evalmore
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Tomorrow I will try and list out all the plants I think are low light and pretty easy to take care of.
Thank you ! That'd be nice.
Tomorrow I will try and list out all the plants I think are low light and pretty easy to take care of.
Some low light plants are Anubias, Java Fern varieties, crypts, bacopa (to a certain extent), Java Moss, and amazon swords. There are others, but I find these to be the easiest. Crypts will need root tabs, also.
Amazon swords DO need root tabs, and I find floramax to be a great investment. It doesn't contain many nutrients as is, but with it having a high CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) it enables fish waste to be absorbed from the water column and turned into food for the plants. Especially since its only 9$ at Petco/Petsmart. I use it in my high tech tanks and I love it. If I were you, I would also get Flourish Excel for a source of carbon, but it is notorious for melting Elodea/Anacharis. Along with excel, to start with a low tech tank, you should get Flourish Comprehensive and API Leaf Zone. Flourish is a micro nutrient supplement, and Leaf Zone contains Potassium and Iron.
I think I'm definitely getting some Java moss. Maybe some Anubias as well. Do I need more than that?
Some low light plants are Anubias, Java Fern varieties, crypts, bacopa (to a certain extent), Java Moss, and amazon swords. There are others, but I find these to be the easiest. Crypts will need root tabs, also.
More than that for your tank? You don't NEED it but I would put more to make the tank look more natural. Anubias are great plants.
I don't think most crypts need root tabs either. But some will need them. I'm pretty sure crypt wendetti doesn't need it and along with a few others.
Ah, yes! I forgot. With the coralife, I had to change out the actinic (blue) bulb for a pink one, or a 10 k or 6k
I've always found with mine they did better when I slipped one by them.
I don't doubt that swords can do ok without them, but they truly won't be thriving without them. After adding rootabs to swords in my tank (it was low tech at the time), the swords were throwing out 3-4 new leaves a week. Before that I was dosing its leaf zone and flourish alone.
All plants will do better with root tabs but I'm just saying they don't actually need them to survive. Ferts ( liquid or tabs ) are always helpful but not always necessary.
Same goes with crypts. Swords and Crypts absorb almost All of their nutrients from the substrate, unlike stem plants which absorb their nutrients from the water column.
Sorry to hijack evalmore! (;
I agree that they can survive without them.
Sorry to hijack evalmore! (;
Quite alright! Lol you guys are actually helping me with plant advice too, so continue ! Just one more question for whoever wants to answer, how many fertilizers and things of that nature do I absolutely need? Some people tell me that plants do best on their own growing naturally and then some say I need lots of different ferts and things. Help? Lol.