Fry And Plants

[Midnight6333]

What are some good plants to put in an ALL fry tank?

What are the best plants?

 

[Xebadir]

Depends if you have substrate:

Myself: I find that fry love Spiruana and Pink Baby tears, and also love to have rootless floater plants.

If you dont have substrate go with floater plants, the fry will love the cover.

Hope this helps.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

floating: thin leaved water sprite, frogbit
non planted: java moss
planted: any finer leaved bushy plants such as glosso, sprite, baby tears etc.- depends on light.

The more plants the higher the survival rate

 

[Annastasia]

Hornwort. You can float it, it gives the fry lots of places to hide, and I've never had an issue keeping it alive. Which is quite an accomplishment for me!

 

[Midnight6333]

This is a stupid question but what is substrate?

I think I might go with Hornwort...or java moss

I'm new to live plants all of mine are fake...Is there some good ones I can put in my adult Guppies tanks also? There are also Pleco and Albino Corydoras catfish in there...

Will the plants make my water turn colors?...not like ranbow colors...but when I go to pet shops all the tanks with live plants in them have greenish or cloudy water....

 

[guppymommy]

I have elodia in my tanks, but I only have guppies so I'm not sure how it works with other fish.

Substrate is the material you put on the bottom of your tank (stones, sand, gravel, etc).

 

[Xebadir]

If your pet shops have green water quality in the plant tanks dont buy plants from them, sounds like they dont maintain them well.

Plants in general will not change your water colour(some mangroves, bogwood, can) it is the algae that will produce the green or funky colouration. Plecos and Cories, as well as guppies love to have cover: it depends what you are looking for:

I keep Spiruana, Minature Sword, A maroon crypt, pink baby tears and a broadleaf which im trying to find a name for.

It also depends on your lighting: more exotic plants require more specialised lighting, and some go so far as to require C02 injectors. If you want a low cost plant that fills your tank and gives you plenty: go Elodia. If you want to have plants that are a little more expensive but far prettier: see what you can find at a non algal fish shop.