Planted aquarium

[brad shawn]

stumbled upon my c02 regulator and and now I picked up a 10 gallon cube.... anyone have any planted tanks going to get back into the neocardinia shrimp. So if you got em let’s see em! Also if you have experience in planted tanks. Have you ever ran pool filter sand as a substrate? I knows it’s pretty inert so I’ll be adding root tabs

 

[flchamp89]

Pool filter sand is pretty popular. It's also used to cap soil.

 

[brad shawn]

yes I used it for ever in all my freshwater. Just never in a planted aquarium.

 

[Waters]

I have used it once just due to the availability and low cost....I had to use a lot of root fertilizers though obviously...but it worked. Here is the only pic I have with me of my last planted tank......

 

[brad shawn]

I have used it once just due to the availability and low cost....I had to use a lot of root fertilizers though obviously...but it worked. Here is the only pic I have with me of my last planted tank......

Looks good! Yea my only issue with that planted tank substrate is that it’s so darn light and I kept getting plants floating up. So I’m either going to mix it with sand or cap it with sand

 

[Waters]

Looks good! Yea my only issue with that planted tank substrate is that it’s so darn light and I kept getting plants floating up. So I’m either going to mix it with sand or cap it with sand

A lot of people have that issue.....for whatever reason my plants all stayed put. You just have to get them to start rooting then you are fine. Have you thought about doing a dry start just to give the plants a head start?

 

[Gareth elliott]

I used flourite underneath my play sand. The amount of iron i was dosing for my swords without got a little extreme. If keep on to plants with runners like mosses, crypts etc its possible to do less maintenance with only sand.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Cheating method for plants that want to pop up. Start as emerged in a seedling tray. Some are even super cheap if start as seeds or bulbs this way. Use small aquaponics net cases few inches of water and a full spectrum cfl bulb. Tranplant when the roots are well developed.

 

[Waters]

I did find a pic of my planted tank that used nothing but inert sand.......used a lot of ferts though.

 

[brad shawn]

A lot of people have that issue.....for whatever reason my plants all stayed put. You just have to get them to start rooting then you are fine. Have you thought about doing a dry start just to give the plants a head start?

Yes I was thinking about that go at least get a carpet going

 

[WilliamBowman]

I have used it once. And this is my fish tank.

 

[brad shawn]

Ok I ended up getting plant substrate and started dwarf baby tears emerged from seed. We’ll see how she goes.

 

[brad shawn]

Emersed***

 

[Iamjeff6]

Here is my dirted planted tank



which houses my German blue rams, and 1 pink glofish (for my daughter)

 

[brad shawn]

Here is my dirted planted tank



which houses my German blue rams, and 1 pink glofish (for my daughter)

Very nice. Love microgeophagus. Soil capped with sand. Out of curiosity what kind of actual “dirt” did you use

 

[Iamjeff6]

Very nice. Love microgeophagus. Soil capped with sand. Out of curiosity what kind of actual “dirt” did you use

miracle grow organic potting mix

 

[WilliamBowman]

I found a website specializing in aquarium fish. It will help you. Click here

 

[Arthurfarris]

Most of them are great for use as aquarium substrates. If you want to place live plants in your tank, filter sand is a better planting medium as it allows the roots to hold on better. Some use recycled glass as the aggregate material, which means that they will tear up the insides of the fish when they swallow them. It is best to get natural pool filter sand as they are not as jagged as glass.