Couple Of Questions Really

[Leaky]

Heya, im beginning to set up a tank and i have been thinking whether to get silk plants or real ones...

What i want to know is, would the fish mind if they arent real ? or are fake ones bad for fish ?

Also, what do you need to set up a tank with real plants in and is it expensive to do, im a student setting up my first tank, ive heard some people talk about co2 pumps and canisters and complex kit like that ...

what do you actually need ?

Cheers, Chris

 

[Tarps]

i have only just set up my first tropical tank and i have loads of plants in my fish.
Wouldnt think the fish would mind and fake s arent bad for fish but some fish may settle in better with real plants and will supplement their diets. My plants are normally eaten by my mollies.
I dont use anything special for my plants. Just good high intensity T5 lighting whihc is left on for about 15 hours a day. I have mainly hygrophilla in my tank and it thrives.
Hope this helps

 

[Leaky]

i have only just set up my first tropical tank and i have loads of plants in my fish.
Wouldnt think the fish would mind and fake s arent bad for fish but some fish may settle in better with real plants and will supplement their diets. My plants are normally eaten by my mollies.
I dont use anything special for my plants. Just good high intensity T5 lighting whihc is left on for about 15 hours a day. I have mainly hygrophilla in my tank and it thrives.
Hope this helps

Do you use any fertiliser or special compost or anything ?

this does help thanks !!

you say you mainly have hygrophilla, what others do you have ? also, does your tank suffer from green water or algae growth etc ?

 

[tom_os]

i would say plants are easy.

you can have a large variety of plants with no co2 or fertilizers, as long as you have a good light.

 

[hensonc4098]

I have java moss, cabomba and vallis growing just in the sand at the bottom of my tank with no CO2, I just dose 5ml of Nutrafin Plant Gro once per week The java moss is quite slow to grow anyway and without CO2 it is slower, but if you aren't looking for huge amounts of growth over a short period of time then it's fine.