Iloveplants
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2023
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As some of you may already know, I have three planted aquariums with no fish. Virtually all of my plants are doing fine, but not thriving.
I am fertilizing frequently with liquid fertilizer and root tabs and just bought new and better lighting for one of my tanks so I'm supposing those aren't the lacking categories. But CO2?
I read somewhere that fish produce a lot of what aquarium plants need, is this true? I thought they just added extra nutrients but are they the main source of co2 for plants? I haven't been injecting co2 because I didn't think it was necessary, now I'm beginning to question that.
I have little intentions of getting a co2 injector just due to financial reasons as of right now but I am much more open to getting fish (I haven't had any in 2 years and miss them).
If fish can be the solution please do let me know, if not are there any other solutions that aren't a co2 injector?
I am fertilizing frequently with liquid fertilizer and root tabs and just bought new and better lighting for one of my tanks so I'm supposing those aren't the lacking categories. But CO2?
I read somewhere that fish produce a lot of what aquarium plants need, is this true? I thought they just added extra nutrients but are they the main source of co2 for plants? I haven't been injecting co2 because I didn't think it was necessary, now I'm beginning to question that.
I have little intentions of getting a co2 injector just due to financial reasons as of right now but I am much more open to getting fish (I haven't had any in 2 years and miss them).
If fish can be the solution please do let me know, if not are there any other solutions that aren't a co2 injector?