Chopstick

I brought a Amazon swordplant, a Straight Vallisneria and some Fat Duckweed

in my 150g, i have 1 side of the aquarium with 2 neon light and the other side 1

my question if does straight vallisneria, fat duckweed multiplie there amout (like grow other by vegetable sexual production ) and if yes what can i do to make it faster?

enthusiast

yes they grow fast! i have so much val it filled my tanks, look at my profile album and look at how thick those plats are! all easy growers

Chopstick

Thaanks but do i need like fertilizer or without fertilizer they will still grow good?

Nate McFin

For the swords, root tabs are the way to go. Not sure on Vals. For duckweed (which will grow VERY fast) a liquid fertilizer such as Flourish (NOT Flourish Excel) will do.

Chopstick

If I dont have a fertilizer will my plant die or what the consequence to that

MissMTS

It depends. You just have to go by trial and error. If your plants start to wilt, I would say, yes, you should add some ferts. I don't think the sword will do well without ferts, but the vals and duckweed should be fine.

Chopstick

i brought some fertilizer for my amazon swordplant and the 2 other big plants. Thanks for the tips!

pepetj

Chopstick: If you want fast growing plants, you need to provide adequate temperature, good lighting (aim at least at 3WPG), CO2 and nutrients.

The easiest way, in my opinion is to mix some quality substrate (say Eco-Complete, Azoo plant bed, or alike) in the area you are planting them, then feed accordingly with Flourish Excel (for CO2), and complement with at least chelated iron (present in API Leaf Zone, Tetra FloraPride, or alike). Avoid overdosing, it's less harmful for plants and fish to add less than more.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

Chopstick

for the CO2 is it better getting flourish excel or a Co2 pump,
I my firtilizer are called plant grow. 3wpg? i have 150g so its 450 watt need thats like 4 112.5 watt/ light bulb does that exist?

mathas

Pressured CO2 is better than Excel, but Excel is a great product if you don't have the money for a pressurized setup.

I don't think 112.5W bulbs exist, but fixtures with 450W(and greater) do. The wattage is typically achieved by using metal halide bulbs, a combination of metal halide and fluorescent bulbs, or more than four fluorescent bulbs.