native live plant setup

[nativecodman]

hi i was wondering if i could get some tips on how i can set a planted native tank
well i have 4 silver perch 4 bass 1 tandanus and some elodea

i want to ahve sand as gravel so its easy to clean and look natural
what other plants would u recommend for my tank and how often do they need trimming give all the tips of having a planted tank
cheers

[johnny5]

elodea is not native i think but it is good. Aquagreen, Home of native Australian water plants for your aquarium.
www.aquagreen.com.au/ (http://www.aquagreen.com.au/)

sand yes it can be good if it's no more then 1cm thick
you can get a bild up of wast which will go black and is dedly

[SMCK001]

i would recommend a finer gravel rather than sand as said above. then u can also chuck some river pebbles on the top and it will look great. i use the pebbles around the bottom of the plants to hold them down. elodea is good and easy, also try val species, hornwort, wisteria, pennywort. aer a few. i have elodea, val and pennywort in my tank which look good.

[nativecodman]

thanks guys i will take that into consideration how many fish would be reccommended
for 4x14x18 tank ive already got one mc at 5cm 4 tandanus catfish@ 10 cm
and another small tany at 7 cm 1 silver perch at 8cm i sthis over stocked or not or could i have more

[SMCK001]

thats sounds about right... as for stocking.