Blos85
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello everyone! Thanking everyone in advance for all the future advice! Im new to this forum and fairly new to the fish scene. I have a 55gal with 5 red minor tetras, 2 blue gouramis, 1 powder blue gouramis, 1 dwarf gouramis, and my favorite 2 pictus cats and 2 columbian sharks and a pleco. Its a lot for the tank size i know but im gonna move some to allow room for the cats and sharks. A 55t with 2 clown loachs and 8 angel fish(another favorite). Anyhow ive done some reearch on live plants and im getting confused because some say a grow light ain't necessary with some plants as some say its required. Some say to plant straight in your gravel and some speak of special substrates. Im in it for the fish and i know plants are beneficial to your aquarium as with the oxygen adding to the filtration. I quess what i want to know is it possible for me to add plants without upgrading the tanks? I just don't want to have to fight algae in the future thats all. THANKS ALL!