Id My Plants

[Bristlenose]

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I hope this has loaded up properly, i am having trouble. Can you use photobucket to upload?

 

[Castellop123]

I can't see a pic... Yes, you can use photobucket to upload pics...

 

[Bristlenose]

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Ok, finally i got the pic on here, lol.
Just need help identifying the plants in my tank, also what kind of lighting they require, at the moment i only have one bulb and i am concerned that the plants need more!
Any advice is appreciated as although i have kept fish for 3 years this is my first attempt at real plants!

 

[SuperColey1]

The large plants (bulk of your load here) are echinodorous species, the plant on the left looks to me like Cabomba and the smaller plant in the centre looks like a poorly vallis which has had its leaves chopped.

If you are looking for a cheap and easy to get hold of bulb then buy an Arcadia freshwater/Daylight Classic from Pets at Home or wherever you get the reflector from.

For ease of getting them P@H do both.

The airstone could do with being removed because you are not injecting CO2 and are therefore relying on the small amount of CO2 that is naturally there to feed the plants some carbon. The airstone is moving the water surface which in turn releases the CO2 quicker.

If you were injecting CO2 then you could have the surface moving and just turn the CO2 up.

In general a planted tank should have as little surface movement as possible to avoid releasing CO2 unless you can keep pumping more in to counteract. this is somethingfor much later on in your planted experience and can get expensive.

Andy

 

[Bristlenose]

The large plants (bulk of your load here) are echinodorous species, the plant on the left looks to me like Cabomba and the smaller plant in the centre looks like a poorly vallis which has had its leaves chopped.

If you are looking for a cheap and easy to get hold of bulb then buy an Arcadia freshwater/Daylight Classic from Pets at Home or wherever you get the reflector from.

For ease of getting them P@H do both.

The airstone could do with being removed because you are not injecting CO2 and are therefore relying on the small amount of CO2 that is naturally there to feed the plants some carbon. The airstone is moving the water surface which in turn releases the CO2 quicker.

If you were injecting CO2 then you could have the surface moving and just turn the CO2 up.

In general a planted tank should have as little surface movement as possible to avoid releasing CO2 unless you can keep pumping more in to counteract. this is somethingfor much later on in your planted experience and can get expensive.

Andy

Thank you so much again, you have really took the time out to help me and it is very appreciated. I will remove the airstone, which is a shame but if it helps its gone.
I will get the appropriate bulb and reflector.
I washed the plants whan i got them but ive had a few small snails which i am getting rid of, any advise?
Should i take out the damaged plant or will it recover?
Is there anything else i should do or add?
I am currently using a liquid plant food, is that good?
Ive also seen pellets you can bury at the base of the plant? Cheers all!