Ok, so, I am looking to plant my 45 gal tank. I currently have a 4" Hagen life glo 2 bulb & a 4" Hagen aqua glo bulb. The filter is your ordinary HOB filter. This tank houses a old pair of Angels. In the future may house a school of smaller fish as well. I recently bought 3 bags of Seachem Flourite Dark and 1 bag of Seachem Flourite Black Sand. The plants I am interested in are: dwarf sag, jungle val, water sprite, rotala rotunfoilia, riccia fluitans, amazon sword.
I am open to any recommendations for different plants. As for the substrate I planned on just mixing the 3 bags of dark flourite with the bag of flourite black sand( Is this a good plan?) How long should I wait after putting the new flourite in before getting plants if at all? I DO NOT plan on using a CO2 system at all. I know I may need to compensate for that with some ferts, but what kind? I was also looking at getting some flourish to help plant growth but not sure on what type I really "need".
Any and all help is much appreciated!
I am open to any recommendations for different plants. As for the substrate I planned on just mixing the 3 bags of dark flourite with the bag of flourite black sand( Is this a good plan?) How long should I wait after putting the new flourite in before getting plants if at all? I DO NOT plan on using a CO2 system at all. I know I may need to compensate for that with some ferts, but what kind? I was also looking at getting some flourish to help plant growth but not sure on what type I really "need".
Any and all help is much appreciated!