Few Q's

[Maxta]

Right im getting a Juwel Rekord 80 this week, and i want to put alot of plants in to make it decently nice.

I have bogwood, a cave ornament and a few coconut caves, all of which i want the plants to grow around them and to hide them, providing more cover and security to the fish.

First question: Im using sand as a substrate, whats the recommended depth that i should use? I have about ¾ to an inch in my current tank, and i find it hard keeping my plants in place with the current of the water and fish nibbling or playin around them.

Second question: What are your recommended websites to buy them from? My LFS's just sell the more common ones.

Third question: For what iv stated above, whats the best plants you could recommend me to do the job.

Thanks

Maxta

 

[Maxta]

Found a site that looks decent....
Been through its available plants and picked out these:

1) http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

2) http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

3) http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

4) http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

5) http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

What do you think?

Was thinking of putting some of the wheat plant (5) in one corner, a few of them. And some of the Live Cabomba Plant (2) on the opposite side either side of my ornament cave. And 3 or 4 Dracena Plants (3) along the back of the aquarium. And maybe some of the Indian Fern (4) around my coconut caves. And dont know where id put the Wisteria Plant (1).

Sound good?

 

[lowee]

The cabomba, wisteria and fern should be fine. But the wheat plant and Dracena plants are not true aquatic plants. After a period of time they will rot and will make a mess of your aquarum!

 

[Maxta]

Thanks. Took them off my wishlist. Any recommendations for replacing them two?

What about:

http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

and

http/www.aquamania.co.uk/product.asp?num...=&PT_ID=114

 

[SuperColey1]

To be honest you will stuggle to grow the cherry plant and possibly the baby tears with the lighting that comes with the Juwel tank.

Most lighting you get with tanks is pants and hence people who are doing planted tanks either:

1-totally upgrade their lighting (not just change their tubes) i.e. new starters higher wattages etc.
2-decide to go for plants that do well in low light (where they do just put better bulbs in).

I would look at the easy plants pinned article in this forum and choose from there otherwise you may be heading into the wonderful world of expense with lighting, CO2, ferts etc to consider.

There is also the Tropica and plantgeek websites where you can select plants by ease and lighting.

Or browse other people's tanks and see what their specs are and find what is closest to yours and what is succesful in their tanks.

Have a look at the thread just down a bit (George's new tank) this is a Juwel 125 and he has just put better bulbs in (although he is ferting and CO2ing)

Welcome to the wonderful, time consuming, wallet emptying, frustrating and rewarding world of planted tanks

Andy