| They bear all the harsh treatment. Analyze the | | | | you want in your aquarium need, go for hoods |
| conditions of your aquarium and choose the right | | | | that come with fluorescent light. This is so |
| kind of plants so that they can survive for longer. | | | | because fluorescent lighting emulates the sun |
| The first and foremost requirement is to do | | | | more than incandescent lighting. The next step is |
| thorough research. Buy books that give you | | | | to spread gravel substrate with or without an |
| information about aquatic plants and suggest the | | | | under-gravel filter in the tank. Your plants will not |
| ones best for your kind of aquarium set up. You | | | | be affected by the presence or absence of an |
| have to take care of aquatic plants more or less | | | | under-gravel filter. Some of the tougher plants |
| in the same manner as you take care of your | | | | that you can start with are Java fern, attached |
| garden plants. There are certain species of aquatic | | | | to a porous rock or wood; Cryptographer wendtii, |
| plants that need more light while others flourish in | | | | Horn wort, Wisteria, Hygrophila polysperma and |
| the shade. The only difference is that aquatic | | | | Water fern. These will add a luxurious touch of |
| plants thrive underwater. In order to give them | | | | green. |
| the right energy source, calculate how many | | | | Don't go for floating plants as these block the light |
| watts of light per gallon of water you get in your | | | | and those that are planted in the gravel do not |
| aquarium. | | | | get enough to thrive. |
| Most of the aquatic plants just need 2 watts per | | | | For the nutrients, the plants use carbon dioxide, |
| gallon while some need more. There are also | | | | ammonia and ammonium as well as nitrates. |
| certain species that need less than 2 watts. An | | | | These serve as a fertilizer. These are found in |
| aquarium generally has light in the hood. Once you | | | | fish waste, therefore fishes in your tank serve as |
| have calculated how much light will the plants that | | | | the nutrient supplier. |