I Need Some Advice

[abzorbd]

I have a 55 gal. with 2 powder blue Gouramis, 1 hypostomus, 6 mollies, 12 guppies, 2 zebra danios, 2 dayglo zebra danios, 1 white cloud, 16 hetermorpha rasboras, 1 spotted cory and 1 fry I have yet to identify. I was wondering if there were any plants that would be compatible with all of these or if I should just go with artificial plants. I'm hoping to be able to use real plants. I think they look so much better than tacky fake plants. I'm kinda new to real aquariums. I started with a ten gal. went to a twenty then a thirty five and recently to the fifty five. So i don't have years upon years of experience. So does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Liam]

All of those fish would be happy with real plants. About 10 hours per day of light should keep easy to grow plants growing. Real plants eat some of the fish waste, make good cover for fish and fry and look so much better. There is a sticky above about common and easy to grow plants, try a few types and if you get more interested in plants then ask more questions and read here.

 

[aaronnorth]

your plec will try to uproot your plants, it will be better to get rosette plants. I had stem plants and i was planting nearly half of my tank weekly, i have changed it all to rossettes and it is about 3 of them although they haven't got roots yet so that may be the problem. I had 3 amazon swords from the start and they have never been uprooted.

 

[abzorbd]

your plec will try to uproot your plants, it will be better to get rosette plants. I had stem plants and i was planting nearly half of my tank weekly, i have changed it all to rossettes and it is about 3 of them although they haven't got roots yet so that may be the problem. I had 3 amazon swords from the start and they have never been uprooted.

Please forgive my ignorance on plants, but, what are "rosettes"?

 

[aaronnorth]

rossettes are plants that grow from one point like a bulb e'g' amazon sword. a stem is a single 'stem' and a rhizome is attached to an object (must not be buried)

 

[abzorbd]

thanks