I Will Love To Put Some Natural Plants In My New Aquarium

Hello, I am cycling my new 30 gallons tank and I will love to put some plants in there for my futures fish. I honestly don't know much about aquatic plants. I will love some information about that subject, I don't know where to start... help please...

 

Start with something easy, like Wisteria. Use a good fertilizer like this

Once you get the hang of the easier plants, you can keep getting more advanced.

 

Start with something easy, like Wisteria. Use a good fertilizer like this

Once you get the hang of the easier plants, you can keep getting more advanced.

I have been at the ptstores but I feel they have no clue what plant is what... do you recommend a special place to get them? And I want to avoid any pest snails in my tank... so I think I need to dip them and quarantine the plants? But for how long?

 

I actually got new ones today and did a dip. It’s hard to find any consensus on how and what to dip it in. What I did was I used 2.5 gallons of water and added 5 tablespoons of aquarium salt and 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide. Let them soak for 5-10 minutes, then rinse them well with fresh water, and then soak them in plain conditioned water for an hour.

As far as where to get them, I have a store that has great plants, but many order them online.

 

Anubias, java fern, java moss, amazon sword...

 

Anubias, java fern, java moss, amazon sword...

Oh I really like the anubias, the java moss look a little confusing in the pictures lol how does it grow?

 

Oh I really like the anubias, the java moss look a little confusing in the pictures lol how does it grow?

The anubias cannot have its roots submerged. Most people tie it onto a log or ornament and it grows fantastically! Same with the java moss, it looks great on ornaments and rocks and wood.

 

Sometimes you just have to take the plunge with plants. It’s trial and error.

 

The anubias cannot have its roots submerged. Most people tie it onto a log or ornament and it grows fantastically! Same with the java moss, it looks great on ornaments and rocks and wood.

I like wood, but ..can the wood affect my tank chemistry in any way?

 

I like wood, but ..can the wood affect my tank chemistry in any way?

It would take a pile of driftwood to alter your pH in any significant way.

Driftwood and leaf litter of all kinds also release tannins. While many people find the yellowish tint to the water an eyesore, tannins are undeniably beneficial and harmless. I love a good blackwater setup and have a blackwater South American biotope at work with neon tetras, corydoras, and bristlenose plecos.

 

I like wood, but ..can the wood affect my tank chemistry in any way?

Very little. Most people boil their wood or soak it in boiling water to remove tannins (which stains the water) and kill any latent parasites/fungus/bacteria to prevent it from contaminating their tank.

 

Purigen will remove the tannins if that's your only concern

 

It sounds good.. I was looking into an Anubias already attached to a dark piece of wood. How can I dip it or whatever I have to do, in order to make absolutely (or at least almost sure) that no snails are going to enter my tank? I know there are dips but not sure which one work. If anybody had used dips please let me know how they did it and the results.
Thank you all!!