30 Gallon Planted Ideas

[ara35]

For my 30 gallon, I have a 79watt light (approx. 2.5 watts/gallon), diy co2 (3 – 2 liter bottles), and a newly purchased eheim 2213. I currently have bacopa Carolina, ludwigia repens, and wisteria. Heres my plan:

Background:
-Wisteria
- Bacopa Carolina
- Ludwigia repens
- Rotala macrandra

Mid:
- Stargrass
- Red Tiger Lotus
- Rotala Rotundifolia
- Ludwigia arcuatia

Forground:
- Hemianthus micranthemoides
- Blyxa Japonica

Thoughts, suggestions???

 

[RadaR]

Hemianthus micranthemoides and Blyxa Japonica are more midground plants than foreground plants to be honest. Feel free to try it out though.
Also, with 79W of light and only using DIY CO2, I think you'll struggle to keep the CO2 levels stable/high enough and most likely end up with algae.

 

[mdwheeler]

Personally I wasn't crazy about the wisteria. It got all crazy looking on me.

I really like Hygrophila polysperma. Its very similar to Rotala Rotundifolia but has different textured leaves. Cabomba is a good one too (although some people just aren't fans of that one).

Rotala Rotundifolia is a really pretty plant, especially if you can bushel it together.