wagonman Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 take care of your planted tanks? i seem to always have my plants dying. the leaves go black and the plants start falling apart. what should i be adding to the water to make the plants grow because i dont want to be buying plants every couple of months. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 how many litre tank and what lights are u running on it? for most plants all u need is good lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 how many litre tank and what lights are u running on it? for most plants all u need is good lighting. its an aqua one ar 850 155lter so it has three different light bulbs, 1x bluey coloured bulb 15000k 1x 10000k 1x i dunno the rating, cant be bothered pulling the light to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 How many watts are the lights? Different plants need different amounts of light, often the really nice looking ones are the ones that need more light. Also are you leaving the plants in once the leaves fall off? Often plants are grown with the leaves out of the water, this makes them grow faster and not get covered in algae. The problem is that the leaves when grown out of the water are different from leaves grown under water so they tend to die off, but should be replaced quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 How many watts are the lights? 20-25watts the plants & leaves are under the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 AR-850 84x44x58cm 155 liters http://www.aquariumsdelivered.co.uk/cat ... p-177.html try and aim for at the very least 1watt per 2 litres. anything over 10000K doesn't count. ur blue/purple light would be 14000K. if ur tubes are 25watts i would change them all to between 6500K to 10000K bulbs. i personally wouldn't bother trying anything else without good lighting to start with unless u pick all low light plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 AR-850 84x44x58cm 155 liters http://www.aquariumsdelivered.co.uk/cat ... p-177.html try and aim for at the very least 1watt per 2 litres. anything over 10000K doesn't count. ur blue/purple light would be 14000K. if ur tubes are 25watts i would change them all to between 6500K to 10000K bulbs. i personally wouldn't bother trying anything else without good lighting to start with unless u pick all low light plants. ok i will look at replacing the bulbs i got it wrong somehow aswell, the blue one is 15000k. so basically i just need the right lights i dont need to add anything to the water like flourish excell etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 so basically i just need the right lights i dont need to add anything to the water like flourish excell etc. not unless u have an algae problem. ferts can come later. what suphew means is sometime plants we buy from LFS are grown in hydroponic systems which means when we replant them in to our tanks they would get rid of their original leafs which they've grow while above water and grow new ones now they are submersed which makes them seem like their dieing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 ok well i planted a couple of new ones today so i will see what they do, i will leave the old ones in and see if they come away again. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I have the exact same tank as you and have managed to keep plants alive and well not in perfect condition but I'm still only a beginner. I have no idea what plants they are though, there are two types of tall growing ones, one with big leaves, the other with quite small leaves and the other plant is like a creeper type with long slender leaves, sorta looks like a flax bush? It has runners going out all over the bottom of the tank. Best advice I was ever given for planting is not to stick the new plant straight into the substrate. Let it sink to the bottom (if it has weights on it) and let it just sit there until you see thin roots start to grow, then you can plant it. Thats what I did last time and I haven't had to remove any dead plants yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I used to have probs with my discus tank reason turned out to be the ph level was wrong for the type of plants I was trying to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 What substrate are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 What substrate are you using? gravel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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