Stupid Question Time

[tony2501]

Been reading some books, etc. and the phrase "heavely planted" keeps cropping up what exactly makes a tank heavely planted as opposed to just planted.

thanks

 

[Rodders]

50+% substrate coverage I would say.

 

[zig]

IMO heavily planted would mean 70% or more of the substrate (the gravel covering the bottom of the tank) covered with a mix of plants, stem plants, swords carpeting plants etc, my own substrate is currently 100% covered with a mix of plants.

Edit: dont mean to be contradicting rodders i was looking at something else as he posted, 50-70%+= heavily planted.

 

[IovaykInD]

I wouldn't say it's possible to cover the entire substrate

If you are going to cover 50% of the substrate..you mind as well fill the next half of it. No one is going to have half the tank planted and the other half empty.

 

[penguinpimp1990]

in short, a lot of plants

 

[IovaykInD]

Yea, but a lot of plants for a 10 gallon is not a lot of plants for a 100 gallon tank.

 

[soritan]

Well, yeah, it's all relative to the size of your tank, of course. Just because my plant numbers are smaller, doesn't mean I'm not heavily planted.

50-70% sounds about right, for 'heavily planted'. If you're looking into the term 'heavily planted', for the benefit of your occupants -- such as Dwarf Puffers -- it's really all about breaking the line of sight. If you have lots of short plants and they can all see each other, being heavily planted won't help.

 

[_Cal_]

Thats why it would be called a heavily planted 10 gallon.

 

[tony2501]

Thanks all