Substrate is gravel?
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agrasyuk
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Non rooted plants are fine. Anubias nana or some moss will look great on driftwod
Tparkening
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Most definitely. The plant attached to the drift wood will receive its ferts through the water column. Depending on how many fish you have in the tank you may never have to add additional fertilizers. If you want to plant in the gravel you could always supplement it with some osmocote plus. You see a lot of people sell it already encapsulated on the forum. I bought a container of it on amazon and made my own, if you don't want to encapsulate it just ensure that the little balls make it to the bottom of your substrate.
Still some ludwigia repens and other aerial root plants may do fine without enriched substrate.
Still some ludwigia repens and other aerial root plants may do fine without enriched substrate.
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Your Substrate
Hello fire...
No need to go to the effort or expense to change the gravel. You can easily plant the tank by first doing a 50 percent water change, which should be done at least every two weeks for a larger tank. Before you replace the tank water, you can plant the bottom. Amazon swords, Cyptocoryne, Anacharis and Pennywort will all work. Just dig a small hole to fit the roots add a small root tab and cover it all up with the gravel. You can also attach Anubias to pieces of lava rock or to driftwood will long strands of dark sewing thread. Just drop everything on top of the gravel. You can float Anacharis and Hornwort, just drop individual stems into the tank.
Replace the old water with pure, treated tap water and give the plants a chance to get used to the new environment. New plants generally look poorly for a while, but most recover.
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Hello fire...
No need to go to the effort or expense to change the gravel. You can easily plant the tank by first doing a 50 percent water change, which should be done at least every two weeks for a larger tank. Before you replace the tank water, you can plant the bottom. Amazon swords, Cyptocoryne, Anacharis and Pennywort will all work. Just dig a small hole to fit the roots add a small root tab and cover it all up with the gravel. You can also attach Anubias to pieces of lava rock or to driftwood will long strands of dark sewing thread. Just drop everything on top of the gravel. You can float Anacharis and Hornwort, just drop individual stems into the tank.
Replace the old water with pure, treated tap water and give the plants a chance to get used to the new environment. New plants generally look poorly for a while, but most recover.
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You will be fine 
