Ben K
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello,
I have recently bought a 20G L tank and I am thinking of setting it up as a low light planted tank but I have a few questions. Here they are:
1) Where can I find a list of all the low light plants for a freshwater tank?
2) Where I live there is a very slim selection of plants for sale. So I was thinking of buying plants off the fine people here. My question though is this, how long is safe for plants to travel? I live in Ontario, Canada.
3) When trimming plants, how do you go about trimming? What tools do you use? With stem plants, do you cut form the top like grass or would you trim from the bottom or uproot the single stem completely? What about carpet plants or other things.
Here is a layout that I am hoping to go with so you have something to look at while answering the questions above. I am hoping to have at least 5 different types of plants in this tank...that's if there is 5 different low light plants....poor me and my very slim plant selection where I come from. (Most stores near me only have 5-7 different plants total to pick from, including a Big Al's Warehouse and a Pet Smart)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have recently bought a 20G L tank and I am thinking of setting it up as a low light planted tank but I have a few questions. Here they are:
1) Where can I find a list of all the low light plants for a freshwater tank?
2) Where I live there is a very slim selection of plants for sale. So I was thinking of buying plants off the fine people here. My question though is this, how long is safe for plants to travel? I live in Ontario, Canada.
3) When trimming plants, how do you go about trimming? What tools do you use? With stem plants, do you cut form the top like grass or would you trim from the bottom or uproot the single stem completely? What about carpet plants or other things.
Here is a layout that I am hoping to go with so you have something to look at while answering the questions above. I am hoping to have at least 5 different types of plants in this tank...that's if there is 5 different low light plants....poor me and my very slim plant selection where I come from. (Most stores near me only have 5-7 different plants total to pick from, including a Big Al's Warehouse and a Pet Smart)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.