The plants for my first ever aquarium arrived yesterday so I planted them yesterday evening and am now neurotically watching for algae
The tank is 64 l with an internal filter. I plan to ultimately run without CO2 but I do have one of the small Tropica System 60 CO2 units in at the moment in the hope that it helps plant growth. I haven't added any yet (the drop checker is blue) but plan to fill the chamber just before the lights come on. These are currently set for 6 hours each afternoon/evening (4PM to 10PM).
I did a 50%+ water change today at lunch time and plan to keep doing that daily for the next couple of weeks before trying to reduce the volume.
The plants are in Tropica Soil and I will be dosing the tank with 1-2ml of Aquascaper CPF daily. I have added some floating plants as a low tech monitoring solution.
I had no idea what the plants were like other than from looking at the web so went for the following selection of easy plants from Aquarium Gardens
Bucephalandra 'Wavy Green'
Bucephalandra Red
Limnobium laevigatum
Limnophila sessiliflora
Vallisneria Spiralis Bunch
Anubias Nana 'Mini'
Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green
Cryptocoryne Nevellii
Vesicularis Dubyana (Java Moss) in Cup
Microsorum Pteropus Mini 'Petit'
Microsorum Pteropus
Eleocharis Acicularis Dwarf Hairgrass
Sagittaria Subulata
Fingers crossed they take to their new environment.
Thanks to everyone whose answered my questions and offered support over the last few weeks!
The tank is 64 l with an internal filter. I plan to ultimately run without CO2 but I do have one of the small Tropica System 60 CO2 units in at the moment in the hope that it helps plant growth. I haven't added any yet (the drop checker is blue) but plan to fill the chamber just before the lights come on. These are currently set for 6 hours each afternoon/evening (4PM to 10PM).
I did a 50%+ water change today at lunch time and plan to keep doing that daily for the next couple of weeks before trying to reduce the volume.
The plants are in Tropica Soil and I will be dosing the tank with 1-2ml of Aquascaper CPF daily. I have added some floating plants as a low tech monitoring solution.
I had no idea what the plants were like other than from looking at the web so went for the following selection of easy plants from Aquarium Gardens
Bucephalandra 'Wavy Green'
Bucephalandra Red
Limnobium laevigatum
Limnophila sessiliflora
Vallisneria Spiralis Bunch
Anubias Nana 'Mini'
Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green
Cryptocoryne Nevellii
Vesicularis Dubyana (Java Moss) in Cup
Microsorum Pteropus Mini 'Petit'
Microsorum Pteropus
Eleocharis Acicularis Dwarf Hairgrass
Sagittaria Subulata
Fingers crossed they take to their new environment.
Thanks to everyone whose answered my questions and offered support over the last few weeks!