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Bajormatt said:
My pleco is just a little guy so I figured I could get him used to eat. I'm just worried about him eating the moss I'm going to put in there. My ph is around 8.4 or 8.5 and the wood piece has already soaked and what not, has anyone has success with a planted African tank? I haven't really heard of a lot of people heavily planting an African tank


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Cause africans love to dig.... they can move a ton of gravel or sand when they want too. Be prepared to be re planting your stuff on a pretty consistant basis. They like to dig in aquariums with nothing in them as well so most people just let them have at it and dont bother.

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If your going to put plants in, put plants that anchor to rocks, like java fern or anubias. Java moss might work as well. No hairgrass, because it requires some good light, and good substrate.
 
I have good lighting and I have a deep sand substrate so that's why I was going to do the dwarf hair grass. But the java moss seems to be a good thing to use from what I've read


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Dwarf hairgrass needs more than sand. It needs actual planted tank substrate. I think you need around 2-3 watts per gallon for dwarf hairgrass.
 
i dont think you're gonna have any luck with africans and plants imo. like stated earlier, africans like... no LOVE to dig so they will be uprooted almost daily. and replanting the grass everyday would suck. most plants dont tolerate a high pH and high water hardness too. another issue is nutrients. sand doesn't provide/hold the necessary nutrients for the plants. soooo on top of maintaining the water chemistry for the africans you're gonna have to dose with plant fertilizer too. too much work for me haha.
IF you still want to add plants, afterall it is your tank, go with anubias. they are hardier and do come from africa so it might work. best of luck!
 
the moss will just be destroyed your kidding yourself if you think otherwise if you want plants attach anubias and java fern to you stones. not sure why you have bog wood in a malawi tank its not going to help the water.
 
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cl0wn knife said:
the moss will just be destroyed your kidding yourself if you think otherwise if you want plants attach anubias and java fern to you stones. not sure why you have bog wood in a malawi tank its not going to help the water.
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I would just do rock in there. Check out some Texas holey rock, although expensive it stacks nicely and looks really cool.
 
It seems like you are exactly like I was once with stingrays. I kept trying to justify something that the experienced keepers told me most likely wouldn't work. Also, how long have you had the labs? When I first got my tangs, they settled themselves for about 3 weeks, then they dug out little caves under my rocks. The labs might just not be comfortable digging and staking out territory if they haven't sorted out the pecking order.

In my opinion, plants kind of bomb the look of a rift lake tank. Also, java moss can take over your tank if you don't trim it back and take some out now and then.

I wouldn't do the plants.



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