Just Looking For Some Advice

[weejen]

hi i was just looking for some advice on my tank. its L 42 x W 12 x H 18 so its 149L or 39g with a light ratio on 1 watt per galon.its a 39w t5 bulb and i was just wondering i have some plants and i was wondering if i need to do anything to help my plants last & grow healthy. i have added some pics to give u an idea of how many and what plants i have. i dont dose the tank with ferts or co2. so just some general advice needed on plant care

whole tank shot

right of tank

centre of tank

left of tank

 

[BigIan]

are you having any trouble keeping your plants alive? if not don`t worry about anything.

if you struggle then start thinking about ferts and co2. then do A LOT of research before embarking down that route aswell as keeping plants healthy you can also mess you tank up.

 

[weejen]

no there doin ok i just wondered if there was anything i should be doing.

 

[BigIan]

if it ain`t broke don`t fix it.....

if you do start having issues, then the plants can tell you what they need, aqua essentials used to have a good guide to this but i can`t find it now, perhaps another member could advise you to this

 

[RadaR]

The pinned threads are a good place to start.
Especially "Back to basics".

Plant Deficiencies

Algae guide

Some other good links/info

 

[ian]

you might want to start thinking about dosing some kind of fert. It looks reletivly newly planted.

 

[stevereade]

I second that Ianho, I'd start before they begin to suffer

 

[weejen]

yeah it is just recently planted. any sugestions what fert to dose?

 

[stevereade]

TPN+ (Tropica Plant Nutrition+) its what most people use on here in Europe.