gimmethatfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi all.
I'm taking my first stab at a planted tank. I have 3 little plants in my 10g tank, but I wouldn't consider it "planted."
I went to my excellent LFS who recommended and sold me a number of plants and wrote some very good advice about them on a piece of paper which I promptly lost...
So I was hoping for some help. I will be setting up a 54 gallon corner bowfront tank. I have Caribsea eco-complete substrate as well as Caribsea instant aquarium peace river - small pebble/gravel. I have Seachem flourish which I used in my 10g. I am happy to dose carbon and iron as needed, but I'm not sure which I need or when. I have also looked into the DIY CO2 diffusers, which I may do eventually. I currently have a 65W 10K powercompact fluorescent tube which I need to replace - with what?
So my plants - anubias, java vern, amazon sword, brown cryptocorynes, a gigantic bunch of hornwort, and moneywort. I also have some unidentified thing which I will post a picture of.
Can anyone give me some general advice? The tank will have a school of danios from my 10g to start out with, but I will add more fish. I just have no idea what I'm supposed to do to trim/prune these things when necessary. Do you just cut them with scissors where you need to prune? Pull the leaves off? I know not to bury the anubias rhizome - should any of the rest not be buried? I felt like I was in a good place when I left the fish store, but now I feel lost and confused without my little piece of paper
I'm taking my first stab at a planted tank. I have 3 little plants in my 10g tank, but I wouldn't consider it "planted."
I went to my excellent LFS who recommended and sold me a number of plants and wrote some very good advice about them on a piece of paper which I promptly lost...
So I was hoping for some help. I will be setting up a 54 gallon corner bowfront tank. I have Caribsea eco-complete substrate as well as Caribsea instant aquarium peace river - small pebble/gravel. I have Seachem flourish which I used in my 10g. I am happy to dose carbon and iron as needed, but I'm not sure which I need or when. I have also looked into the DIY CO2 diffusers, which I may do eventually. I currently have a 65W 10K powercompact fluorescent tube which I need to replace - with what?
So my plants - anubias, java vern, amazon sword, brown cryptocorynes, a gigantic bunch of hornwort, and moneywort. I also have some unidentified thing which I will post a picture of.
Can anyone give me some general advice? The tank will have a school of danios from my 10g to start out with, but I will add more fish. I just have no idea what I'm supposed to do to trim/prune these things when necessary. Do you just cut them with scissors where you need to prune? Pull the leaves off? I know not to bury the anubias rhizome - should any of the rest not be buried? I felt like I was in a good place when I left the fish store, but now I feel lost and confused without my little piece of paper