[Steve Pituch]

Its hard to give a number, but start putting them into the tank. Stem plants about 1.5 inches apart. Keep doing it until you have no more room! Even stuff the front of the tank with extra stuff. You can always remove it later. You can never put enough in. Just make sure that everything that needs light gets it. Don't have one plant shade another.

Just my 2 cents.

You didn't mention nutrients, but with 4.1 W/G, I would go with 10 ppm NO3, 2 ppm PO4, and 2 ppm Fe, all twice per week, with a 50% weekly water change to ultimately limit the nutrients to an absolute maximum.

Steve Pituch

 

[Steve Pituch]

Dear gnatster,

Well personally I disagree on holding off on the nutrient additions. I think that will just stunt the plants. If the plants start growing right away there is no such thing as having to cycle the planted tank.

I also meant stem and non-stem plants, but wanted to be sure that you knew to plant the stems plants individually. Sorry.

Steve