plants???

[fish-4-life]

46 gallon. these fish:

8 Cardinal tetras
1 Pearl gourami
7 Cherry barbs
8 Cories
2 cockatoo cichlids
2 german blue rams
5 rummy nose tetras


now to decide which plants. i am completely new to live plants so any info on how to care for plants would be nice too! thnx

 

[bruinsbro1997]

46 gallon. these fish:

8 Cardinal tetras
1 Pearl gourami
7 Cherry barbs
8 Cories
2 cockatoo cichlids
2 german blue rams
5 rummy nose tetras

now to decide which plants. i am completely new to live plants so any info on how to care for plants would be nice too! thnx

Well...depends on the plants. Were you looking to go low-tech, high-tech or somewhere in between? What is your lighting?

 

[fish-4-life]

i have on idea about lighting or anything. this is the tank:
Marineland® 46 Euro Style Bow Front Aquarium - Black - Fish - Sale Category - PetSmart

thats really all i know. i want easy care plants. nothing too hard. thanks!

 

[fish-4-life]

will any light bulb fir it? these are what r on the petsmart website:
Fish Tank Lighting and Aquarium Hoods | PetSmart

which one will fit the tank?

 

[fish-4-life]

how do i know which light fits my hood?

 

[fish-4-life]

can someone please help? lol!

 

[fish-4-life]

do u put soil in the tank or jusr rocks?

 

[alex07]

Go to plantgeek.net and do your research. I would just stick to low light plants. Many to choose from so just go to site do some research and decide which ones you want

 

[fish-4-life]

but what about lighting? how do i know which light for my tank hood?

 

[alex07]

Look for 1 that is for the measurements of your tank. There many options for lights it all depends how much you want to spend

 

[fish-4-life]

this light:
MARINELAND® Single Bright LED Lighting System - Lighting & Hoods - Fish - PetSmart

how do i know how many watts it is?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

From doing my research and from other members' inputs Marineland LEDS aren't very good for plants or corals for that matter...you could try Marineland lights for corals but they're 130$....

 

[roundar]

If you can afford to go with the proper LED's they are undoubtedly the future of aquarium lighting. You may have to put up a little more money in the beginning, but they'll pay for the difference in a few months through energy costs. You can find all kinds of articles on planted tanks all over the web. But basically a great starter is to get medium lights, some kind of substrate ranging anywhere from top soil to ADA aquasoil. I like floromax a lot, it's the perfect grain size without the markup of some of the other brands.(ADA aquasoil for instance tends to be overpriced, but is definitely considered a slightly higher quality)

After that just look for some medium-low light plants and learn as you go. It's easy to forget that a lot of this hobby tends to be guided trial and error!

 

[fish-4-life]

what about this?
Aqueon® T5 Fluorescent Colormax Lamp - Lighting & Hoods - Fish - PetSmart

or

Aqueon® Freshwater T5 Light Fixture - Lighting & Hoods - Fish - PetSmart

 

[roundar]

36" T5 HO Aquarium Light Strip Hood 78W Odyssea New | eBay

This is what I recommend for you 100%. It will be on the lower end of high lighting, it's a fantastic price and I have ordered a fixture from them before with no problems. (And this link is to the 36" fixture that you need, and comes with 2 bulbs.

 

[fish-4-life]

36" T5 HO Aquarium Light Strip Hood 78W Odyssea New | eBay

This is what I recommend for you 100%. It will be on the lower end of high lighting, it's a fantastic price and I have ordered a fixture from them before with no problems. (And this link is to the 36" fixture that you need, and comes with 2 bulbs.

how often do i have to replace bulbs? and do i have to buy bulbs online?

 

[roundar]

how often do i have to replace bulbs? and do i have to buy bulbs online?

Some people say every six months - year, many people people probably leave them in longer, which is a quality trade off.(Another reason LED's are the future of lighting.)

No.

 

[fish-4-life]

ok i will do this light. now for plants...

 

[roundar]

Entirely up to you, just look around for all kinds of plants and look at their requirements. I think there's a thread with a lot of plant profiles in the "profiles" forum, definitely check it out.

 

[alex07]

Just go to plantgeek.net