than two plants in a tank at a time?

Really? I've never heard that. Was there an explanation as to why?

 

[jglover]

I've never heard that either. Since plants introduce no bioload, other than some hitchhiker snaiks, I can't see any reason to limit yourself to two plants at a time. I'm curious to know why as well.

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[tadpole1567]

Im for sure curious to so i know what to get and how much

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[Coursair]

I've heard you should never put more than two plants in a tank at a time?

I call BS on that !
Someone gave you silly advice.

Tina
Member San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society


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[Coursair]

Adding many plants at once will lessen your chances of algae problems. Some good contenders would be java fern, anubias, amazon sword, vallisneria, and crypts.

Um...why ?
Adding 1 or 20 plants, the main reasons you'll get Algae are:

Too much light (6-8hrs is all you need)

Overfeeding/poor water quality

Not enough Ferts for plants to compete with Algae.

An Algae outbreak means something is out of balance.

I apologize if I misread your post. It's late.



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[elephantnose]

I call BS on that !
Someone gave you silly advice.

Tina
Member San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society


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I read it on petsmart's wed site. So....

 

[elephantnose]

Proof.

 

[phishiephishie]

That makes no sense at all you can add as many plants at once as you want

 

[jglover]

Sure it makes sense. If you can only one or two plants at a time, then you have to make multiple trips to Petsmart to get more plants, along with maybe some other things each trip....

 

[Coursair]

Proof. View attachment 236436

Proof they want to sell you stuff.
Planted tanks should never have lights on for more than 8 hours. Otherwise you grow Algae and Petsmart can sell you more stuff.

Some of their advice is good. This advice is NOT sound !!


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[elephantnose]

I was just saying I've heard it I never said it was correct or incorrect.