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I think the plants you listed are too slow growing to be effective.
Would you consider keeping some floating plants?
I'm thinking of doing a low tech planted setup.
Wonder what's the best plants i can use which absorb lots of nitrate.
Low tech plants like crypts, moss, ferns and nana???
Any suggestions?
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I think the plants you listed are too slow growing to be effective.
Would you consider keeping some floating plants?
- eric
You need fast growing plants and just to name some: bacopa,cabomba,egeria densa,wisteria...etc
Hornworts, Water Sprite, or even floating plants such as duckweeds, salvinia, water hycinath, ...
Desert and Cactus...
duckweeds for the win !
I would recommend hornwort, Salvinias, duckweeds also...
Floating plants, i have... i have duckweed, salvinia and frogbits but all die easily??? I'm using PL light on them for 4 hours a day.Originally Posted by bossteck
Are they low tech? Because i'm only using PL light, no co2..
Hornworts i have very fast growing plant. But what's water sprite?
Yeah... Super faster grower no need alot of care... But very small and a bit messy in my opinion..
Any other plants which i can use?
Thanks all bros for the suggestion... Do we really need fast growing plants which can aborb nitrate better? How about moss?
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I agree that Water Sprite is quite good, they grow damn fast so will take out nitrates abit faster than other plants.
Zack
Planted tank: Melanotaenia Lacustris, Melanotaenia Parkinsoni, Melanotaenia Praecox, Glossolepis Incisus, Melanotaenia Maccullochi, Melanotaenia Boesemani, Iriatherina Werneri, Barilius Canarensis
most of the above are floating plants.
what about if indoors with just a FL or PL light with no co2?
i have tried using money plant and the chinese bamboo plant with a bit of light.
don't know if they absorb nitrate very well, but they seem to thrive with low requirements.
hyacinths , water cress, frogbits don't seem to thrive so well indoors with low tech tank in my experience, all die shortly.
Just get those cheap cheap stem plants. You tank will become a jungle within 2 weeks.
Will be doing that to cycle my new tank.
will they also be able to thrive if there is no light on . Just only room light?Just get those cheap cheap stem plants. You tank will become a jungle within 2 weeks.
Will be doing that to cycle my new tank.
thanks
no i think not enough, why not increase the hours you on the light, low tech tank wont have that much of algae issues. I think the floating plants are easy to maintain and good for nitrates
Room lights? Plants sure die
i also think so, even though i am putting in money plants.
but got so many tanks, but not many lights.
think only way is to change water.
thnks
Since low-tech means no CO2 injection, the best option for you is to use plants that have direct contact with air since there will be a lot more CO2 in the air than in the water. Floating plants or plants that have leaves outside of the water will do fine. The only thing you can adjust to increase the nitrate uptake rate is to increase your lighting periods and intensity. Ambient or room light may allow the plants to survive but will not thrive nor increase nitrate uptake rate.
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like what ? can name a few ? pictures ?Just get those cheap cheap stem plants. You tank will become a jungle within 2 weeks.
Will be doing that to cycle my new tank.
I am using the ones at the background. With needle like leaves.
And bought a few packs of plants from seaview - those packed and cost 80cts each
Found the name for the plant. Rotala wallichii.
Last edited by ghim; 22nd Nov 2008 at 03:52. Reason: Added name for the plant
Won't they drop leaves? Will be messy if they do... That's why i hated stem plants.. Not enough lights they drop leaves and the whole tank will have lots of floating dead leaves...Rotala wallichii
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hey guys do you all use a chiller for the planted tanks ?
i went to a shop and the guy told me that if the water too warm , the plants will produce ammonia or nitrates ? is it true ??!?!
Hi Freshfish, the real reson is that he wants to sell the chiller to you. The plants produce ammonia etc are all nonsense.
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