Plants in an aquarium are necessary not only for ornament as a decorative element. They play a role of a peculiar filter for clarification of water, saturation by its oxygen. In their thickets small species of fish and whitebaits can hide from danger. Therefore the correct selection of plants is very important for an aquarium.
Instruction
1. As well as water of a certain temperature, acidity and rigidity is necessary for each species of fishes, each plant. Therefore try to choose plants for an aquarium taking into account the specific list and features of keeping of the fishes who are in it.
2. All aquarian plants are subdivided into three groups: underwater, floating, and those which use for decoration of cups, grottoes on aquarium corners. Underwater plants are most widespread: blestyanka, topnyak, water moss, water fern, elodeya, vallisneriya, geleokharis, jug, aponogeton, kriptokorina, lyudvigiya, rogolistnik, kabomba, etc. Floating plants are presented by such copies as a richchiya a salviniya, a duckweed, water cabbage, vodokras, a volfiya, a bladderwort. Popular surface plants: cyperus, tradescantia, izolepis, verbeynik, kamnelomka, calla, chastukha, rishardiya, strelolist ordinary. Buying aquarian plants in pet-shop, choose young green bushes, without spots. Some slow-growing types (for example, to a kriptokorin), buy by larger better.
3. Photophilous and unpretentious to lighting - shade-enduring allocate plants. Pay attention that some of aquarian plants at a lack of natural lighting slow down the growth and even perish. Such types as a marsiliya, elodeya curly, a water fern, a bakopa, a kriptokorina, kardamin, a lyudvigiya need natural lighting.
4. Select plants of different groups for the aquarium to make a picture of the underwater world of the closest to natural and to create favorable conditions for life for fishes. At the same time consider that you should not oversaturate an aquarium too various decorative elements and plants. Even the quietest fishes who swim a little need free space.