I was wondering if anyone can give me hints on how to raise plants in a fish tank. I had plants in my old tank with adequate lighting and good water condition. But they turned yellowish on some spots and some died. Can anyone tell me the reason for this and how to prevent this and ways to prevent rapid algae? Also when I buy a plant am i supposed to keep it in the little cup and soil that it comes in or throw it out? Thanks
Putting plants into a tank
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oooof that is alot of questions that need a lot of background info.
What type of plants were you keeping?
What type of lights did you have (type/wattage)
How big was your tank?
What type of substrate did you have?
You need to make sure that the plants you get are suitable for the lights that you have. If you have low light T5 normal output flourescent bulbs or higher (T8/T12) then you need low light plants like anubias/java ferns/java moss/amazon sword/ and stems like Water wisteria/cabomba green/hornwart...
If you have high light (T5 high output/powercompact) you can get a much wider variety of plants but you need to add CO2 and fertilizer.
The other factor about light is the Kelvin rating, the wavelngth is very imprtant for plants, you can have all the lights in the world but if they are below 6500 K it doesn't really do much good because it is unusable. So you need to make sure that your lights are in the right range as well.
Ways to reduce algae is to grow healthy plants. This can be done when the lighting is balanced by the nutrients that it requires to grow (CO2 and nitrates and phosphates).
When you buy a plant, you should remove it from the little pot and remove the rock wool as well.
What type of plants were you keeping?
What type of lights did you have (type/wattage)
How big was your tank?
What type of substrate did you have?
You need to make sure that the plants you get are suitable for the lights that you have. If you have low light T5 normal output flourescent bulbs or higher (T8/T12) then you need low light plants like anubias/java ferns/java moss/amazon sword/ and stems like Water wisteria/cabomba green/hornwart...
If you have high light (T5 high output/powercompact) you can get a much wider variety of plants but you need to add CO2 and fertilizer.
The other factor about light is the Kelvin rating, the wavelngth is very imprtant for plants, you can have all the lights in the world but if they are below 6500 K it doesn't really do much good because it is unusable. So you need to make sure that your lights are in the right range as well.
Ways to reduce algae is to grow healthy plants. This can be done when the lighting is balanced by the nutrients that it requires to grow (CO2 and nitrates and phosphates).
When you buy a plant, you should remove it from the little pot and remove the rock wool as well.
I had the same problem with my 55g tank, I used plant florish nutrients and sum c0 plant chemicals to try and help them out. Then can be purchesed at any fish store , It seemed to work for the most part, I think lighting was the main issue tho, what kind of lights do you have?
i had the same problem at one point. i added some more lighting and one of my bigger problem was the snails eating away at the roots. it wasnt the snails you want, its the pests, lol. i got a few clown loaches and got rid of some myself when i saw them on the glass. and my plants started doing beter, but if you also have a algea problem, water changes and a pleco or two wouldnt hurt in my opinion. but mine was an easy problem to fix, i dont know how your tank is. i also had gravel so it was a bit easier, and i also did a full cleanout of the tank, and cleaned all the gravel which got rid of alot of my snails.