Aquatic Plant Care

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Man Is there a echo in here or what. LOL

[mpmistr]

Man Is there a echo in here or what. LOL

I'm distracted at work actually you guys all replied before I finished my post lol...

BTW I kind of like duckweed.. yes it grows like crazy but it's easy to remove and it does eat a lot of nitrates. I keep it in my tanks and I remove most of it weekly but it always bounces back of course.

I can understand the hatred for it though, pretty much unless you are dedicated enough to net most of it out every week along with your water change then don't bother. If you let it grow wild, it will basically take over everything.

[RockyGurly]

Alright, thanks! First off, yes, it is long So my new plans are ditching the amazon (at least for now I'm a bit shaky with aquatic setups and I'm not sure about the whole fertilizer in the substrate thing). I'm grabbing a hood light (an LED if she has one) as well as that liquid fertilizer. And I'd like the duckweed, anything that can grow with fewer demands is better since this is new and I'm not exactly a green thumb. I'm fine with trimming it down regularly, I'll try a moss ball and an anubia. I have tons of pieces of driftwood so I can easily tie it down to that, but if glue would work better, what kind? I have Krazy glue, hot glue guns, titebond and maybe a few others floating around. I'm also going to get the sand going sometime this weekend if I have time, or at least next week, just before I get the plants :P Would I be able to stick the anubia into the sand then? Or is it a floating plant?
I'm hoping to upgrade him to a 29 or 40 breeder this summer, so I might try the amazon swords then

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I think Biil was kidding. I think?

[deranged chipmunk]

I think Biil was kidding. I think?

actually, i was being 100% serious (i know, something new for me...lol). i use dollar store super glue in the gel form. its completely safe to use, but the downside is that it turns white when it gets wet. the upside is the roots will grow over it and you will never see it after some time passes.