My second 55 Gallon tank should be cycled in less than a week, so I'm starting to look to get some plants. I'd like to order them by Monday so they get here early next week and I can get them planted and arranged the way I want them before I add fish. I posted a potential plant list in my Journal thread, but thought I might get more responses here:
2 Java Fern (maybe 'lace', since I have 'normal' and 'narrow leaf' in my other 55 Gallon)
2 Amazon Sword
3 Cryptocoryne Wendii Tropica (have this in my other tank and it's beautiful)
? Micro Sword/HC/Glosso (would love for this to be the focal foreground plant)
1 Brazilian Pennywort (comes with 6-8 stems)
1 Ludwigia Broadleaf (undecided - is this a difficult plant?)
2 Water Sprite
2 Wisteria
10 Broad Leaf Sword
I'm going to have 2 WPG (maybe a little over - 130 Watts) over this tank. I would rather do a liquid carbon fert like Seachem Excel rather than going pressurized CO2. Not only does the cost keep me away from it, but this new tank is in my bedroom and there really isn't room for a CO2 cylinder.
I've read tons and tons of threads about carpet plants, and I'm really torn between Micro Sword, HC, or Glosso. Shocker, right?
I want something that stays relatively short. There seem to be pros and cons to each of them. I'm able to get any of the 3 in potted, which sounds like would be the better option than getting it sold like a 'mat' (i.e. one place selling said the Micro Sword mat was sod-like). I have ruled out Dwarf Hairgrass as I didn't read too many good things about that, even though I love the look of it, I would hate to spend all the time planting it only to have it die. I don't mind some trial and error, but I definitely want to avoid anything that is very likely to fail in my tank. Price wise, all of these carpet plants are comparable. I do really like the look of HC and was leaning towards that a bit more than the Micro Sword, but then I of course read plenty about it being difficult. It seems like the Glosso would be the easiest (and I'm using that term loosely) than the rest of them, but then I worry about it growing too tall. I *think* 2 WPG-ish would be sufficient?
Any insight you guys can offer is much appreciated, including the # of each plant I've proposed above. I think I'm making myself crazy.
2 Java Fern (maybe 'lace', since I have 'normal' and 'narrow leaf' in my other 55 Gallon)
2 Amazon Sword
3 Cryptocoryne Wendii Tropica (have this in my other tank and it's beautiful)
? Micro Sword/HC/Glosso (would love for this to be the focal foreground plant)
1 Brazilian Pennywort (comes with 6-8 stems)
1 Ludwigia Broadleaf (undecided - is this a difficult plant?)
2 Water Sprite
2 Wisteria
10 Broad Leaf Sword
I'm going to have 2 WPG (maybe a little over - 130 Watts) over this tank. I would rather do a liquid carbon fert like Seachem Excel rather than going pressurized CO2. Not only does the cost keep me away from it, but this new tank is in my bedroom and there really isn't room for a CO2 cylinder.
I've read tons and tons of threads about carpet plants, and I'm really torn between Micro Sword, HC, or Glosso. Shocker, right?
I want something that stays relatively short. There seem to be pros and cons to each of them. I'm able to get any of the 3 in potted, which sounds like would be the better option than getting it sold like a 'mat' (i.e. one place selling said the Micro Sword mat was sod-like). I have ruled out Dwarf Hairgrass as I didn't read too many good things about that, even though I love the look of it, I would hate to spend all the time planting it only to have it die. I don't mind some trial and error, but I definitely want to avoid anything that is very likely to fail in my tank. Price wise, all of these carpet plants are comparable. I do really like the look of HC and was leaning towards that a bit more than the Micro Sword, but then I of course read plenty about it being difficult. It seems like the Glosso would be the easiest (and I'm using that term loosely) than the rest of them, but then I worry about it growing too tall. I *think* 2 WPG-ish would be sufficient?Any insight you guys can offer is much appreciated, including the # of each plant I've proposed above. I think I'm making myself crazy.
