Help With Amazon Sword And Comomba

[shahrezsyed]

hello
please i need help!
quick.

i just wanna know that can i grow comomba and amazon sword with 2 WPG lighting in my 45 gallon aquarium?
with a diy co2 reactor attach to power filters propellor and only liquid fert with micro and trace elements. i can only keep fine gravel substrate cuz no other substrate is availible here.
p.s:i dont care if they,ll grow very slowly. i just want some living healthy plants.
shahrez

 

[mancin]

hello
please i need help!
quick.

i just wanna know that can i grow comomba and amazon sword with 2 WPG lighting in my 45 gallon aquarium?
with a diy co2 reactor attach to power filters propellor and only liquid fert with micro and trace elements. i can only keep fine gravel substrate cuz no other substrate is availible here.
p.s:i dont care if they,ll grow very slowly. i just want some living healthy plants.
shahrez

I've been looking into planting my tank too so I'll share with you what I've found for those 2 plants in particular. This verbiage is from the Drs Foster & Smith site. I do not have experience with Cabomba, but I do have Amazon Sword in my current tank and it seems to be doing fine with low lighting.

"Cabomba does best when grown in nuetral water under moderate lighting. Provide at least 2 watts per gallon of full spectrum (5000-7000K) lighting. Water temperature between 72°-82°F, an alkalinity of 3-8 dKH and a pH of 6.5-7.5 is ideal for proper growth. These plants do not tolerate frequent trimming and transplanting. Leaves dropping from the plant are usually a sign of poor water conditions or CO2 deficiency."

"For the most beautiful Amazon Sword Plants, a loose substrate and an iron-rich fertilizer must be used. The Amazon Sword Plant requires at least 2 watts per gallon of full spectrum lighting (5000-7000K). The aquarium temperature should be from 72°-82°F, with an alkalinity of 3 to 8 dKH and a pH of 6.5-7.5. Propagation is by adventitious plants on the covered peduncles."

 

[shahrezsyed]

thanks a bunch

 

[Colin_T]

you should be able to grow both plants reasonably easily, however the swords generally do better than cambomba. If you can find locally grown stock, (from someone near you) then it will do better than plants that are grown on the other side of the country.
You don't need CO2 if you don't have lots of light or lots of fertiliser.