Watery plants Aquariophilie

How to plant?
An aquarium, intended to be the center of a room, cannot be conceived without a healthy flora, planted carefully. The plants have a important task to provide oxygen necessary to fish . The choice of the watery fresh water plants is very wide. If you are beginner, it is recommended, initially, to get robust and cheap plants. Take care that the plants have sufficient place and light in your aquarium.
Before planting them, it is preferable to prune the roots. Eliminate all the dead or damaged sheets. The roots must be planted so that their higher part remains visible. The small plants must be placed in front of the large ones in the content of the aquarium. Simply stop with the hand the holes resulting from this operation. When all the plants are mended and after having taken all the necessary precautions, you will be able to fill your aquarium completely, until the reinforcements. The water additional will have a temperature being located at the neighbourhoods of 24°.

In short : To prune the roots. To eliminate any dead or damaged sheet. To plant the roots by leaving visible the higher part. To fill the short-nap cloth aquarium almost with tepid water (24° C approximately).

The table below described some plants of aquarium.

Plante Microsorium pteropus
Fern of Java
Origin: Asia of South-east.
To hang to a stone or a root of peat bog.

T°: 22-28° C

 

Plante Cryptocoryne affinis
Cryptocoryne de Haertel
Origin: Indo-China
Decorative plant of before plan. To plant in groups.

T°: 22-28° C

 

Plante Hygrophila difformis
Origin: India to Indo-China.
Variable foliage. To only plant or in group.

T°: 22-28°C
Plantation: medium or background
Plante Rotala rotundifolia
Origin: Asia of South-east
To plant in groups

T°: 22-28°C
Plantation: medium or background
Plante Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Origin: South America.
To plant in groups.

T°: 22-25°C
Plantation: foreground
Plante Cabomba
Origin: America tropical
It is in group that this decorative plant will make the most beautiful effect.

T°: 20-28°C
Plantation: background or medium

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