Freshwater plants

[Jwoody]

What kind of fertilizer would i need for these kind of plants??? If you could give me a link that would be great

 

[tropicalcrazy]

i believe and someone correct me if im wrong but the fern in the 2nd pic isnt true aquatic. it will die in like 6 months and melt away. you could dose with seachem excel once a day or every other day and seachem florish twice a week and you should get substantial growth.

what size tank is that and how many balas do you have in there? the balas will require a minimum of 100g tank. they get up to 18+". you also need to school them at min of 3. if you dont have that large of tank you need to find new home for them asap. dont think that youll just keep them while they are small, youll stress them bad and could possibly kill them or stunt their growth bad which causes tons of stress and shortens their life span considerably

 

[tropicalcrazy]

nice looking tank though

 

[tropicalcrazy]

you could also do a diy co2 setup if your tank isnt too big. do a search on here and check it out. there are effectful ways to do up to 40g i believe

 

[Jwoody]

Thanks!! And i am saving up for a bigger tank to get one soon, but thank you, i kind of had an idea that the fern was non aqutic its not doing too well. Do you know if there is a certain way to tell if a plant is aquatic or not?? and my tank is a 29 gallon by the way and there are only two bala sharks, so i may have to give them away if i cant get a bigger tank.

 

[Jwoody]

is this something like you were talking about for the plant fertilizer?

Seachem ASM456 Flourish Excel CO2 Plant Supplement 250ml

 

[achase]

Yep, that product is what tropicalcrazy was referring too (I think). Anyways I have a planted tank and that is the product I use.

To tell if a plant is aquatic or not? I usually buy my plants from my LPS and they only sell aquatic plants.

 

[Jwoody]

Thanks!! so how would i use it? do i just pour a little into the tank??

Is there anyway that this could be harmful to the fish???

 

[tropicalcrazy]

thats exactly what i use. use a half capful everyday

 

[Jwoody]

K thank you!!!!!*twirlysmi

 

[lauraf]

You won't be able to 'tell' if a plant is aquatic or not just by looking at it until you get some familiarity with true aquatics vs. non-aquatics. Lots of stores will sell you a plant that is non-aquatic and soon it will start to die off and rot in your tank causing water quality issues along with looking nasty. If you have anon-reliable lfs, your best bet is to look online for good aquatic plants that will work with your lighting/fertilizer/fish, and taking images to your lfs to compare; or, the reverse, go to your lfs to see what they have in stock, and take pics and write down the true latin name of the plants if your lfs knows, and then compare online to ensure they are true aquatic plants.

 

[tropicalcrazy]

i agree. heck you could find the plant on Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums and they carry most of the very popular plants and print off a sheet and take it with you. it will have all the info you need. only buy things you have researched or you will start throwing money down the drain.