Plant beginner with clippings

[ltldrgn13]

Hey,

I have a 29gal tank set-up that I just moved all the fish to different homes, now I would like to do a completely planted neon tank... but I'm VERY VERY new to plants.

A guy at work just gave me some clipping from his 50 overly planted tank in his office... all the plants are low light very hardy plants.. hopeful a good start.

I have read up a bit on the plants but if anyone has any suggested reading please let me know. Any tips, comments, suggestions, etc????

Thanks.

 

[beviking]

Yeah, start here at page one and go for it! You could check out thekrib.com and aquabotanic.com too. Another tip, keep that guy a friend cuz he's likely to have more clippings later. It'll be a good supply if your trial and error has more error than trials
Good luck!

 

[ltldrgn13]

Thank you for your help... I plan to keep this guy as a friend... he works on the same campus as I do and has a 50gal at work, 180 gal, 90 gal, 72 gal, 50 gal, 29 gal and several 10 gals at home.. all planted.. I have seen photos of his tanks and they are just wonderful. He has been in the hobby since the mid 70's, therefore a guarantee he should know what he is doing.. lol


And yes I'm sure I will have a few error before getting this down... nothing can go perfect the first time around. lol.

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