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Plant People....Hello!!!
Hello all you plant people!!!! Thought I would finally come over and take a boo!!!! I'm thinking of setting up a planted tank and throwing in some of my fish that I don't want to breed. I tried this before and failed of course so here I am and looking forward to some good advice!!!!
I'll be back!!!!
Darcy
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Re:Plant People....Hello!!!
Hi Darcy,
I think we all have failed attempts in our pasts. It is certainly not the easiest thing to do. Most of us built our knowledge on trial and error anyways, so you will fit right in.
But it is all worth it though, there is almost nothing as amazing as a well-made discus show tank.
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Re:Plant People....Hello!!!
Hi Darcy!
I do not think that anyone was successful on their first or second attempt to achieve a successful planted tank! Patience and diligence is the key along with perserverance! Of course a lot of research helps however when it really comes down to it, actually doing it, experiencing it, getting your hands wet teaches you a lot more (imo)!
The above is my best advice! Secondly, setting up the tank! Very important is substrate and lighting! Without those two, you may as well not bother! Not having a good substrate means plants will not root well! Some plants are column feeders however when plants have a good root system, they do a lot better. Not having good lighting means plants will not perform good, weak growth, sickly looking and only limited to low light plants. Having the right intensity will make a world of difference.
Next, we get into the details of achieving excellant growth! This now goes into fertilization, providing the correct nutrients and C02!
Once the above is under control, it is time to plan/design/landscape the tank! This may be one of the most difficult however since your plants are growing nicely, you can change things around if you want though!
Thats it for now! I probably missed something but Im sure someone will compensate for it!
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Re:Plant People....Hello!!!
Good to see you over here Darcy. We will all try to help all we can.
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Re:Plant People....Hello!!!
Thanks for the welcome people!!! Just what I wanted to do right now is more reading and reasearch!!!!!! Not!! I guess I will read up bit by bit and see where it leads me. I've seen some awesome planted tanks and I need one of them all for my very own!!!!
Well off to do some reading! Later!
Darcy
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Re:Plant People....Hello!!!
The key is to plan it out first. I'm sure you will do great with it. Give us some pics when you getit finished ok??
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