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[pedro7680]

Hi everyone, not really sure how to out this,

im having so many problems with plants, ive tried feeding, lighting them etc etc etc

but they only seem to last a week or two at a push..

i havent bought a lot at the same time, usually two or three at anytime, im wanting the tank filled with plants as i think it looks great. but im at my wits end.

is the gravel not working?. am i meant to take the plants out of the wee "thingy" the roots are wrapped it?. im at an utter losss.

id like to even try breeding my own plants ( wrong wording )


please please please help.. or point me to many

"idiots guides to tropical plant pages"...



thanks in advance
pete

 

[houndour]

Hi,

I noticed that you've posted before on this same problem. People asked some details from you but you didn't reply.

I don't know any good links, but I've learnt a lot from reading new and old posts in the forum.

It might help if you answer some of the following:

What substrate do you use?
What size is your tank?
How many watts of light do you have?
Are you using CO2?
Which plants are you buying? Maybe you have low lighting but are buying plants that demand lots of light?

I may not be able to help myself, but if you provide more info there are other more experienced people that could help.

Sam

 

[Lateral Line]

There is no single answer to growing plants. Plants come from a very wide range of sources, some from deep rain forrest where it is almost dark, others from brightly sunlit waters - and all shades in between.

Light is almost always the problem. Without the right quantity and quality of light, plants as living entities, just don't work - light is their fuel.

After light, they need nutrients to convert into more plant. The majority of these in regular tanks without special lighting are supplied by your fish and by small amounts of trace element fertilisers.

A good substrate is a "nice to have" but plants will grow in pretty much anything given the other items.

The questions Sam asked are key. Without knowing what you are trying to grow, in what, under what, it is hard to say what the problem is.

Another very common problem is that a lot of plants which are not true aquatic plants are sold for aquarium use - no end of trickery will get these to grow, they just die and rot.

To answer your question, unless you have a special reason for doing otherwise, you should remove plants from the pots and wool they are shipped in.

 

[R3GG]

What type of filter are you running?

 

[pedro7680]

its a juwel aquarium with built in filter, bout 3 feet maybes.

just pure gravel in the bottom, and type of plants? i dont honestly know,

i know my info is very vague here, so thanks for helping me