Foreground Plants

[MithrilRider]

I'm new to planted tanks. I need some foreground plants that are not particulary difficult to care for but also won't carpet my tank. Does anyone know of any?

 

[Bol]

Some crypts stay fairly short.

 

[sinistral]

How much light do you have? You might try pygmy chain swords (Echinodorus tennellus). Medium care requirements, but they are short and nice looking IMO. Apparently they will carpet your tank, but only at high light intensities. I'm actually trying to get them to propagate without success (at 4 watts per gallon + CO2).

 

[George Farmer]

Hi Sinistral,

Do you have a nutrient rich substrate i.e. laterite mix or flourite. I beleive most Echinodorus sp. are gross feeders and get a lot of their nutrients through their roots, this coupled with you high lighting and co2 should be ideal. Just a thought

 

[sinistral]

Thanks for the advice gf225! I have a fluorite substrate. My switchover to CO2 and higher lighting was recent, so I'm still holding out hope that the plant will propagate.

I don't want to hijack MithrilRider's thread though...do you have any thoughts for a foreground plant that's not too difficult and won't propagate?

 

[drunkenmonkey]

I have an anubias nana and a cryptocoryne wendtii "green". they are both relatively small, and are very easy to care for. I have pretty low lighting in my tank (1.25watts per gallon), and they are both doing fine. There are one or two special needs for each plant, but it is not that difficult to do. HTH