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Is your tank planted, (apart from algae)?

Is your tank planted, (apart from algae)?

  • Yes, my tanks have live plants in them.

    Votes: 25 80.6%

  • No, my tanks do not have any live plants in them.

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • Yes and No...some do, some don't.

    Votes: 5 16.1%
  • Total voters
    31
  • Poll closed .
Bruce Leyland-Jones

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This is not a debate about the pros and cons of live plants in a tank.
I'm just curious as to how many of you have no live plants in your tanks.
Obviously, if you do or you don't, it might be useful to appreciate your reasons.
For example, I imagine that many won't have live plants in their tank because they always die, or that they have fish that always eat them, or repeatedly dig them up, etc..
 
Since I set up my first planted tank a long time ago and saw how effective they were pretty much all of my freshwater tanks have been planted to some degree.

Even my marine tanks used macro algae to support nutrient export using basically the same concepts as freshwater planted tanks.
 
No plants...well real ones anyway.

Real wood only for me but thats about it

Too many bad experiences with chronic pesky pest snail explosions and a basic inability to keep any plants (house/aquarium/garden) alive
 
With my planted tank I go all out. High lighting, CO2, quality substrate, etc.... It gets very costly to do that on multiple tanks so I just do it on 1 of my 3. Another is a SA cichlid community, so plants are a no go there, and the 3rd is a low tech semi planted platy/shrimp colony (I can't stand the ratty look of aquatic plants without the use of CO2).
 
Just the one wedged in the back under the drift wood and the little one in the front

other side of the tank has 2 fakeys
 

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fishyfun&fans said:
I just bought beginner easy maintenance plants I’ve done nothing to them apart from plop them in and watch

they seem to be doing well apart from the mass of shell dwelling friends they’ve helped create
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Treating Plants for 'Passengers'
  1. Rinse the plants in a bucket. Remove the plants and empty the bucket.
  2. Mix 1 part unscented bleach to 20 parts of water in the bucket. Wear rubber gloves and mix thoroughly.
  3. Prepare a second bucket with fresh water and add Water Conditioner.
  4. Dip plants in Bucket 1 and ensure that they're completely submerged.
  5. After the prescribed time, place immediately under a running tap for about a minute.
  6. Place in Bucket 2 and leave for at last a minute.

Delicates: Mosses, cryptocorynes, etc.. - 90 seconds.
Average plants: Echinodorus sp., most stem plants - 120 seconds.
'Hard' plants: Java fern, Anubias, etc.. - 150 seconds.
 
Bruce Leyland-Jones said:
Treating Plants for 'Passengers'
  1. Rinse the plants in a bucket. Remove the plants and empty the bucket.
  2. Mix 1 part unscented bleach to 20 parts of water in the bucket. Wear rubber gloves and mix thoroughly.
  3. Prepare a second bucket with fresh water and add Water Conditioner.
  4. Dip plants in Bucket 1 and ensure that they're completely submerged.
  5. After the prescribed time, place immediately under a running tap for about a minute.
  6. Place in Bucket 2 and leave for at last a minute.

Delicates: Mosses, cryptocorynes, etc.. - 90 seconds.
Average plants: Echinodorus sp., most stem plants - 120 seconds.
'Hard' plants: Java fern, Anubias, etc.. - 150 seconds.
Click to expand...
Thanks again can I screenshot this and keep it as a guide Bruce?
 
fishyfun&fans said:
Just the one wedged in the back under the drift wood and the little one in the front other side of the tank has 2 fakeys
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That looks suspiciously like a Dracaena variegata, (or D. sanderiana, if it has white edges to the leaves); a pretty-looking, non-aquatic plant. It should last a few months before rotting away.
 
All of my tanks are planted...nothing high-tech, no CO2, just simple-to-grow, low to medium light requirements

The benefits of a planted tank for the inhabitants are too significant to ignore, IMO
 
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