If you the inveterate aquarian and just to breed small fishes it is already boring for you to become, that time to be engaged in cultivation of plants for an aquarium. This very fascinating occupation, creation of a mini-garden in an aquarium will make it unique.
Instruction
1. Get several options of aquarian plants in shop. Surely find out features of any given plant and also the requirement for care for it and compatibility with plants of other type.
2. Do not forget that in order that the plant grew and flushed, three components are necessary: mineral substances, carbon dioxide and light.
3. Adjust lighting in an aquarium so that it was the brightest, rather long and a little in what differed from natural. "Light day" of aquarian plants has to make from 10 to 12 hours. In order that lighting in an aquarium was rather bright, buy lamps of necessary power - has to fall on 1 liter of volume from 1.2 to 1, 5 W.
4. Pay attention also to a range of lamps for illumination of an aquarium. As experts consider, growth of plants is most promoted by the lamps radiating red and yellow light. Of course, such lighting makes bad impact on eyes, for this reason of a lamp of a red-yellow range it is better to combine, say, with lamps of a blue range. At will you can increase lighting thanks to reflectors which can also be bought in pet-shop.
5. Pay a close attention and to the choice of soil for aquarian plants. As that it is better to use gravel or sand. Consider as well that not all plants need landing, exist, for example, floating plants.
6. Plant plants so that between them there were sufficient distances therefore it is better to have them in chessboard order.
7. Surely use fertilizers for aquarian plants. They can be bought in any pet-shop. Good fertilizer has to include such substances as phosphates, nitrates, iron and potassium in large volume.