Polys are fine with plants they can sometimes up root them so plants should to attached to a rock or driftwood or be rooted we'll if thats the case then they are totally fine bichirs LOVE plants
Poly's in deep planted tank.
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problem is getting enough light for plants to thrive in a tank that deep. it's harder for the bichirs to get air, too in a deep tank
yes deep tanks do make it a little harder to get air but if the plants are tall you will see them floating on top of them close to the surface so its very important to have a good cover on the tank
Hello,
to my opinion one cannot do any better to bichirs as doing a heavy planting in the tank!
There are many reasons ...
First - bichirs love to hide.
There's no difference for them to hide in plants or under driftwood ... but plants create even more "room" for them. So they will use all areas of the tank, not only the bottom.
Second - plants help to keep your water clean! The more a tank imitates the function of a real biosphere you will get less work in cleaning ... less water changes and so on.
Third - It looks really cool!!! The look of a planted tank is more realistic than a tank without plants. The bichirs will show more action - they are feeling safer.
But if you want to plant your tank you have to pay attention about some important things ...
The Gravel - do not use sand ... the roots of your plants will rot quickly! Use fine gravel (diameter 2-3mm).
The light - i think evreyone uses a lightning system for the tank. But you have to use those special lights (mostly named "tropical" or so) - never use "plant light" for plants growing in your room! You will get an "algae explosion"!!
The "right" plants - for bichirs you cannot use every water plant ... the filigrane ones will be destroyed soon due to the bichir's action. A very good choice are Echinodorus sp. ... these plants are hard and well-growing - even under circumstances that are not as well. Anubias are a bit sensible and are tending to rot when kept in a different milieu (as they had grown before in the tank of your dealer!).
Water plants are producing a lot of O² and assimilate CO² produced by the bichir's metabolism ... perfect circle.
But one thing you should not do in planted tanks: Pumping in air with those "aquaristic" aggregats (i have never used these things in my life)! You will blow out the important CO² for the plant metabolism and cannot blow in an equivalent (!!!!!!!!) amount of O² in the water!!! For my opinion: Those air ventilation stones or whatever are as useless for a planted tank as a Harley for a bichir ...
Greetings
Uwe
to my opinion one cannot do any better to bichirs as doing a heavy planting in the tank!
There are many reasons ...
First - bichirs love to hide.
There's no difference for them to hide in plants or under driftwood ... but plants create even more "room" for them. So they will use all areas of the tank, not only the bottom.
Second - plants help to keep your water clean! The more a tank imitates the function of a real biosphere you will get less work in cleaning ... less water changes and so on.
Third - It looks really cool!!! The look of a planted tank is more realistic than a tank without plants. The bichirs will show more action - they are feeling safer.
But if you want to plant your tank you have to pay attention about some important things ...
The Gravel - do not use sand ... the roots of your plants will rot quickly! Use fine gravel (diameter 2-3mm).
The light - i think evreyone uses a lightning system for the tank. But you have to use those special lights (mostly named "tropical" or so) - never use "plant light" for plants growing in your room! You will get an "algae explosion"!!
The "right" plants - for bichirs you cannot use every water plant ... the filigrane ones will be destroyed soon due to the bichir's action. A very good choice are Echinodorus sp. ... these plants are hard and well-growing - even under circumstances that are not as well. Anubias are a bit sensible and are tending to rot when kept in a different milieu (as they had grown before in the tank of your dealer!).
Water plants are producing a lot of O² and assimilate CO² produced by the bichir's metabolism ... perfect circle.
But one thing you should not do in planted tanks: Pumping in air with those "aquaristic" aggregats (i have never used these things in my life)! You will blow out the important CO² for the plant metabolism and cannot blow in an equivalent (!!!!!!!!) amount of O² in the water!!! For my opinion: Those air ventilation stones or whatever are as useless for a planted tank as a Harley for a bichir ...
Greetings
Uwe
excellent. thanks for the reply uwe.
do you think since i have a deep tank that they will use driftwood in the same manor?
i'm worried that the plants i plan on using wont have the height that would be appropriate for them to "nest" near the surface, i'm hoping they'll use the driftwood for the same thing and plants for the bottom of the tank.
do you think since i have a deep tank that they will use driftwood in the same manor?
i'm worried that the plants i plan on using wont have the height that would be appropriate for them to "nest" near the surface, i'm hoping they'll use the driftwood for the same thing and plants for the bottom of the tank.
