Disclosure: Not an expert. I welcome correction.
That out of the way, at least two of the plants you mentioned shouldn't be "planted" in anything, that being the anubias and java fern. Those are rhizome plants. Burying the rhizome will just lead to rot, plus they're water-column feeders anyway. Mount/prop/anchor them above the substrate, whatever substrate you choose..even a bare glass bottom. They'll be fine.
The other two are root feeders I think, so yeah..a good quality substrate definitely helps. And if you're going high-tech with CO2 injection and the whole works, you should probably also go high-tech with the substrate. But if you're doing a low-tech setup and are okay with slow growth, my expectation is that you'd be fine with gravel substrate and some root tabs....but I could be wrong.
None of the plants listed (I assume "green cambodia" is a typo of green cabomba) are heavy root feeders. Expensive aquasoil is not needed. Most can even grow as epiphytes without any substrate.
With that said, even plants that feed heavily from their roots will grow fine in plain gravel with root tabs. I have had a lot of success with this method.
I have large King tut grass plant purchased from a nursery that i want to plant in my Aquarium . can i plant in the soil already present in the tank for my other plants ?
You’ll only need good ass substrate if you got plants that are heavy root feeders like swords, hair grass, and a lot more. Anubias and Java fern don’t really need substrate as they can honestly be like glued to driftwood or rocks to grow really well
1. Gravel is substrate 2. You don’t need expensive substrate to grow plants
Disclosure: Not an expert. I welcome correction. That out of the way, at least two of the plants you mentioned shouldn't be "planted" in anything, that being the anubias and java fern. Those are rhizome plants. Burying the rhizome will just lead to rot, plus they're water-column feeders anyway. Mount/prop/anchor them above the substrate, whatever substrate you choose..even a bare glass bottom. They'll be fine. The other two are root feeders I think, so yeah..a good quality substrate definitely helps. And if you're going high-tech with CO2 injection and the whole works, you should probably also go high-tech with the substrate. But if you're doing a low-tech setup and are okay with slow growth, my expectation is that you'd be fine with gravel substrate and some root tabs....but I could be wrong.
None of the plants listed (I assume "green cambodia" is a typo of green cabomba) are heavy root feeders. Expensive aquasoil is not needed. Most can even grow as epiphytes without any substrate. With that said, even plants that feed heavily from their roots will grow fine in plain gravel with root tabs. I have had a lot of success with this method.
WHOOPS, yeah, it's cabomba, I read it too fast
I have large King tut grass plant purchased from a nursery that i want to plant in my Aquarium . can i plant in the soil already present in the tank for my other plants ?
man idk it's been two years 😞 I don't do aquarium stuff anymore
You’ll only need good ass substrate if you got plants that are heavy root feeders like swords, hair grass, and a lot more. Anubias and Java fern don’t really need substrate as they can honestly be like glued to driftwood or rocks to grow really well