Ok, i have a few questions about planted tanks. I plan on doing one with my 20 gallon as soon as i can get my turtle out of there and into a bigger tank.
questions:
1) I am going to be using the nutrafin c02 system. I hear that if you are adding c02, then you should not add an air pump because the oxygen will take out the c02, is this true?
2) I want to have cories (5) so i was going to put play sand as a substrate, but will corys uproot my plants? i would think so since sand can be to easily shifted and cories are known to dig in the sand.
3) I want to use plants like water wisteria and red ludwigia (sp?). But wouldnt it be hard to make it stick in the sand because it is pretty much just a stem? help from anyone who has experience with stem plants in sand would be appreciated xD
i know i had one more question but i forgot it D:
i plan to make this tank with one big fake plant, those giant plant bamboo thingies, so that i can put it in the corner and it will slow down my flow from my powerfilters since i will have one aquaclear 30 and one penguin 100. The other plants that i plan to have are onion plants(i love those xD), water wisteria, red ludwigia, and a plant called ruffled sword (i cant really find any info on this plant, ruffled sword is that it is named at my lfs) I might be using anubias too. I will also have driftwood so i will maybe buy some java fern if i can find any healthy ones and if i can find java moss, i will try to make a carpet :3
anyhelp will be appreciated. In the meanwhile, if i have time, i will try to do those over head tank planning diagrams so i can show the layout of the way i want my tank lol
thanks
questions:
1) I am going to be using the nutrafin c02 system. I hear that if you are adding c02, then you should not add an air pump because the oxygen will take out the c02, is this true?
2) I want to have cories (5) so i was going to put play sand as a substrate, but will corys uproot my plants? i would think so since sand can be to easily shifted and cories are known to dig in the sand.
3) I want to use plants like water wisteria and red ludwigia (sp?). But wouldnt it be hard to make it stick in the sand because it is pretty much just a stem? help from anyone who has experience with stem plants in sand would be appreciated xD
i know i had one more question but i forgot it D:
i plan to make this tank with one big fake plant, those giant plant bamboo thingies, so that i can put it in the corner and it will slow down my flow from my powerfilters since i will have one aquaclear 30 and one penguin 100. The other plants that i plan to have are onion plants(i love those xD), water wisteria, red ludwigia, and a plant called ruffled sword (i cant really find any info on this plant, ruffled sword is that it is named at my lfs) I might be using anubias too. I will also have driftwood so i will maybe buy some java fern if i can find any healthy ones and if i can find java moss, i will try to make a carpet :3
anyhelp will be appreciated. In the meanwhile, if i have time, i will try to do those over head tank planning diagrams so i can show the layout of the way i want my tank lol
thanks