Starting Planted Aquarium Tips?

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Benfica

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Hey i have a 38 gallon aquarium, and i want to make it a planted one. I have marineland 280 filter, a heater, 2 big pieces of slate, about 25 pounds of lava rock. What should i add or take away to the landscaping? I dont know i keep the rocks? I am going to buy a big piece of drift wood for the center piece.

What fish?, what plants?


Thanks
 
what kind of substrate do you have?

i would lose the lava rock, i see this as very hard to aquascape with unless it becomes covered in plants.
 
Gravel works fine. I find it best to use organic soil, then gravel on top of that. You can use sand as well. Just make sure that you have nutrients for the plants. You can do straight gravel and jam nutrient balls in the gravel to feed the roots of your plants. Substrate is very important, make sure you do research before you get too involved.
 
mes1234;3847351; said:
Gravel works fine. I find it best to use organic soil, then gravel on top of that. You can use sand as well. Just make sure that you have nutrients for the plants. You can do straight gravel and jam nutrient balls in the gravel to feed the roots of your plants. Substrate is very important, make sure you do research before you get too involved.
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Thank you, any ideas on a good stock list?
 
Benfica;3847601; said:
Thank you, any ideas on a good stock list?
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very small fish, tetras, rasboras etc.

look around this site to get ideas
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2009.cgi

i find it completely meaningless to recommend you plants, as everybody has different tastes.

decide if your gonna be doing co2, diy co2, or flourish excel?

i would get some eco-complete, gravel usually doesn't work very well.
 
mgk;3847627; said:
very small fish, tetras, rasboras etc.

look around this site to get ideas
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2009.cgi

i find it completely meaningless to recommend you plants, as everybody has different tastes.

decide if your gonna be doing co2, diy co2, or flourish excel?

i would get some eco-complete, gravel usually doesn't work very well.
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Thank you very much that pretty much solved allmy stock questions :P
 
First tip

allways make your lighting set up your first purchase. Then you can plan your plant part of your set up around that.

I would suggest a nice power compact or t5ho set up.
 
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