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Hi everyone, I have a pea puffer tank I’m trying to plant with asian plants. Went to our local fish shop and saw a plant I’m fairly sure is from the right area. I do know its name but can’t recall what it’s called so I’m hoping someone can help as I’m getting frustrated with myself now...

Hi everyone. I’m hoping the plants experts in the group can help me ID plant that has appeared in my pond. The pond was set up this summer and I bought some plants on ebay as stick at pur local shop wasn’t great. I didn’t buy floating plants Aftet I added the plants a couple of floating...

Please can one of you lovely plant experts in my phone ID a plant for me. I brought it back from a MA shop in Devon where it was growing above the water in their holding tank. Perfect for my little eco tank where I want emersed growth. No label on it. Only delivered a few days before so still...

I love the look of hygrophila pinnatifida but I really do not want to use co2. I’ve seen a few videos showing people adding it to low tech setups on YouTube but they rarely show the tank again or talk about their failures. Have any of you had success growing it low tech? I have fairly high...

In vitro Anubias nana petite and smaller. Do such things exist? Please point me to a good place to get healthy plants if they do. I need a lot for a future scape in a large tank I don’t own yet so I’m planting existing tanks with plants I want to use later. I watched a MD fish tanks...

I’m wondering if any of you have trained this to grow on and around wood? thinking of trying it amongst moss on spiderwood. I want to provide shaded areas for my diamond tetra. I have some wood that is curved like an arch. Thinking of planting adding Java fern and anubias along the thicker...

Over the past week I've notice Java fern leaves looking ragged with chunks missing from the edges. Now I've found the culprit. An angelfish is biting chunks out of them then spitting out the bits. Looks like it is just destructive behaviour rather than hunger as it doesn't eat the other...

Hi, Looking for advice regarding Cardamine lyrata please. I'm thinking about adding it to my tank. I have 108w HO T5 over a 500l tank I dose EI and 10ml easycarbo per day Tropical says it is easy but has medium co2 requirements. Will it grow under low light and tolerate easy carbo? Thanks

Hi, My son bought his first tank today. He will be using it for a single fighting fish. It is in his bedroom do I do not want to use liquid carbon or bottled co2 so it will be low tech. It has built in LED lights with 3 settings. I'll encourage him to keep them on the lowest setting. I'll...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice please. I have had Java Fern in my tank for about 3 months. It looks green and healthy by doesn't seem to be growing. My tank is 500l Low light 108W HO T5 (8 hours per day) I dose EI as per the planted tank doc (high light doses) and dump it directly...

Sometime around Easter I hope to rescape my tank as it's been the same for years, the wood is crumbling and a pesky catfish is using the swords as 'an eat all you can buffet'.The crypts and anubias I have are healthy (except for old traces of bba on a couple of leaves) The tank will be low...

Hi, Has anyone been able to successfully grow Blyxa Japonica in a low light setup? I know some of you have grown 'difficult' plants such as carpet plants under lower light. I currently have 2 x 54w T5 and a 3ft (temporary) single T5 running on a 5 x 2 x 2ft tank. I use easycarbo and...

Quick newbie question How long after planting should I give HC Cuba a trim. It's been planted about two weeks. Originally, I cut each pot into 8. Now each of the cuttings is about the size of the original pot and about 1.5 cm tall. Is it too soon to cut it? Also, some of the new growth...

I've got 8 anubias plants in my tank 3 of which are falling apart. The plants are in various parts of the tank and two are right next to other anubias that are perfectly fine so I'm baffled. If it was flow or co2 wouldn't the problem affect all plants one part of the tank rather than what I am...

Has anyone compiled a list of plants that do well without co2? Always thought crypts, anubias and swords were ok but since joining this forum have seen instances were lack of co2 has been blamed for issues with these plants. Which ones are ok for low light, no co2 setups? Thanks Amanda

Hi. Just wondering if this is a difficult plant to grow. Got it as part of a bargain plant pack when I set my tank up last week and it seemed fairly healthy but I just accidently uprooted some and it dissolved into mush when I lifted it out of the water. Just wondering what i'm doing wrong...

I'll be setting up my tank over Easter. It is going to take a lot of plants to cover 75% of the substrate. I have a fair budget but it's not massive so allowing for the fact that (I'm a beginner) should I 1. Go for the plants that I really want, buy as many as I can afford and add more...

Hi. Just aquired what I suspect is a tiger lotus bulb. LFS were clearing out the plant tank and found a loose bulb. They gave it to me as I was in buying plants and they didn't recognise it. It's about the size of a hazelnut. Dark brown and shiny like a conker and slight soft. Definately a...

Hi, My husband found two huge bits of driftwood for my new tank that will be too much unless i can soften the look with some moss. I like the look of spiky/pheonix moss and fissendens fontanus but haven't kept either before. Does they adhere well to driftwood and would they drape/hang in the...