fishoramalama Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 im setting up a 40L tank at the moment, an i was wondering what plants would be good for it?? some what easy care i havent had a planted tank in almost 2 years an i am sure my minds gone to mush after 2 kids lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 How many Watts of light, how tall is your tank and what is the K rating on your bulb? Do you use fertilizers or Carbon additives (Flourish/Co2 etc?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoramalama Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 umm ah questions lol um tank is 50cm high the watts on the light are 16 i have no clue what the k rating is... havent got any fertilizers or carbon yet its just an empty empty tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I've done something similar here, with my AR-380. It's still a work in process, but it shows that you can actually grow stuff in small low-light/low-tech setups. viewtopic.php?t=38006 The plants I've got in my AR-380 are (ranked in order of best growers to worst): Ambulia Cherry leaf Various Crypts Windelov Java fern Dwarf sagittaria Normal Java fern Indian Fern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoramalama Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 yay awesome :bounce: thanks heaps for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 ohhh go for something easy at frist like camboa or something like that, i have 3 tanks one the lights not so good, the 90 lltr aqua one the lights are great in that my indian ferns are dying thou dunno why they boomed now they looking shabby they were nearly like 2 feet high, i got this other plant i think its nick name is hen and chicken fern omg that just grows like no ones buisness do plants die when they get to a certain height>\? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 RE aaron11 It could be that Indian fern is such a rapid grower that it's exhausted it's supply of nutrients, or carbon, or both. So it starts small, with a small appetite, but as it grows so does it's almost exponential requirement for nutrients. It happened with my Java fern, it grew really quickly, then started to slowly die off just as it reached it's prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 yep thats what i think happened omg it bloomed now its dying off, i got a few more growing some little ones, the plants were given to me, out of a bucket someone had peices in there should i trim them or they had it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoramalama Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 oh yeh fully have started with something easy im getting some java fern off a friend since i have the tank running its been doing its cycle for almost a week so in the next couple of weeks ill get my plant lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienara Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 how about... ambulia cabomba (not sure if it's the same as ambulia since it looks quite similar) duckweed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I've heard that you can't put Caboomba and Ambulia together in the same tank, because one will out compete the other and just kill the other off. It's my opinion that Ambulia is better anyways. Oh, and avoid duckweed ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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