Plant Recommendations

**Hardy85** · 12-14-2012, 02:01 PM

I have recently rescaped my tank and now going to try to narrow down which plants I want to put in

This is a pic of the tank (freshly done, sorry about cloudiness)

The two plants in there are fake but would remove them for real

Conditions:
Turface Pro League Substrate (2-3" thick)
Will have 108W worth of 6700K lighting
No CO2 injection
Willing to do root tabs and occasional ferts if needed

Not looking for a forest, just some plants lol

Any recommendations?

**Goes to 11!** · 12-14-2012, 02:13 PM

You have a lot of choices to choose from,

See here, Or from the stickys above this post: here.

**Hardy85** · 12-14-2012, 02:31 PM

Lol, I saw that same thread, actually put it in an excel sheet and started looking up each plant 1 by 1. Seems like some of those actually require more than just low light too

**Hardy85** · 12-14-2012, 02:36 PM

Thinking of maybe an anubus on the right side, I had thought Anacharis, however seeing them in the store they really didn't look good.

I'm not a fan of Java moss, or plants that look like a green blur b/c of how small the leaves are, also not huge on the plants with 5 giant leaves but thats all lol

I did like wisteria and the hygro so far

**Goes to 11!** · 12-14-2012, 02:42 PM

Yeah but 108 of T5 has possibilities IME. I grow wisteria like mad, Hygro polysperma also [Be aware that hygro is an invasive [& illegal to trade] plant in some warmer states so take care of how you dispose of trimmings]. My Crypts do fine & the Swords as well.

All floaters will do well [Though some do better with a calm surface [IE: Brazilian pennywort]] Anubias does fine in a somewhat shady spot & same goes for Java ferns. Java moss is obviously cake.

You have a lot of options to go with. :-D

**Hardy85** · 12-14-2012, 04:41 PM

Tank looks a thousand times better now. They had some Bacopa for $1/ bunch

I hadn't heard of it, and don't have my lights set up otherwise I'd have bought it.

Can bunch plants be planted?

**bethyMT** · 12-14-2012, 05:28 PM

Yep. Just make sure the stems are bare. I have a lot of bacopa in my tank....it does really well and looks quite nice. It does better in a well-lit spot.