Welcome to the Aquatic Plants section!

[arcab4]

Hello! Welcome to the aquatic plants section. I hope you guys will fill this section up with important questions and useful information! Thanks again for visiting!

- johnny (arcab4)

[SegaDojo]

I guess i'll be the second (but first non-moderator) to write in here...

Wish you luck Johnny.. hope this site will generate lots and lots of traffic..

The site layout is GREAT!  lots of cool original ideas. =)

guess I'll be the third....really like the site. keep it up!

I have a question.

I am looking for a coplete test kit for a planted tank. where can i find one?

everything i find on the net is individual test kits, such as one for iron, one for phosphate, etc...etc... I would like to find one that has everything in it or as close as possible

[arcab4]

hey there!

check out those online pet stores. you might consider petsmart.com since there's a bunch of coupons (on my deals page).

good luck!

[SegaDojo]

Do you know what this board needs?

it needs someone who needs help... =o

so.. anyone wanna kick start this baby?

[arcab4]

that's a great idea. and this is the longest plant board message i've seen. and we're not even talking about a specific plant related topic. hahaha. that's awesome! chris, i got your email. sure! i'll go ahead and put up that profile. Do you know where I can find a picture of the item? I'll do a search for it tonight.

ok....you guys asked for it. I need some help.

this is my setup. I finally got my tank setup up for plants today, just a few hours ago.

the only plants i have are (or should i say plant)is dwarf sagitarius. My tank is a 55g that i have had set up for several months with fish in it already. I constructed my own conapy with 4-40w bulbs-160w total. that gives me 2.9w/gallon. this should be perfect for a planted tank. I also opted to go with kitty litter. I read a post that 'special kitty' had a really high level of iron in it.  I now have a 1" layer under my gravel of kitty litter. I also contructed a  DIY CO2 with the standard 2 ltr bottle.

( I set up a 5.5 gallon tank to test everything before i decided to convert my 55 gallon to a planted tank)

My question is: should i buy fert. and if so what kind or am i even going to need it at all? the plants in the 5.5 gallon are doing great but their growth is not as fast as i think it should be or at least not as much as I want it to be.

what suggestions do you guys have for me at this stage of the tank.

[SegaDojo]

hehe.. i feel honored to reply to the first REAL plant tank question...

PJ: *yes.. you still need fertilizers... Even though the kitty litter may contain iron, it won't contain the trace elements needed for healthy plant growth.

I would suggest a balanced liquid fert. like Tropica Master Grow, or Seachem flourish, or Kent Freshwater Plants in conjunction with Kent Pro-plant.

I like the Kent products cuz when my nitrates are low, I just add a little bit of the pro-plant to up the nitrates.. whereas the other two products do not contain nitrates in them. *However, you can also go with one of the other two products and purchase some potassium nitrate powder at a hydroponics shop... then dose the potassium nitrate whenever your plants need more. *Keep in mind that you may not even need the extra nitrates.. it really depends on how heavily you planted your tank, with which plants, and the fish load.

In addition, some root tabs here and there wouldn't hurt.

BTW: thanx Johnny.. =)

thanks for the quick responce and the info. I appreciate it...now all i gotta do is fisd the stuff here in town.