I have a tank set up and ready for plants. I have a 55 gal tank with 30 lbs fluorite and about 40 lb sand for substrate. I have 1 light strip with 2 40 watt bulbs. I am not co2 injecting.
Went to a fish sale today...and just bought plants:
java fern
java moss
anubias barteri
anacharis
amazon swordplant
hornwort
red wendti crypt
and dwarf val.
I looked on plantgeek before I went and tried to keep within the low light plants..but I forgot my list and got the amazon sword...it was cheap anyway.
I also got 2 pieces of driftwood. they aren't attached to anything to keep them down...any sugggestions? They are rather small. I have 2 other small pieces with slate bases, is there some way I can attach them together? I was planning to put the java moss on some of the driftwood.
Can you anchor the hornwort to anything, or does it just float?
All the plants were rated low light except the sword and the dwarf val, and they are medium. Not sure what constitutes medium light.
I plan to use FLorish excel in the tank..will that be enough or is there more or something else I should use?
I need to get a test kit, my old one died. From when I had fish before I know the water here is hard with no nitrates.
Also...what about water temp? I plan to get fish eventually, should I put the thermometer in for the plants? What temp?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
And when I looked in one of the bags, I can see baby snails...so I plan to get some kind of loach. Will clowns do ok in a tank like this? Or should I look at a different kind of loach?
Ok..I guess it was rather a lot of questions
Went to a fish sale today...and just bought plants:
java fern
java moss
anubias barteri
anacharis
amazon swordplant
hornwort
red wendti crypt
and dwarf val.
I looked on plantgeek before I went and tried to keep within the low light plants..but I forgot my list and got the amazon sword...it was cheap anyway.
I also got 2 pieces of driftwood. they aren't attached to anything to keep them down...any sugggestions? They are rather small. I have 2 other small pieces with slate bases, is there some way I can attach them together? I was planning to put the java moss on some of the driftwood.
Can you anchor the hornwort to anything, or does it just float?
All the plants were rated low light except the sword and the dwarf val, and they are medium. Not sure what constitutes medium light.
I plan to use FLorish excel in the tank..will that be enough or is there more or something else I should use?
I need to get a test kit, my old one died. From when I had fish before I know the water here is hard with no nitrates.
Also...what about water temp? I plan to get fish eventually, should I put the thermometer in for the plants? What temp?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
And when I looked in one of the bags, I can see baby snails...so I plan to get some kind of loach. Will clowns do ok in a tank like this? Or should I look at a different kind of loach?
Ok..I guess it was rather a lot of questions