Tropical Aquarist

I just want to learn more about what I would need to start a planted tank.

I have a 35, 29 and 6 gallon tanks. I don't think that I want to plant in them, but I think that I am going to try and get a 15 or 20 gallon tank soon.

So what is needed for a twenty gallon tank to have plants in it. I have really hard water and a high pH, But I have this chemical called Neutral Regulator by Seachem. It is supposed to keep the Ph at 7.0. So with this lower ph, do you think that I could do some plants? What type of Co2 injector would I need? OR what Type of Light? Price quotes would be great too.

Thanks for any help!

mathas

For the vast majority of common plants, you don't need to mess with pH at all. I've had great success with plants in water with a pH around 8.1-8.2. Your first step should probably be to browse sites like PlantGeek, PlantedTank, or Aquatic Plant Central and get a feel for what plants you want.

Once you know what you plan to keep, then you can determine (or get help determining) how much lighting you need to provide and whether or not CO2 supplementation is necessary.

Nutter

Mathas is correct about most common plants not worrying about the PH too much.
Also about choosing your plants first so that you can work out how much light you will need to have. The kind of plants you want will dictate what equipment you will need to have. If you were to choose only low light plants you won't need much light & probably not need co2. On the other hand if you choose medium to high light plants you will need more light & perhaps co2 as well.
Let us know the dimensions of yout tank & what plants you want to keep & I'm quite sure we can help you out.