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Aquarium
Plant Advice
Why Keep
Live Aquatic
Plants?
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You feed
your fish,
and they
produce
waste. The
bacteria
living on
your biological
filter take
that fish
waste and
turn it
into nitrite
and other
chemicals.
Then another
type of
bacteria
turn the
nitrite
into nitrate.
You do regular
partial
water changes
to remove
the nitrate
and other
chemicals.
Click
here
for more
about biological
filtration
of the water
in aquariums.
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Click
here to hear
Jonathan from Indiana talk about keeping plants in aquariums.
Note: Jonathan calls after about ten minutes. Click
here to see Jonathan's list of the appropriate
equipment and plants.
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Less
Nitrates
Nitrate
is a plant
food. So
if you have
a whole
bunch of
plants,
they will
keep nitrate
levels very
low.
Less Algae
Having
live plants,
that are
consuming
these plant
nutrients,
means less
nutrients
available
for undesirable
algae, which
are also plants.
So there
will be
less algae
growth in
your aquarium,
if it contains
live plants.
Less Maintenance
Lower
nitrates
and less
algae growth
means less
time is
required
to clean
the aquarium.
If you have
so many
plants that
the nitrate
levels are
zero, that
does not
mean you
do not have
to do regular
partial
water changes
any more,
but you
can do less,
if you wish.
We would
recommend
that you
stay in
the habit
and continue
to do partial
water changes
anyway.
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Click
here to hear
Dan from Dallas on Pet Fish Talk explaining his method of keeping Live Plants in an aquarium. Please note that Dan's comments begin after about two minutes.
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More
Oxygen
Fish
produce
carbon dioxide.
Plants absorb
carbon dioxide
and produce
oxygen that
your fish
need.
Happier
Fish
Plants
provide
natural
hiding places
and territories
for fish.
Shy, timid
fish will
prefer to
peek out
from behind
plants to
make sure
predators
are not
around.
These types
of fish
can be expected
to be out
in the open
more in
a well planted
tank, because
they can
retreat
into the
plants,
if they
get scared.
Free Fish
Food
Fish
that eat
plants will
benefit
from live
plants,
however
keeping
these together
may be challenging.
Allow plants
to grow
in a separate
tank, or
in the tank
with the
fish, protected
by a screen
they can
grow through.
Then when
you need
to trim
the plants
back because
they are
growing,
offer the
cuttings
to you fish
that eat
plants.
This will
promote
good immune
system response,
and excellent
coloration
in the fish
also. Add
as many
plants to your aquarium as
you can.
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An Example
of a Planted
Aquarium
Keeping
many live
plants,
with a few
small fish
will enable
you to enjoy
your tank
more with
less demands
on your
time. The
trick is
to feed
fewer fish
less food.
For example,
a 60 gallon
planted
aquarium
with 15
full grown
Neon Tetras
and 7 Panda
Corydoras
Catfish,
a female
Betta, 7
Siamese
Algae Eaters,
and 7 Otocinclus
Catfish
is under
stocked.
Feed the
fish once
a day for
about three
minutes
with no
food left
over. With
enough plants,
the amount
of waste
produced
by this
amount of
fish will
be all the
food the
plants need.
A nitrate
test kit
is the best
way to establish
these types
of aquarium
set-ups.
Live Plants
Need Light.
Some
plants need
brighter
light, and
some do
well with
less. Like
fish, some
plants are
more demanding
in their
requirements.
It is good
to know
about the
plant before
you purchase
it. It is
important
that plant
tanks be
lit with
at least
one fluorescent
bulb specifically
sold to
grow aquatic
plants.
More lights
may increase
plant growth.
Plants Don't
Need Food.
If you
are feeding
fish in
the aquarium,
you do not
need to
add a plant
fertilizer.
Most plant
foods will
be Ammonium
Nitrate
anyway,
so why add
that. The
only thing
you may
need to
add is an
iron supplement.
Iron deficiencies
cause a
plant to
turn yellow.
Black Water
Extract
is sold
to add to
aquariums
for people
who wish
to simulate
the water
parameters
of the Rio
Negro in
South America.
Click
here
now to buy
several
types of
live aquarium
plants.
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Click
here to listen to Michael from San Marcos, California, who calls Pet Fish Talk and talks about his experiences with the Hagan Natural CO2 Generating System for Planted Aquariums.
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Gallery of Aquatic Plant Pictures |
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Just above, a beautiful
huge Amazon Sword Plant.
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Just above, a very beautiful combination of live plants. More than one type of live plant seems to increase the beauty. This picture has 3 or 4 types. More than, say 5-types, may begin to diminish the beauty.
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This is a Cryptocoryne species. Many types of Crypts are easy to keep in aquariums and add great beauty.
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Here's another combination with two live plants that have different colors and different leaf shapes, which combine to make a beautiful combination.
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Just above, a beautiful healthy combination of live plans.
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