Advice needed!

Hey guys. I am soon going to set up a planted tank and have read everywhere that I need C02 injection for good growing plants. Does anyone know where I can buy a good quality C02 injection system. If there are any alternative methods to get good plant growth like substrates lighting etc, please tell me. Thanks all.

 

what plants have you got in mind. not all plants require hi teck setups, you can actually do something awesome with a low tech setup using products like seachem excel. google low tech planted tanks, it will give you an idea of what you can achieve with decent lights and ferts. if im not mistaken a CO2 stup will cost you over 3k

 

Since i started dosing ferts every day the plants grow faster.(google EI dosing)
Get fast and easy plants.
Low tech non co2 planted tank video i found on tropica.

 

Thanks @DewaldC ! That vid really helped me with some ideas!

 

@FishLover

Hi tech is not always needed for a planted tank. I run 2 low tech planted tanks and one medium tech (medium due to the lights I have on there). I just dose with ferts weekly and excel as my carbon source. I actually prefer it this way - I have slower growth yes, but in the long run, I have had only minor algae out breaks and no fishie deaths in a long time. I think the best way to do it is start with a low tech setup and gradually build up to high tech - it works out cheaper in the long run as well - you don't have to spend as much cash all at once and you get what you need bit by bit.

 

De, thanks. That video made me realize where I went wrong with my 1st attempt at aquascaping.

 

Thanks all, decided to go for a semi-planted tank! I will make it low tech. Does anyone have a list of good looking low tech plants? I will dose with ferts and maybe tablet fertilizers.....and will also have good lighting. Any plant that doesnt need C02 would be awesome!