Good site for plant pictures ?

Bobdole10

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I was just wondering if anyone has a good site with names and pictures for live plants? I am going to start my planted tank in 2 weeks and would like to have a plan of attack. Plus will it hurt to have plants in during the cycle?

thanks for the help JEREMY
 
Plants will help a cycle along as they preferentially use ammonium ion/ammonia in metabolism. They also utilise nitrAtes, but not nitrItes, as far as I know.
 
Plus will it hurt to have plants in during the cycle?

Some second-hand news, but from a source I trust:

Many plant enthusiasts will warn that having plants in a tank while doing a fishless (i.e. direct addition of ammonia) cycle can cause significant algae problems during cycling.
 
Bol said:
Plus will it hurt to have plants in during the cycle?

Some second-hand news, but from a source I trust:

Many plant enthusiasts will warn that having plants in a tank while doing a fishless (i.e. direct addition of ammonia) cycle can cause significant algae problems during cycling.
I've had plants in my tank during fishless cycle, and they never caused a significant algae problem. I experienced the usual brown algae, but it went away after some time. I suppose whether or not you have a significant algae problem depends on a lot of other factors.
 
Yes, I just completed my first fishless cycle with plants. There's no algae at all! Needless to say I'm very proud of the success!
 

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