| Plants are beautiful additions in your tank. The | | | | lighting conditions. Some plants will do well without |
| right plant in your tank will help produce the | | | | artificial light if you have enough sunlight filtering |
| perfect biotope for your fish. Setting up fresh | | | | from your window. If not, a good daylight would |
| water plants and taking care of them is just easy | | | | be a good and cheap source of lighting for your |
| and need no special way to maintain them. | | | | plants. Do not, however, put your tank under |
| When you choose the type of plant you want to | | | | direct sunlight as it would heat up the tank and |
| grow in your tank, consider first your tank size. | | | | cause excessive algal growth. |
| Small tanks would naturally require small species | | | | Make sure that your plant is entirely submerged. |
| of plants. There are some plants that are highly | | | | Some plants would want required to be tied to a |
| beneficial by acting as food for your fish or as | | | | bed of rock before the roots become established. |
| nitrate and ammonia regulators in your tank. | | | | Other plants do not require to be placed deep into |
| Before introducing the plant in your tank, it is | | | | the substrate; it is just a way of keeping them |
| safer to quarantine the plant for several days | | | | still when your fish becomes agitated or |
| before you put it inside your main tank. Plants are | | | | aggressive. |
| just like fish and can carry some unwanted | | | | The best way to determine the type of plants |
| guests such as parasites, snails, shrimps, and even | | | | that you can put in your fresh water tank is to |
| bacteria that can harm your fish. Carefully inspect | | | | see what biotope is best for your fish. Consider |
| the plant after quarantine before putting it inside | | | | the natural habitat of your fish in the wild and you |
| the tank. | | | | will have a general idea on what type of plant |
| Lighting is also essential for plant growth. Each | | | | would be best suited. |
| breed of plant would require various levels of | | | | |