Plants Good For Perth Tanks
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 09:42 AM
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 10:20 AM
Ambulia grows like no tomorrow in my tank, although it has fertilisers and co2 injection, but still 3-4 inches in a week or so... also my water sprite does pretty well, even before the ferts and co2. and both can be propegated by cutting a but off and sticking in into the gravel.
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 10:25 AM
I find anubias best, I hate aquarium plants as I cant grow anything, not even vallis or amazon frogbit!! anubius however is tough (ive found) and I have a tank full of it lit by only an 18watt T8 fluro, no ferts or CO2, and still get a leaf a fortnight. Even the rarer gold Anubias has taken. Go the barteri or nana, even afzelli or coffefolia the larger other species are ugly and not dense growing like the previous mentioned.
Unfortunately they are a more costly plant due to slow growth rate.
#4
Posted 25 November 2015 - 12:24 PM
I've never tried anubias - does it hold its own against black beard algae? Tempting thought.
Ambulia and val I do alright with
Water sprite gives me trouble Frogbit and duckweed don't handle the flow well but I've watched the rosy barbs nibble off roots and then eat out the centres
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 01:14 PM
If you get BBA on Anubias, trim the affected areas. I find the best way to deal with BBA is to firstly determine what is causing the BBA, then cutting the BBA off the plants. Anubias is a hardy plant, but slow growing. If you want the anubias to grow well, make sure the rhyzome is above the grave (not buried) but the roots that run off the rhyzome are in the gravel. Also put a good fertiliser tablet near (but not directly underneath) the plant. I find dino dung good. This is available at Aquotix.
The original question about what plants are good for perth water, you need to give some more information. What area are you? That determines water source if using water from the tap. What tank? Equipment? (e.g.: lighting and co2). That will give the planted tank enthusiasts more to go on to recommend some plants.
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 01:40 PM
Edited by Delapool, 25 November 2015 - 01:46 PM.
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 05:20 PM
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 06:00 PM
My Glosso is also loving life at the moment, spreading all thought the bottom of the tank. I actually have the co2 off at the moment due to is being a bit unstable for some reason.
Thanks for the share. I looked that one up and it looked quite interesting. Do you do anything special for it?
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 07:14 PM
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#12
Posted 25 November 2015 - 10:19 PM
With the size tank you have, and using high light and co2 I would go for Amazon sword plants. Would fill the tank nicely. I'm not a big fan of stem plants in a co2 tank, as you will be forever trimming the stems. If you're after rapid plant growth, then by all means go for the stems.
That's a good point on stem plants. Must admit the trimming takes the fun out of it sometimes. Thanks for the info.
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