Can I do a planted tank with no fish?

I am in the process in building my ten gallon heavily planted tank and I was wandering if need to have fish or can I just do a plant tank. Is there any need for water changes or should I just do a 25% change every two weeks. Should I up the dose of m fertalizers, I use leaf zone btw. If so how much more should I dose? Thanks!

 

I don't know anything about plants, but I'm pretty sure there needs to be something else in the tank to give the plants CO2. Even just snails would be good!

 

Yes, you can do plant only tanks. You just need to dose more ferts and CO2 with the absence of the fish that usually provide some of it. I would still do water changes. There are a lot of benefits in fresh water to fish and to plants.

 

In a heavily planted tank - you could have a single betta or a school of micro tetras with no filter. It's be a natural tank - I've always wanted to do that, but never got around to it

 

As already stated, in the absence of fish and inverts, you need to be more focused on proper fertilizer and CO2 dosing.

Your first problem will come with using only LeafZone. It is an iron and potassium supplement. And you will need a balanced fert with both macro and micro components.

CO2 will also need to be supplemented or your plants will be unable to photosynthesize and grow.

How much light will be on your tank? Plants should be selected based on available lighting to have the most success.

 

I'm also working on a heavily planted tank. Do you have a recommendation for the balanced fertilizer, Dena?

 

I have a spare tank that only has plants.....and I do nothing to that one. it does have ramshorn. that's it. sometimes I'll feed a bit.....just to give the plants food. the plants are doing fine. sooooo, I'd say it's possible. are you ever going to have fish?

I like flourish comprehensive

-j

 

So long as there will never be fish or inverts, and complete plant food could work. Seachem Fluorish Comprehensive is a good start, but you would need yo add nitrogen and potassium to have enough macros for optimum plant growth. Or, use dry. A small tank would go for years on a $20 supply.

I've also heard some using Miracle Grow when there is no livestock.

Just make sure the product(s) used offer both macro and micro nutrients. Otherwise a deficiency can exist.

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or you could make it a natural planted tank....then the plants will get their food from the soil, and you don't have to dose any ferts....for years. this is the kind of tank I do a lot of the time. i'm re-doing some of them, to make them fully NPTs.

 

This will be a heavily planted ten gallon aquarium. I will have a total of thirty watts from my bulbs. I plan to use either floramax or eco-complete as my substrate. Is all this nessessary if I use those substates. That Is why I was just going with leaf zone.

 

I personally don't think you need a special plant substrate. if you use root tabs, the plants will be happy. I don't have any special subs, use seachem tabs, and my plants are really happy. I think you could spend your money on other things, besides expensive substrate.

ps. I never had much luck with leaf zone. I seemed to alway lose a fish when I dosed. I ditched it a long time ago....and now use seachem stuff. but that's just my opinion.

 

It's all good I think that ill go with the seachem stuff too