Newbie: Understand Planting.

[mit]

Hi Guys!

My name Mit and Im from West London. Im hoping that you guys on here will be able to give moi a helping hand understand planting in tanks and what item are the best to use.

Well, Im getting my second tank soon. Very Soon. Its gonna be a 60cmx30cmx40cm open top glass tank. Very Sleek! Kinda like a Bigger Version of The Aqua-Qubes PFK gaveaway!

I am hoping to creat something like this:

The Middle Tank.

I know a bit about plant in tanks, but its really only a bit.
I know and understand the how to plant plants, ranging them etc.

But i do need help with is know what Substrate to use. To help you help me, i often rerange plants cause i can never make up my mind and would like to have sand on top on the Substrate. Any idea what Substrate is the Best?

Also need help with getting CO2 in to the tank? Would the Sera CO2 System be ok in my tank? PKF recomended in for the Cube.

Will come to lighting later.

Hope you guys can help me!

m
xx

 

[Biulu]

It looks like in the first picture they are only using mosses and ferns tied to wood. In this case, you can simply use sand (just like in the picture) as a substrate, since you are not looking for plants rooting in your substrate.

I can't see it quite well, but it looks like in the second picture, middle tank, they also only used sand, and probably the carpeting plant is tied to slate. It also depends a bit upon the effect that you want to achieve; substrate is normally brownish/black, and you would only be able to put sand on top if you don't have any fish that mess up the substrate.

If you are looking for a substrate, there are many types, such as eco complete, Fluorite etc. Depends a bit also on where you are based. You might want to do a search on this forum too.

Edit: Sorry, missed the part where you said you are from West-London!