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Hi all, I'm planning on digging out my old 126 litre/27.5 UKgal, Duo Deep 800 aquarium and starting my very first planted tank. Although I have kept fish for years, this will be the first time I have attempted to keep live plants.
As a substrate, I plan on using some old pea-gravel that is in a bag up in the attic. It's what used to be in the tank and each stone is about 3-4mm in diamater. Is this suitable as a subtrate for live plants?
As far as plants go, I would like to have somthing easy to keep, without the need to go out and buy extra equipment to keep them healthy. I have read that the folowing plants;
Java moss
Java Fern
Lace Java Fern
Narrow leaf Java Fern
Most of the Cryptocoryne sp.
Most of the Anubias sp.
Guppy grass
Hornwort
- can be kept healthy without the need for CO2 injections, fertalisers, and with plain gravel. How true is this?
As ar as fish go, I've not really put much thought into it, but maybe somthing colourful like honey gourami's as my other tank (97 Gal) houses a fat sleeper goby, bala sharks and a fire eel (so not much colour there). Are gourami's compatable with the plants mentioned above?
Sorry for all the questions, but I would really like to research this as much as possible before I decide to start.
As a substrate, I plan on using some old pea-gravel that is in a bag up in the attic. It's what used to be in the tank and each stone is about 3-4mm in diamater. Is this suitable as a subtrate for live plants?
As far as plants go, I would like to have somthing easy to keep, without the need to go out and buy extra equipment to keep them healthy. I have read that the folowing plants;
Java moss
Java Fern
Lace Java Fern
Narrow leaf Java Fern
Most of the Cryptocoryne sp.
Most of the Anubias sp.
Guppy grass
Hornwort
- can be kept healthy without the need for CO2 injections, fertalisers, and with plain gravel. How true is this?
As ar as fish go, I've not really put much thought into it, but maybe somthing colourful like honey gourami's as my other tank (97 Gal) houses a fat sleeper goby, bala sharks and a fire eel (so not much colour there). Are gourami's compatable with the plants mentioned above?
Sorry for all the questions, but I would really like to research this as much as possible before I decide to start.