i have a question about plants

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i am setting up a 210gallon tank and i was wondering if live plants do well in Poolfilter sand?
and i need some help with some ideas to make the tank have kind of an amazon/south american rainforest river look to it. i have lots of driftwood to use. and i have an amazon sword plant in my current growout tank.
 
Not really, some really easy plants might be able to live. Anything like Amazon swords etc, wont live, they need rich substrate with nutrients.
 
Im not sure, I have seen tanks with sand and with live plants. I dont know what type of sand they use. But they may have to fertilize their tank, and maybe C02 injections. I dont know, I have a planted tank, I use regular gravel, and some plants do really great and some stay alive but dont grow amazingly. I do fertilize sometimes though.


But as far as the type of set up you want, I dont know what to tell you. But Ive seen people with these kinds of tanks.
 
i currently have for subtrate a mixture of Tahitian Moon Sand, eco-complete floromax or ecomplete red, and back gravel but im not that satisfied on how it looks. and i like the look of the sand by its self
 
pool filter sand will work fine, I have used it to grow just about every plant that "requires nutrient rich substrate" there is. At first you would benefit from pushing some root tabs down into it. Once the mulm begins to build up and turn into the substrate you will not need this any more.

Sand also has the benefit of letting roots gain a much more firm hold due to it's small particle size.
 
cassharper;2448384; said:
pool filter sand will work fine, I have used it to grow just about every plant that "requires nutrient rich substrate" there is. At first you would benefit from pushing some root tabs down into it. Once the mulm begins to build up and turn into the substrate you will not need this any more.

Sand also has the benefit of letting roots gain a much more firm hold due to it's small particle size.
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so now wat plants should i get to give it the amazon/SA rainforest look?
 
depends on how far you want to go, if you want to go all out:

-Pool filter sand as substrate
-Covered with some "leaf litter", these would be your best bet. If you don't want that tea-stained look the amazon blackwaters have, then skip this step.
-For the true effect: put some lillies in the top to scatter the lighting, sword plants, cabomba, valisneria, and star grass will all look natural.
 
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