Plant Noob - Help

Hey all,

Currently planning a 75 gallon planted tank. Here is my currently planned fish stock.

Dwarf Gourami 1x
German Blue Ram 2x
BosemanI Rainbows 5x
Rummy Nose Tetras 10x
Glowlight Tetras 11x
Sterba's Corydora Catfish 6x
JuliI Corydora Catfish 6x
Golden Nugget Pleco 1x
Angelfish 1x

I definitely want to incorporate plants in the tank. I currently have a Marineland Aquatic Plant LED Light with timer that runs with 48 1 watt white LEDs and 8 3 Watt red LEDs and it produces 4480 lumens. I currently run my lights on my current tank from 11am to 8pm at night.

I was wondering a few things..

1. What types of plants would you recommend for beginners?

2. What would I need to do to prep the water prior to putting any plants in the tank? (fertilizers, root tabs, etc.) Would I be able to put all plants in the tank at once or gradually increase the same way we should with fish stock?

3. Going forward, would I need to dose the water with anything to assist plant growth and health?

4. Anything else I need to know going forward?

Thanks!

 

Anubias make great beginner plants- they also hold up well to rough fish. Anubias don't require any special fertilizer but will grow maybe a tiny bit faster is given some. Hope this helps!

 

Stuff in as many as you can straightaway. Front to back so you barely have room for one more plant. Liquid ferts are fine. I have used root tabs but I don't think you need to. The mechanism for getting nutrients into roots is via water anyway.
For beginners: crypts, swords, dwarf sag, java fern, hygrophila, anubias anything marked as low light and not requiring CO2 injection. Fast growing stem plants fill the void as your growers establish. Avoid red plants and delicate frilly plants. Forget carpeting plants.
Cut the lighting period down as your plants settle in or you get algae.
Weak plants = algae. Light makes your plants work harder and if they don't have enough ferts or carbon for that work, they will weaken and become food for algae.

 

Stuff in as many as you can straightaway. Front to back so you barely have room for one more plant. Liquid ferts are fine. I have used root tabs but I don't think you need to. The mechanism for getting nutrients into roots is via water anyway.
For beginners: crypts, swords, dwarf sag, java fern, hygrophila, anubias anything marked as low light and not requiring CO2 injection. Fast growing stem plants fill the void as your growers establish. Avoid red plants and delicate frilly plants. Forget carpeting plants.
Cut the lighting period down as your plants settle in or you get algae.
Weak plants = algae. Light makes your plants work harder and if they don't have enough ferts or carbon for that work, they will weaken and become food for algae.

Anubias make great beginner plants- they also hold up well to rough fish. Anubias don't require any special fertilizer but will grow maybe a tiny bit faster is given some. Hope this helps!

Great feedback from both of you! Thanks a lot. I'll definitely start reading up more on each of those plants you mentioned. I've done some research but I think the thing I've learned most in my short year or so experience fishkeeping is that planning is crucial to success. Lol I can probably cut down the lighting period to 6-8 hours if that would be better and then the rest of the time in the dark? The room my tank is in has minimal natural light.

What are examples of liquid fertilizers I should consider?

 

I use aquascaper complete.