How to plant

[Nogauthi]

I've just bought some plants and was wondering how to plant them. Do I put their roots in my crush coral or tie them to rocks?
I've got anubias and I know does I don't bury the roots
But. What about
Corkscrew vallisneria
Amazon sword
Sword plant

 

[blert]

The Anubias you can tie or glue to a rock or something. You do not want to bury the rhizome. The other three you treat as a regular plant, bury the roots in the substrate.

 

[Nogauthi]

I've just bought some plants and was wondering how to plant them. Do I put their roots in my crush coral or tie them to rocks?
I've got anubias and I know does I don't bury the roots
But. What about
Corkscrew vallisneria
Amazon sword
Sword plant

Here they are

 

[aqua_chem]

I don't like how some of those swords are planted in darker/shaded as of the tank.

 

[Nogauthi]

I've just bought some plants and was wondering how to plant them. Do I put their roots in my crush coral or tie them to rocks?
I've got anubias and I know does I don't bury the roots
But. What about
Corkscrew vallisneria
Amazon sword
Sword plant

I also have
Windelov fern
Crinum natans
Java fern

I have 2 39W flora sun for my t5ho
And 1 25 W tropic sun t8
1-25 W ultra sun T8

Should I be lighting both my t5 and t8 and if so how many hours for each?

 

[blert]

That is a ton of light. How deep is this tank?

You might want to run:
T8s on
2-3 hours
T8s off
T5s on
4 hours
T5s off
T8s on
2-3 hours
All off

Tweak as needed if you start getting too much, or undesirable, algae or not enough growth.

 

[Nogauthi]

That is a ton of light. How deep is this tank?

You might want to run:
T8s on
2-3 hours
T8s off
T5s on
4 hours
T5s off
T8s on
2-3 hours
All off

Tweak as needed if you start getting too much, or undesirable, algae or not enough growth.

Thanks I will do that. Can I also turn both one at same time?

 

[blert]

If you like but that's going to be really high light. Keep an eye on things.

 

[Nogauthi]

Thanks I will do that. Can I also turn both one at same time?

Of i wanted to remove my t8 would that still be ok?

 

[Nogauthi]

That is a ton of light. How deep is this tank?

You might want to run:
T8s on
2-3 hours
T8s off
T5s on
4 hours
T5s off
T8s on
2-3 hours
All off

Tweak as needed if you start getting too much, or undesirable, algae or not enough growth.

And if I wanted to take off my t8 all together would it still work? And how long a day with t5. Or it won't work cause they are both the same light in t5 HO

 

[blert]

You should be fine with taking off the T8s.

Run a photoperiod of around 6-10 hours a day.