Jossie
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Every now and then I end up on a kick to improve my tank.
I'm effectively the enemy of the aquarium plant, I usually end up losing my plants a couple of months later.
So, after I didn't kill my pink baby tears (I think. They look like some variety of baby tears, I don't really care, they're still alive and growing and that's pretty much all I care about) I decided to grab some more plants from one of the local stores.
Now, I could go with my usual method of just hoping they don't die, but this seems a bit hit and miss and I don't really want to have dead plants again. I already have a light, which I'm assuming will be fine because the guy I bought the tank from knew what he was doing seeing as he upgraded to the biggest tank I've ever seen, and it's like 3rd hand.
What my question is what timing would be enough to give my plants that extra boost they need to be happy? (I know they vary from tank to tank and plant to plant, I'm just looking for a rough guideline)
My new plants are a banana lily and a blue stricta (I'm still waiting to plant this. I have to de-snail egg it which I'd rather do tomorrow), if anyone is curious. I was amazed when they were handed to me with massive roots, and to be honest they're too tall for my tank!
I'm effectively the enemy of the aquarium plant, I usually end up losing my plants a couple of months later.
So, after I didn't kill my pink baby tears (I think. They look like some variety of baby tears, I don't really care, they're still alive and growing and that's pretty much all I care about) I decided to grab some more plants from one of the local stores.
Now, I could go with my usual method of just hoping they don't die, but this seems a bit hit and miss and I don't really want to have dead plants again. I already have a light, which I'm assuming will be fine because the guy I bought the tank from knew what he was doing seeing as he upgraded to the biggest tank I've ever seen, and it's like 3rd hand.
What my question is what timing would be enough to give my plants that extra boost they need to be happy? (I know they vary from tank to tank and plant to plant, I'm just looking for a rough guideline)
My new plants are a banana lily and a blue stricta (I'm still waiting to plant this. I have to de-snail egg it which I'd rather do tomorrow), if anyone is curious. I was amazed when they were handed to me with massive roots, and to be honest they're too tall for my tank!