Plants

[tom16]

I am planning on getting some plants for 20G tank and wanted to know is there any chemicals that actually work that i can put in to help them.

Thanks

 

[tom16]

I dont speak spanish (By the looks of it)

Sorry anyone translate

 

[lyotim88]

Flourish and Flourish excel. just be careful not to overdose

 

[three-fingers]

I dont speak spanish (By the looks of it)

Sorry anyone translate

That's a spam bot posting Spanish advertising, ignore it.

And yes there is, but before anything is recommended, we need to know if there's anything wrong with your plants, what type of plants are they and what type of lighting do you have (wattage and type of bulb e.g. T5 or T8 tube).

If your unsure on what type of plants, or type of lighting, take a picture and we can tell you .

Also useful would be water stats (especially nitrate levels, NO3). Or how many fish you have, but preferably nitrate levels

Knowing all this is useful so we don't recommend something that will end up feeding algae, and so you can get the most from your plants.

 

[tom16]

The light is a 10w halogn light.

No fish yet but bellow is what i will get.

6 Cardinal Tetra
6 Guppys
4 Harlequin Rasbora
2 Molly - Balloon

Nitrate level is 5
Ph level is 7.6

Thanks

 

[three-fingers]

A 10w halogen bulb? Over a 16gal?

That's really not that much light.

You will probably get away with Anubias, maybe if your lucky java moss and java fern.

Make sure you know what plants your buying when you do, your tank probably counts as a 'very low light tank'.

Don't add any fertilisers to the water for the plants, they will be growing so slow they wont need it .