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Clayton1978 · 01-07-2009, 03:17 AM

Thank you Roy and supersmirky,

I have so many questions right now and am doing my best to read all the forems and my books but they just don't have the specific answers I need. I guess the best way to sum up my situation is I am trying to maintain a healthy yet conservative look. I am currently leaning towards a few easy to keep and low lighting requirement plants to aquascape with. Ideally leaving plenty of open space to see my fish yet looking natural with real plants, a few shrimp, snails, etc.

I really want to have a try at my wet green thumb but am trying to avoid the high start up cost of a pressurized CO2 system, 3 wpg lighting, ADA substrate throughout, etc.

Roy, I am especially impressed and curious about you using gravel. I am hoping to pull off the same feat as I want to avoid spending $100 plus of substrate. Does gravel help keep the plants from spreading? Can I get away with just using a liquid fertilizer such as Flourish once or twice a week to substiture for expensive substrate? Thank you all again for your advice and help.

01-07-2009, 03:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Clayton1978 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: O'Fallon, IL Posts: 10 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 950	Re: Containing plant growth Thank you Roy and supersmirky, I have so many questions right now and am doing my best to read all the forems and my books but they just don't have the specific answers I need. I guess the best way to sum up my situation is I am trying to maintain a healthy yet conservative look. I am currently leaning towards a few easy to keep and low lighting requirement plants to aquascape with. Ideally leaving plenty of open space to see my fish yet looking natural with real plants, a few shrimp, snails, etc. I really want to have a try at my wet green thumb but am trying to avoid the high start up cost of a pressurized CO2 system, 3 wpg lighting, ADA substrate throughout, etc. Roy, I am especially impressed and curious about you using gravel. I am hoping to pull off the same feat as I want to avoid spending $100 plus of substrate. Does gravel help keep the plants from spreading? Can I get away with just using a liquid fertilizer such as Flourish once or twice a week to substiture for expensive substrate? Thank you all again for your advice and help.