How Do You WorK WiTH LiVe PlaNts

[DOLORES]

hey new topic since nobody's reading the other one, i juss wanted to know how do u work with live plants, what are the specifically needs for them besides the food and lightin?

thanx again for readin me

me

P.S: What kind of plants do y'all recommend for 10 gal?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

There are tons of important things that you need to know. I'd suggest getting a book (or site) on plants, esp. those you want and can support.

 

[DOLORES]

oh thanx if anyone has suggestions feel free to let me know

 

[heresmike]

There's a "How does your garden grow" forum on here that might be a good place to start.

 

[DOLORES]

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanx!

 

[henderg]

I'm new to plants too, but Im going for the trial and error method for building my knowledge. I bought 4 different healthy looking plants, after reading up on a coupla forums, placed them in the tank with some feeding pellets near their roots and let them do their thing. I removed the wee lead weights, as I don't like the idea of lead in with my fish: Black Neon Tetras. After almost 4 weeks, the plant growing best is a Limnophila sessiliflora, closely followed by Hygrophila corymbosa "Stricta". By the way, I have a Juwel 60 set-up, with the standard 'real plant' tube.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Sorry, I thought you knew we had that section.