Plants keep your fish healthy, clean the water and make your aquarium more beautiful. But in order for them to do this, they of course have to grow. Many species of plants need special care and might not grow at all due to some basic problems with quick fixes.
These articles help you make your plants thrive and grow fast, so your tank will be healthy and simply look stunning. Our articles cover a wide area of topics: from the ideal lighting to water parameters and overall maintenance.
In short, this page is where you need to be when looking for the best tips and guides on propagating aquarium plants in your fish tank.
Adding aquarium plants to your fish tank offers several benefits to the environmental balance of the tank. However, each plant has its own water parameters needed to thrive and provide these benefits to the aquarium. 78℉ is the most common temperature to keep aquariums at, and most plants thrive in this temperature. However, each plant …
Aquatic plants are a great way to spruce up your aquarium. They can also remove chemicals from the water, thus improving your tank’s ecosystem. But suppose you need to remove your plant from the aquarium; you may wonder how long they can survive without water. Most aquarium plants can survive without water for a maximum …
Aquatic plants are an essential part of any aquarium since they help turn a tank into a functioning ecosystem. Still, aquarium plants, like all other plants, need the right amount of light, fertilizer, nutrients, water alkalinity, and temperature to grow healthily and quickly. Your aquarium’s aquatic plants should root within 2 weeks of planting them, …
If you are a dedicated aquarist who loves to decorate your aquarium, you want to keep everything as clean as possible. Trust me, I know that plants can look very dirty due to algae or other reasons. The same goes for decorations, but those are easier to clean. The question is, how can you clean …
The optimal flow rate in a planted tank is something I’ve struggled and played with for years. In my 240 liter (63 gal) tank I’m growing a lot of plants and I’m confident I now understand how flow affects plants. In a planted tank there should be enough flow to make all the plants wave …
I’ve been trying to find the optimal balance in my planted tank for a long time now, and the right light duration is an important aspect. At the start, I was unsure how long I should keep my lights on, but after a couple of years I’m confident I can advice you on this matter. …
When I started getting more into live aquarium plants in my aquarium, I kept reading about adding CO2 for better plant growth. I needed to know why plants even needed CO2, so I did my research and found the answer. Why do aquarium plants need CO2? Aquatic plants combine water, light and CO2 into oxygen …
My aquarium always had fluorescent light, and I wanted to replace this with LEDs because they consume way well electricity. I had to find out whether this would work, so I did some research and here is what I found. Will aquarium plants grow under LED light? Yes, aquarium plants will definitely grow under LED …
If you’re like me you may have thought about creating an aquarium without a heater. A cold-water tank needs plants, but are aquarium plants able to grow in cold water? There are a lot of aquarium plants who are able to grow in colder temperatures, but it depends on the type of plant. Species like …
When I upgraded to an tropical aquarium with live plants, I the aquarium came with an aquarium light. I did not know the needs of the plants, and therefore I did some quick research. This is what I found. How many hours of light do aquarium plants need each day? Most people turn on their …