Post by mralgae on Aug 29, 2006 12:54:44 GMT
GOOD PLANTS FOR THE BEGINNER.
The ideal conditions required for plants in the aquarium are not always the same as that for your fish. So how do they live together in nature? Very simply the aquarium is not the same as real life, i.e. you wouldn’t normally find the plants we keep in our tanks living together in true life. As also some fish will destroy plants when in an aquarium but we won’t deal with that here.
Below are some plants that should grow in most, if not all fresh water aquariums. This is intended for beginners, and not for the more experienced aquarist. These plants are probably the hardiest of all aquatic plants.
1.AMAZON SWORD.
Probably the most well known aquarium plant. This is a very hardy plant and adapts well to nearly all types of water conditions. Root type. Placement: rear of tank
2.CABOMBA.
Again adjusts well to most water conditions. Root type. Placement: middle/rear
3.EGERIA.
Very strong plant that does well to help reduce nitrates in the fight against algae. Root type. Placement: middle/rear.
4.ANUBIAS.
Very like Amazon sword. But one type actually grows a flower type head through out the year. I use this one like a water tester. If it is growing well and flowers then there is not much wrong with your water. Rhizome type. Placement: middle/foreground.
5.PYGMY CHAIN SWORDPLANT
Said not to do to well in harder water but other varieties would do better. Ideal foreground plant creating a carpet effect. Root type. Placement: foreground.
The above 5 plants are IMO the most popular in the plant range for aquariums depending on the type you are seeking.
Although I have not listed ph range or temp range for the above it is more important to keep the tank stable in water stats as it is while fish keeping.
I suggest the beginner does some homework before going out and getting what he thinks will look great in the tank only to find the fish have eaten it, or it has died by the end of the first 2 weeks because the plant is not suited to that type of environment or the fish you keep. Plants are very much like the fish you keep, they have different requirements than that of your fish so you have to make good for the fish as well as the plants.
You may as I did, start an aquarium and then start to add plants and find you then want the best of both worlds. Hope this helps to shed some light on happy plant as well as fish keeping.
The ideal conditions required for plants in the aquarium are not always the same as that for your fish. So how do they live together in nature? Very simply the aquarium is not the same as real life, i.e. you wouldn’t normally find the plants we keep in our tanks living together in true life. As also some fish will destroy plants when in an aquarium but we won’t deal with that here.
Below are some plants that should grow in most, if not all fresh water aquariums. This is intended for beginners, and not for the more experienced aquarist. These plants are probably the hardiest of all aquatic plants.
1.AMAZON SWORD.
Probably the most well known aquarium plant. This is a very hardy plant and adapts well to nearly all types of water conditions. Root type. Placement: rear of tank
2.CABOMBA.
Again adjusts well to most water conditions. Root type. Placement: middle/rear
3.EGERIA.
Very strong plant that does well to help reduce nitrates in the fight against algae. Root type. Placement: middle/rear.
4.ANUBIAS.
Very like Amazon sword. But one type actually grows a flower type head through out the year. I use this one like a water tester. If it is growing well and flowers then there is not much wrong with your water. Rhizome type. Placement: middle/foreground.
5.PYGMY CHAIN SWORDPLANT
Said not to do to well in harder water but other varieties would do better. Ideal foreground plant creating a carpet effect. Root type. Placement: foreground.
The above 5 plants are IMO the most popular in the plant range for aquariums depending on the type you are seeking.
Although I have not listed ph range or temp range for the above it is more important to keep the tank stable in water stats as it is while fish keeping.
I suggest the beginner does some homework before going out and getting what he thinks will look great in the tank only to find the fish have eaten it, or it has died by the end of the first 2 weeks because the plant is not suited to that type of environment or the fish you keep. Plants are very much like the fish you keep, they have different requirements than that of your fish so you have to make good for the fish as well as the plants.
You may as I did, start an aquarium and then start to add plants and find you then want the best of both worlds. Hope this helps to shed some light on happy plant as well as fish keeping.
