Planting New High Tech Tank

Axelrodi202 · 12-23-2012, 06:23 PM

Is it best to have a good number of plants on hand when planting a high tech tank or is it okay to only have some and plant the rest later? I have a 10 gallon high tech tank I'm starting up soon and the only plants I already have on hand are a bit of HC, DHG 'belem', and several stems of Rotala 'Yao yai'. I intend for the tank to have various species of Rotalas when it's done.

veryzer · 01-05-2013, 04:03 AM

I'm considering a rescape and uptick in lighting. I know if I do I'll plant fast growers that I'll eventually pull. I'm planning on devoting a lot of space to dhg belem but don't want the tank filled with light and ferts for a couple weeks while it sits around deciding what it's going to do. But some people aren't as intimidated by algae as I am....and are much better at growing plants in water.

R.sok · 01-05-2013, 07:37 AM

From my experience planting light doesn't work out for me, I constantly had to battle algae. If you don't want to spend a lot of money on all the plants at once you could always buy maybe 1 or two fast growing plants, floaters maybe until you get the rest of everything else

12-23-2012, 06:23 PM	#1
Axelrodi202 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13/100%) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Morris County, NJ Posts: 1,665	Planting New High Tech Tank Is it best to have a good number of plants on hand when planting a high tech tank or is it okay to only have some and plant the rest later? I have a 10 gallon high tech tank I'm starting up soon and the only plants I already have on hand are a bit of HC, DHG 'belem', and several stems of Rotala 'Yao yai'. I intend for the tank to have various species of Rotalas when it's done. __________________ O_o / /_______________________________ \| BWAAAH IMA FIRIHN MA LAZER!!!!!!!!! \_\

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01-05-2013, 04:03 AM	#2
veryzer Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: IL Posts: 298	I'm considering a rescape and uptick in lighting. I know if I do I'll plant fast growers that I'll eventually pull. I'm planning on devoting a lot of space to dhg belem but don't want the tank filled with light and ferts for a couple weeks while it sits around deciding what it's going to do. But some people aren't as intimidated by algae as I am....and are much better at growing plants in water.

01-05-2013, 07:37 AM	#3
R.sok Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: wa state Posts: 315	From my experience planting light doesn't work out for me, I constantly had to battle algae. If you don't want to spend a lot of money on all the plants at once you could always buy maybe 1 or two fast growing plants, floaters maybe until you get the rest of everything else