endersblade
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I currently have a 40 gallon long tank, housing a few fire bellies and some random odd fish. I'm looking to change up the substrate in hopes of being able to start growing plants. I am currently just using normal tank gravel, and I can't get anything to grow in it. I'm also kind of afraid the newts might accidentally eat some of it, though it hasn't been an issue so far.
The biggest issue as far as plants go, I have duckweed in the tank, and so light doesn't seem to get enough penetration to really do much. So I'll also be working on getting better lighting.
What substrates do you guys recommend? I don't have a heck of a lot of room to work with - the tank has a cut on one side to allow a filter (it's some sort of turtle tank, picked it up really cheap, that's the only reason I went with it), so the substrate only has about an inch at the absolute max to fill. I also have an undergravel filter, though I have no problems removing it, as it doesn't seem to be doing a heck of a lot. They just don't seem to work so well as I remembered...
I'm chiefly looking to grow some sort of carpet, preferably dwarf grass, though something that doesn't require CO2 would be ideal.
The tank has been running for about a year now, and the newts have lived in it for about 6 months. There are 5 of them I believe. Those little buggers are so active! The fish are just White cloud mountain minnows, and two plecos. They were the first inhabitants in the tank.
I'm just dissatisfied with the current setup, I feel I could do better. But I'm a noob when it comes to growing plants.
The biggest issue as far as plants go, I have duckweed in the tank, and so light doesn't seem to get enough penetration to really do much. So I'll also be working on getting better lighting.
What substrates do you guys recommend? I don't have a heck of a lot of room to work with - the tank has a cut on one side to allow a filter (it's some sort of turtle tank, picked it up really cheap, that's the only reason I went with it), so the substrate only has about an inch at the absolute max to fill. I also have an undergravel filter, though I have no problems removing it, as it doesn't seem to be doing a heck of a lot. They just don't seem to work so well as I remembered...
I'm chiefly looking to grow some sort of carpet, preferably dwarf grass, though something that doesn't require CO2 would be ideal.
The tank has been running for about a year now, and the newts have lived in it for about 6 months. There are 5 of them I believe. Those little buggers are so active! The fish are just White cloud mountain minnows, and two plecos. They were the first inhabitants in the tank.
I'm just dissatisfied with the current setup, I feel I could do better. But I'm a noob when it comes to growing plants.
