My 29 Gal community

[Wallyfish]

Here are some pics of my 29 gallon community tank. All plants are real except the pink one on the right and the background picture.
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[genitor]

looking good.
Is that a water lily on the left?

[Rue]

...the pink one's not real??? :(

Seriously...looks very nice!

[Wallyfish]

Nope. Thats a Banana Plant.

[2manyfish]

Your tank looks nice! :c5:

I love the looks of banana plants but unfortunately I have never been able to keep them alive! What's the secret??

[Lady Hobbs]

The pots are a good way to keep them especially if you think you may move them. I found it works good for bunch plants, as well. The fish don't tear them up as much.

[Wallyfish]

Your tank looks nice! :c5:

I love the looks of banana plants but unfortunately I have never been able to keep them alive! What's the secret??

To be honest with you, I'm new to plants and don't know what the secret is. Every so often I try to inject CO2 into the tank as you can see with the injector to the left of the tank but most of the time I mess up the recipe and it doesn't work well or doesn't work at all. I haven't been doing that for a while as a result. What I have been doing is a combination of good soil (flourite), fertilizer tablets, and a strong flourescent light. I do leave the light on longer than I should sometimes and I have to counter that by cleaning the algae from the sides more frequently. I bought the banana plant when it was tiny. The leaves are starting to show a little brown though so it isn't a complete success.

[gm72]

Sometimes being new to something means you don't have any pre-conceived notions on how things should work, and that can be a positive. CAN being the key word there. Maybe you'll be able to unlock the secrets of keeping those plants!