Tips To Keep Aquarium Plants Healthy and Thriving

by Linda Smith Marketing Manager

You may or may not be aware of the fact that plants can survive only in healthy conditions and the very same rule applies on aquarium plants too. This means that irrespective of size, this décor item should be cleaned on a regular basis. However, this does not mean that after cleaning, you can leave any vegetation in it and expect it to survive. For them to survive, it is important that you keep them healthy and for this, proper care and maintenance is also mandatory.

As far as maintenance of these vegetations is concerned, some require a nominal amount of it, whereas some require a greater degree of skills, knowledge, and care. With the following tips, offered by numerous aquarium shops Australia, you can be assured about providing the right maintenance for them.

Selection of right vegetations

As mentioned above, for ensuring that they survive well, it is important that you pick some of the healthiest aquarium plants from the most reputed aquarium shops Australia. You need to make sure that those selected by you are confirmed as underwater vegetations, as this would be the biggest confirmation that they will survive in it. Some examples of underwater species that require the least maintenance are Echinoderms or Lilaeposis or Sword Plants, Anarchies, Anubis.

You also need to be aware of the fact that most of them prefer the pH level of 7 to 7.2 and its better to check the compatibility of the selected ones with the help of aquarium test kits electronic version available at shops.

You need to check their compatibility with your fishes as some species of fishes like the taste of underwater vegetations and do not mind eating them up.

Remember to supply the right substrate

These underwater vegetations need substrate – a material that covers the bottom part and acts as a base of this vegetation. The relieving factor is that they can grow in most kinds of substrate, but you should not neglect and provide only the highest quality supply. The ideal one has two-three inches of laterite, covered under one inch of gravel.

One can raise the question that when it is possible to keep them in the pots in which they were sold, what is the need of this substrate. The reason is that vegetations rooted in the substrate give a more natural look and moreover, it is more conducive for the roots.

Provide proper lighting to them

The experts from aquarium shops Sydney say that light is extremely important, as there are no possibilities of these vegetations to survive without it. The reason is that light is important for them for photosynthesis through which they gain energy for growth. Through the very same process, they generate oxygen for the living beings in the water. The best you can do is install a full-spectrum, fluorescent lights and they should be kept "on" for at least 12-14 hours every day.

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