When to add plants?

[txtyster]

first post! can you put live plants in an un-cylced tank?

 

[musho3210]

yes, its what i did, if anything its good to put live plants in an uncycled tank because
A: You get the beneficial bacteria living on it to help seed your tank
B: It helps eats ammonia and nitrites
C: It eats dissolved fish waste

I did it during a fish cycle though, not sure about fishless, maybe not fishless since the ammonia levels are a lot higher in fishless....

 

[Mgamer20o0]

yep. the sooner the better.

 

[Malefic23]

Plus the plants help to absorb nutrients that produce algae blooms. Establishing them early on is always nice to keep the green goo down.

 

[txtyster]

so should it reduce the cycle length?

 

[wolf13]

depending on how heavily you plant, you may not even see a cycle.

 

[txtyster]

okay sorry for all the questions but i do have another one. I picked up a bunch of plants the other day and they all came in pots and i was wondering if they can stay in there or do i need to take them out?
Thanks

 

[redswi]

What are you using for substrate???

I use schultz aquatic soil...I found my plants did better when removing all the pot media, and bedding them right in the soil

 

[txtyster]

What are you using for substrate???

I use schultz aquatic soil...I found my plants did better when removing all the pot media, and bedding them right in the soil

I'm just using gravel for the substrate

 

[Mgamer20o0]

yes remove them from the pots.