Plant Newbie need help

[Zik]

Hey I have a 29 gallon tank that I've been maintaining for a couple years now that I've kept very lightly planted.

I've been wanting to heavily plant the tank and have been reading a lot about how to maintain a heavily planted tank but I have a few questions..

Will i need to keep dirt under my gravel? The few plants I've had in there for a long time are fine without it..

and I was looking at Co2 stuff I was thinking of getting the Hagen Natural Plant system... although I've seen a lot of people saying excel works just fine... any suggestions?

 

[fgump]

'dirt' isn't required. But it can help reduce cost in the long run, depending on what plants you have. Some plants will require root tabs if you just have normal sand/gravel. With the special plant substrates, you won't have to use root tabs.

The Hagen CO2 system is ok. But for a heavily planted 29 gallon, you'll need at least two, maybe more.

Excel is a source of carbon, and will help. But C02 is a better source of carbon.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

no you wont need dirt and you prob can get away with no co2 also.