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Aquatic Plants [General] [Plants] [Algae] [Plant Folks] [Tech/Gadgets] [Fertilizer] [CO2] This section concerns itself with all facets of keeping aquatic plants. Beginner? Confused by all the information here? Read the FAQ first! It presents introductions to much of the material housed here on the Krib, including a plant question and answer section, and descriptions of most common plants.

Major Topics

Plants

General info on plants themselves, species descriptions and photos, biotopes, aquascaping, care, etc.

Algae

Descriptions, pictures, and prevention!

Plant People

Lots of anecdotal information for the would-be aquatic gardener, photos of tanks, and links to other peoples' personal sites. Descriptions of many different tank setups.

Technical Gadgetry

Articles on cable heating, lighting, and other tech.

Fertilizers

substrate, water additives, macronutrients, trace elements, etc.

CO2 fertilization, pH, alkalinity

DIY articles, charts, explanations, why even bother, etc.

Introductory and Miscellaneous Information

• Dan Resler's ten-gallon plant tank article,
• Jim Kelly's introduction to growing plants.
• Karen Randall's introduction to balance of light, CO2 and fertilization, and postings to APD.
• Karen Randall's Setting Up A Planted Tank in a Classroom.
• Several people respond to the question "What are your goals in setting up a planted tank?"
• Kevin Conlin's suggestions for cheap planted tanks.
• Earle Hamilton's Low-Tech Primer
• A Plant Physilogist's Perspective on basic aquatic plant information.
• Neil Frank's Stages of the Aquatic Gardener
• plant books, and a large bibliography.
• Takashi Amano and Nature Aquarium World, (Japanese aquatic gardening, see also Amano's page, below)
• possible mail-order sources for plants,
• Shipping plants, import/export Laws
• selling your plants
• fish that damage plants

Other Web Resources...

• Aquatic Plants Digest (APD), an e-mail discussion list where a lot of the material contained here has been taken. They have a full archive of all messages.
• The Aquatic Gardeners Association website. For sentimental reasons, I keep a a historical announcement here.
• Aquatic Concepts, George Booth's web site, a nice presentation of much of his material
• Tropica Aquarium Plants, one of the world's top commercial aquarium plant growers.
• Dupla
• Centre for Aquatic Plants at the University of Florida... ambitious site containing references, drawings and photographs of many aquatic plants, and info on their video programs, etc.
• Aquaplant - a search engine that crawls various other websites (including this one) that contain information on aquatic plants.

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