"Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message
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JHudson wrote in message
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I'm just wondering because I want to put a few plants in a tank without
mucking with substrate(it just has plain gravel) As of right now I put
a
couple Java Ferns in. I'm trying to get rid of my plastic/silk plants,
even
though the one tank they will have to stay because of the habits of the
one
resident(crayfish).

I've been growing aquarium plants for over thirty years, almost entirely
in
plain or coated gravel. The only common plants you might have trouble
with
(just because of a gravel substrate) are the cryptocorynes.

The more critical limiting factor you'll encounter in making the move to
live plants will be lighting. Be sure to visit the Krib...
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/

The 33 gallon tank I have I converted from plastic to real plants, but I did
add flourite to that setup. Its doing really well considering it is a lower
light tank(two 36" flourescent I really don't want to muck with flourite
right now for the Eclipse 6 which I have put a few Java Ferns in. I wish I
could plant real plants in the 20 gallon(crayfish tank), but he stripped off
the leaves of the plastic plants and we had to put silk plants in, he hasn't
wrecked them yet. The Krib is a wonderful site, and I learned a lot there.
Janine Hudson