Decorating The Aquarium With Slow Growing Plants

2023 Author: Molly Page | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 22:49

There are many benefits to having live plants in our aquariums. They absorb the waste products of our fish - carbon dioxide, phosphates and nitrogenous waste. Plants help your fish quickly get used to their new home. And finally, they just look beautiful. Slow growing plants live strange lives, some of which may even grow in goldfish tanks. However, they look better in larger aquariums.

Low lighting. Provide a minimum of light for slow growing plants. Algae grows faster in strong light. Algae-eating shrimp will help. Low light will work better.

Needs. Forget about pH, forget about special lighting, forget about fertilizers. You may even forget about lateite. In fact, you can even forget about gravel. Many slow-growing plants do not take root in gravel. They attach to wood and stones. In nature, they grow around waterfalls. They grow out of water and grow in all wet areas - it is like a closed terrarium.

The Thai fern (Microsorum pteropus - pterygoid microorum) is usually initially a small shoot with several processes. It will take him forever to grow up.

Small containers. You can drop the Thai fern sprout into your goldfish or fighting fish tank and it will grow slowly. It can take a year for a good start. The Thai fern grows under normal indoor lighting. Bright lighting slows down its growth. When you put this plant in water, you can change it less often.

Overgrown aquariums. The Thai fern looks even better in artificial lakes with dense vegetation - especially low-light ones. You need to attach it to wood or rocks with fishing line or rubber band. If it's already attached to a tree or rock, just throw it into your artificial lake.

Protection from fish. Most fish - including cichlids - either don't like the taste of these plants or are too harsh for them.

Various types of anubias from Africa grow as slowly in aquariums as the Thai fern. Most species grow faster in wet terrariums. There is no better plant for a terrarium. It does not require much light and needs almost no recharge. In addition, the plant will not be covered with algae in the terrarium.

In the aquarium, its bright green sprouts contrast beautifully with the dark green sprouts of the Thai fern. It adheres well to wood and stones. Like the Thai fern, most anubias species are able to withstand all fish except cichlids. Not a single plant can resist the Aleutian crooks and other cichlids that destroy everything in its path.

Cryptocoryne grows on underground rhizomes that hide under gravel and covers some plants. She hates transplants. Sometimes it takes her months to "recover" after the transplant.

But the cryptocrine still takes root and grows well. Keep the roots of aquarium cleansing plants away from cryptocrine. Plant it in unremarkable areas of your tank.

Bolbitis also grows on wood and rocks. This is a rather rare fern species. Attach it to wood or stone so that it can grow normally.

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Javanese moss covers rocks and trees. Once rooted, it grows rather quickly. Keep him in a low-light place, otherwise the algae will take over him like demons. It is quite difficult to get rid of algae without shrimp feeding on them. Javanese moss will grow well in a terrarium. Individual "balls" of Javanese moss provide excellent hiding places for fry. Javanese moss is used by fish-toothed fish owners to collect their eggs.

It is best to grow slow-growing and fast-growing plants together. Use fast growing plants to fill the tank space until slow growing plants take root.

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