Plant Planning And Buying

[JohnB]

Hi

Im starting to plan my plants (thought it would be easy, how wrong)

I have seen online ads for plant packs etc, has anyone any experince with these or indeed any onlien seller in the UK

regards

John B

 

[fozziebear]

dont buy from ebay is all i can say, they will send you a load of non aquatics, buy from greenline plants (www.aquaticplants.eu.com) or find your nearest tropica supplier, they will both provide quaity REAL aquatic plants.

 

[vinylman]

Absolutely; stick with Tropica or Greenline, you won't go wrong. If you order from Greenline, though, someone will have to be in to sign for them (you're probably best having them delivered to your work address if you can). Tropica can seem a little expensive, but most of their potted plants can be split into more than one bunch, which makes them good value for money.

 

[tigermoth2]

Bought a 48" selection with some extra vallis from Greenline. Good selection of plants which 6 days on seem to be settling in - can see new leaves and roots appearing. Some die back with some leaves but expected that. Tank is still cycling, ammonia dropping slowly, nitrite above 5 ppm and nitrate rising (from 5 to 10-20 ppm so far). Will probably re-dose with ammonia tomorrow. Water also clearing, looking better every day. Now on day 12. I find this fishless cycling quite intriguing and a little less stressful than when I used to start a tank off with fish.
Bob W