Easy to grow plants, at least for me. And pretty easily available, even in chain LFS.
Foreground (yes, there are foreground plants, just have to be creative)
java moss
Christmas moss
Willow moss
Marsilea quadrifolia
Hemianthus micranthemoides (can grow towards the light or behave and stay a lovely little bush). Mine behave.
Hemianthus callitrichoides (same as HM)
Small cryptocorynes (parva, lutea, lucens, etc)
Anubia petite nana
Midground (lots more options)
Mid-sized crypts (wendtii, others, excellent plant)
Barclaya longifolia (can get big, can also behave)
Nymphaea species (must be taught to behave, otherwise a background plant)
Anubias (barterii, coffeefolia, barterii var nana, others)
Anubia gracilis (does better emersed rather than submerged)
Java fern
Bolbitis heudelotii (when small a midground)
Background plants (many options)
Most hygrophile species
rotala rotundifolia
Egeria densa
Egeria najas
Limnophila sessilifolia and indica and aquatica
Hydrocotyle leucocephala (Brazilian pennywort)
Nymphaea species
Amazon swords
Bacopa species
Bolbitis heudlotii (when full grown, a very slow grower)
Alternantera reineckii (striking plant, can do low-light with CO2)
Vallisneria (americana, asiatica, spiralis)
Some Sagittaria species
I have grown all of these plants successfully with CO2 and without CO2, except the Sagittaria and Valisnaria, which I have never grown. Was just never interested, but other low-techers here have grown them with great success. Most are adaptable to harder water conditions and higher pH. They do well with minimal ferts or can do well in an EI tank. This is just my experience. Some of the plants listed will even tolerate mildly brackish conditions. These are the tried and true hardys of the aquarium plant world. I don't agree that cabomba or ludwigia should be in the list. IMO, they need softer water, which is probably why cabomba breaks so readily, especially in Miami, FL, which is hardwater central. I have had limited success with Ludwigia, and find it a fragile plant. I also don't think LFS are selling true cabomba caroliniana, which does well in harder water, I think they are mixing in Cabomba aquatica and Cabomba piauhyensis, which need softer water. This was long, sorry. I think there is a list among the pinned topics, but it's not very detailed. There is also a small plant index here as well.
llj
Foreground (yes, there are foreground plants, just have to be creative)
java moss
Christmas moss
Willow moss
Marsilea quadrifolia
Hemianthus micranthemoides (can grow towards the light or behave and stay a lovely little bush). Mine behave.
Hemianthus callitrichoides (same as HM)
Small cryptocorynes (parva, lutea, lucens, etc)
Anubia petite nana
Midground (lots more options)
Mid-sized crypts (wendtii, others, excellent plant)
Barclaya longifolia (can get big, can also behave)
Nymphaea species (must be taught to behave, otherwise a background plant)
Anubias (barterii, coffeefolia, barterii var nana, others)
Anubia gracilis (does better emersed rather than submerged)
Java fern
Bolbitis heudelotii (when small a midground)
Background plants (many options)
Most hygrophile species
rotala rotundifolia
Egeria densa
Egeria najas
Limnophila sessilifolia and indica and aquatica
Hydrocotyle leucocephala (Brazilian pennywort)
Nymphaea species
Amazon swords
Bacopa species
Bolbitis heudlotii (when full grown, a very slow grower)
Alternantera reineckii (striking plant, can do low-light with CO2)
Vallisneria (americana, asiatica, spiralis)
Some Sagittaria species
I have grown all of these plants successfully with CO2 and without CO2, except the Sagittaria and Valisnaria, which I have never grown. Was just never interested, but other low-techers here have grown them with great success. Most are adaptable to harder water conditions and higher pH. They do well with minimal ferts or can do well in an EI tank. This is just my experience. Some of the plants listed will even tolerate mildly brackish conditions. These are the tried and true hardys of the aquarium plant world. I don't agree that cabomba or ludwigia should be in the list. IMO, they need softer water, which is probably why cabomba breaks so readily, especially in Miami, FL, which is hardwater central. I have had limited success with Ludwigia, and find it a fragile plant. I also don't think LFS are selling true cabomba caroliniana, which does well in harder water, I think they are mixing in Cabomba aquatica and Cabomba piauhyensis, which need softer water. This was long, sorry. I think there is a list among the pinned topics, but it's not very detailed. There is also a small plant index here as well.
llj