fishgirl
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Post by fishgirl on Mar 30, 2007 18:24:05 GMT
Do i have to wait till my fishless cycle is over or can i put them in it my tank before or during?
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Post by mralgae on Mar 30, 2007 18:36:49 GMT
hi fishgirl,
depends on what plants you going to put in. if you going for the hardy plants put them in now, but wait a week or so if you re going for the more tempremental plants.
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Post by fishgirl on Mar 30, 2007 18:40:45 GMT
hi fishgirl, depends on what plants you going to put in. if you going for the hardy plants put them in now, but wait a week or so if you re going for the more tempremental plants. I don't know which ones i need your help? I want some tall ones for the back? |
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Post by mralgae on Mar 30, 2007 18:45:45 GMT
ok lets start t the begining:
what lighting do you have?
do you know what plants you want?
do you have an idea how many you want?
do you want lightly plnted or heavy planted tank?
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Post by fishgirl on Mar 30, 2007 18:53:30 GMT
ok lets start t the begining: what lighting do you have? do you know what plants you want? do you have an idea how many you want? do you want lightly plnted or heavy planted tank? 2 38W bulbs i don't want it to be heavily planted. I like twisted vallis and java fern anything else? |
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Post by mralgae on Mar 30, 2007 19:06:09 GMT
ok then the java will fit in well with the next set of plants of choice.
any of the larger of the echinodorus(sword type) plants:
macrophyllus:
bleheri (paniculatus)
subalatus
also ''ozelot'' one of the easy colored plants, (i will post a pic of this later for you)
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anubias bateri var. barteri.
the above are tall plants that will fill out the rear of your tank.
to match with the rear try anubiaus va, nana for the foreground.
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Post by mralgae on Mar 31, 2007 15:56:00 GMT
''ozelot  anubias var: barteri   |
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Post by jackpike on Mar 31, 2007 16:09:50 GMT
Do i have to wait till my fishless cycle is over or can i put them in it my tank before or during? Adding plants will help your tank to cycle because you are buying them from a lfs that has them in an already cycled tank and those plants will have nitrifying bacteria living on them. |
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Post by jon on Apr 1, 2007 11:13:17 GMT
Like jp says b4 you cycle. Their will be bacteria on them.
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