help with growing my plants

[kermit5327]

ok so i am trying to grow some random plants in my tank with my tokay and i am using that expand a bark "expletive" or what ever its called

everytime the plants get the growing they die i guess its cuz they cant get the nutrients out of my substrate that i am using so is there a type of nutrient enritched water that i could use or something like that

thanks for the help

[Green Ghost]

Water high in nitrates converted to nitrites will fertilize plants. I'm doing that with both of my tanks now.

I think you'd possibly need to post more details about your setup to get more replies to your thread, because doing that successfully is harder than it looks.

[kermit5327]

here are some pics of my set up that i have going on right now

[Green Ghost]

Got it now,... sorry man, no idea what to use that's safe for your tokay also. Someone on here will know though.

Edit: maybe I should have said ".... that's okay for your tokay"

[kermit5327]

yeah she dont really get along with anything i put in the tank with her even plants as weird as it may sound she like digs them up or something

[Green Ghost]

How big is your tank?.... by the way I keep frogs, so I'm no expert for your tokay.

[kermit5327]

i think its a 29 gallon she loves shade she hates being out by light but she loves heat its really weird the only light she will come out around is a black light

[Tennill]

Thats because the black light is a uv light, So to her everything is still dark. Tokays can't see colors, so the black light could be the best light to view her in.

[kermit5327]

do tokays need uva and uvb and if they do can they get it from the black light also to black lights offer anything for plant growth

[Tennill]

If I understand correctly, UVA is the visible spectrum of light. You can have a light that puts out UVA but no UVB, like most heat bulbs. Both UVA and UVB are essential.