Fish Plants

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What every aquarium needs besides fish and water are some aquatic plants. Aquatic plants are a part of the fish’s biotope. Without Aquatic plants there will be less oxygen in the tank. Also Aquatic plants provide your fish with a place to hide.

Live Aquatic plants provide functionality as well as beauty.

Aquatic plants are a part of “aquascape”. Most fish lovers believe that plants are purely decorative, but this is not the case. Aquarium plants have a big role in recreating the fish’s natural habitat.

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The role of aquarium plants

  • Offers aesthetic pleasures.
  • Plants can help clean the aquarium water.
  • Provides food for fish.
  • Can be shelter for fish.
  • Fish like to hide and spawn through plants.
  • Reduces fish stress.
  • Completes the natural setting, fish’s biotope.
  • Can conceal filters or other maintenance instruments.

How to add plants to your fish tank

There are a few rules when adding plants to your fish tank.

First of all you must check out if the water’s parameters are appropriate for your plants. Some plants require special water parameters, so it would be ideal to choose plants that are less exigent. You will have to know the levels of pH, the water hardness, and lighting levels to ensure that your plants survive.

You will need a good substrate for your plants. Without this the plants will die. It is recommended to use substrate appropriate to the plant’s ecosystem. Plants will usually do fine in aquarium gravel with some fertilizer. The gravel should be about 2-5 mm diameter for you to be able to plant plants in it.

Another rule is to have good lighting for the plants to survive. Light is the plants source of life. Light is measured in watts per gallon, so be very careful when you measure these in order for the photosynthesis to take place. Fluorescent bulbs are the most appropriate light for plants.

When you decide to put plants in your fish tank it is very important to research the fish compatibility. There are some species of fish that like to eat the plants and then all the effort that you made to decorate your tank will have been in vain.

Fish tank plants

Plants can be categorized according to their type of shape or how tall they grow. So we have:

  • Background: tall plants
  • Foreground plants: small plants
  • Middle ground: medium size
  • Contrast Plants: used to give contrast
  • Specimen Plants: large and decorative
  • Floating Plants: require a lot of light
  • Bunch Plants: middle ground plants that live in groups.

Plant species:

  • Anubias barterii (broad leaf) 
  • Echinodorus bleheri 
  • Nymphea stelata (lotus red) 
  • Bacopa monnieri 
  • Hygrofilia corymbosa 
  • Amazon sword 
  • Blyxa japonica 

 

 

Now that you have all the information on plants you can decorate your fish tank and amaze everybody with your decorative skills.

 Picture of Aquarium Fish Plant.


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