happygirl65
Aquarium Advice Addict
OK, so I once would have thought this was a lot of plants. LOL Now I know I need more, especially looking for tall background plants. I am posting in the barter/trade section. Since I have to buy my plants online anyway I would much rather get them from people here.
Comments or suggestions appreciated. Especially with placement. As I am unfamiliar with how big some of these will get, I may have planted them in the wrong area.
Some specs:
55 gallon about 2 months old...not certain without looking up the date, but new tank.
I began planting this tank at the same time as adding fish and have increased both plants and bioload as I can.
The lighting is 2x65w PC with both being 50/50 bulbs.
I am dosing modified EI once per week per suggestions from a few members.
I was inspired to use live plants when I first started looking at AA and saw so many lovely tanks with live plants. Then I set up my tank with a couple of plastic ones that I had in storage and I knew instantly I would never be happy with it. So I upgraded and have slowly added what I can.
I now know that I need a lot more plant biomass to help with the algae so I am looking to plant much more.
Comments or suggestions appreciated. Especially with placement. As I am unfamiliar with how big some of these will get, I may have planted them in the wrong area.
Some specs:
55 gallon about 2 months old...not certain without looking up the date, but new tank.
I began planting this tank at the same time as adding fish and have increased both plants and bioload as I can.
The lighting is 2x65w PC with both being 50/50 bulbs.
I am dosing modified EI once per week per suggestions from a few members.
I was inspired to use live plants when I first started looking at AA and saw so many lovely tanks with live plants. Then I set up my tank with a couple of plastic ones that I had in storage and I knew instantly I would never be happy with it. So I upgraded and have slowly added what I can.
I now know that I need a lot more plant biomass to help with the algae so I am looking to plant much more.