shahrezsyed
Fish Crazy
im also a student and have a pocket money of 36 dollars(which is less i suppose) for my 45 gallon,i'll buy the plants slowly of course and which ferts exactly do you buy? AND dont you use a substrate additive or a special substrate for your cabomba and amazon swords??? if i start with amazon,sword and cabomba and the ferts how much will it cost???Oh and as far as plants go.
Plain gravel is the same as bog standard sand when it comes to planting (IE holds no nutrients).
And in my tank I have...
Anubias Nan
Java Fern
Twisted Vallis
Amazon Sword
Cabomba
Ludwidgia
A reed plant
Moss Ball
Java Moss
Amazon Frogbit (although this is a floating plant)
All I do is dose liquid ferts and liquid carbon.
But for...
Anubias
Java Fern
Java Moss
(and a couple of other plants I can't think of now)
Basic gravel + Basic lighting will do the job. No fertilisers needed.
shahrez