plants for a tank with high ph
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He is setting up a Lake Tang aquarium. A lower ph is not an option for these fish.
Yeah saw that a little late, makes sense as to why most cichlid tanks are generally just rock
So you purposely adjust the pH to be higher than tap water? I get that if they're wild caught or you're after a breeding project, etc. Other than that, if they're captive bread, they're accustomed to what ever pH the tap water is.
Anyway.. I agree with the above. Tough rhizome (non-rooting) plants like anubia and java fern would be good. They must taste terrible too because even veggie loving critters tend to leave them alone.
Another one of my favorite plants that easily handle high pH, and especially for primarily vegetarian cichlids (such as Tropheus) is Papyrus (sometimes sold in garden centers), as Umbrella palm.
Not truly an aquatic,r but bog plant, the umbrella must be able to emerge from the waters surface, so an open top tank is required .
They produce a large root clump, where the arrow like sprouts start underwater .
The one above, is about 4 ft tall.
Another benefit is they suck nitrate like a Hoover.
The only cichlids I found that would eat them (they are like paper or cardboard) are the truly vegetarian spieces Cincellichthys pearsei and bocourti.
Beside directly in tanks, I put them in sumps, and the edge of ponds.
Below in a my pond in Wisconsin, where it needed to brought in for the winter.
Not truly an aquatic,r but bog plant, the umbrella must be able to emerge from the waters surface, so an open top tank is required .
They produce a large root clump, where the arrow like sprouts start underwater .
The one above, is about 4 ft tall.
Another benefit is they suck nitrate like a Hoover.
The only cichlids I found that would eat them (they are like paper or cardboard) are the truly vegetarian spieces Cincellichthys pearsei and bocourti.
Beside directly in tanks, I put them in sumps, and the edge of ponds.
Below in a my pond in Wisconsin, where it needed to brought in for the winter.
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Wouldn't hornwort be another good plant to use since it grows and self replicates so fast, that and since it doesn't need to be in substrate to grow either?
Also that is a beautiful pond ya got there. Love the lush unkempt plant life. Really brings in a sense of the wilderness right into your own backyard. Can't wait till it's warm enough for me to start working on my pond.
