Caring For Your Aquarium


If you are developing an aquarium or already have one, you need to consider what to put in it besides fish. Live aquarium plants are a must to make your fish feel at home, have a natural look and to keep the level of nitrates down.
But how do you care for them? It is not as hard as you think, here is how I care for my aquarium plants with amazing success.
Live plants are a must for any aquarium. Not only do they make your aquarium look natural but they help to keep the nitrates down also. The only other way to keep nitrates down is to remove them when you replace the water in your aquarium.
My Plants
I have several different types of plants in my aquarium which make it look natural, remove the nitrates and my fish love them, especially the Kissing Gourami and the Three Dot Blue Gourami which come from areas in Southeast Asia dense with aquatic plants.
I have in my aquarium some Amazon Swords, bamboo, Water Wisteria and a couple of Nano Marimo.
Aquarium plants are easy to care for. Once a week when I replace 10% of the water in my 75-gallon aquarium, I take the time to care fro my plants. I trim the dead leaves so that they do not decay and contaminate the water and I also trim back the excess growth.
There are some plants that you can trim back the excess growth and plant that excess growth for more plants. I have a gravel substrate that works just fine as a planting medium for my plants.
The plants need light. I have a fluorescent
light that sits on the top cover that provides the needed light for twelve hours a day. I have it on a timer that automatically comes on in the morning and off at night.
Nutrients are important for your aquarium plants. They need both macronutrients and micronutrients in order to thrive.
  • Macronutrients - You really do not need to focus on providing your plants with these since your aquarium will naturally provide these. This group of nutrients consists of nitrates, phosphates and sulfates which naturally occur in your aquarium.
  • Micronutrients - These are the nutrients you need to add to your aquarium to keep your plants healthy and disease free. These micronutrients consist of copper, manganese, boron, iron, zinc and calcium. I get the micronutrients from my local my pet store and add them once a week after I replace the water.

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