Plants- need care info

[NuggetMrMan]

Just put new plants in my tank do I need anything else like plant food?

 

[daileene]

you can dose them seachem flourish and seachem excel.

 

[maxwellag]

What light do you have on the tank? What kind of plants did you get? This will help us determine whether you need co2 or not.

 

[severum mama]

Moved to FW and Brackish- Planted Tanks.

There is no way we can answer your question without more information. Please tell us more about your setup. Tank size, lighting, types of plants you have is a great place to start.

 

[NuggetMrMan]

I have a 60 letter tank and we have a light that turns on from 6 till 9.30pm.

 

[NuggetMrMan]

The plants I have sort of look like small bamboo shoots.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

What kind of light, t8, t5? Spectrum?
What kinds of plants? Can you post pics?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

I have a 60 letter tank and we have a light that turns on from 6 till 9.30pm.

Does liters mean litres? What kind of lights and how many bulbs in the fixture (where you put the lights)?

The plants I have sort of look like small bamboo shoots.

Does it look like this?

If so, it's not an aquatic plant and if you don't let it grow out of the water it will die and foul up your tank.

 

[NuggetMrMan]

I know they're water plants cus at the shop they were submerged in water and the light is like 1 long strip above the tank

 

[NuggetMrMan]

The plants look like this and sorry for the cloudiness

 

[maxwellag]

That looks like anubas or java fern to me.

 

[Justahamm]

That looks like anubas or java fern to me.

I agree. It looks like it could be anubas. But the pic is too dark

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I know they're water plants cus at the shop they were submerged in water and the light is like 1 long strip above the tank

Look at the bulb. Is it inch in diameter or smaller? Is there any writing on it?

 

[daileene]

do you mean 6am till 9:30pm that the lights are on?

 

[NuggetMrMan]

No the light goes on 6pm cus it get hot here is a better pic.

 

[NuggetMrMan]

Here is a pic of the light

 

[molly100a]

When I add plants I dose with ferts and iron. After my weekly water changes of 50% I always dose with ferts, potassum and iron. Also if that is a sword plant I would recommend putting either root tabs or some kind of red clay which has iron in it. Sword plants are heavy root feeders.

 

[daileene]

that actually looks like a non-aquatic plant. I can see a white-ish lines in the leaves. those kinds of plants are always sold as aquatic but in reality, it actually isn't. go to www.plantgeek.net and see the non-aquatic tab and I bet you can see that plant there.

 

[NuggetMrMan]

that actually looks like a non-aquatic plant. I can see a white-ish lines in the leaves. those kinds of plants are always sold as aquatic but in reality, it actually isn't. go to www.plantgeek.net and see the non-aquatic tab and I bet you can see that plant there.

No we have this food where we put it on the plants so my catfish and co can eat it

 

[daileene]

the white-ish part or maybe it is light green in the trim of the leaves, all of the leaves have it in your picture. that is not a food. that is part of the leaf design or color. they called that variegated plants or something. and those are non-aquatic.