Low Light Plants For A Blackwater Tank

[wrightt3]

I'm fairly inexperienced in terms of planted tanks but want to have a few plants that thrive in dim aquariums and are fairly easy to maintain for my blackwater tank.
I've heard anubias, java ferns and hornwort would work but I want to know if there are any others?
Also, do I need to add anything to my tank for the plants? (fertiliser, CO2, etc) as I said, I'm fairly inexperienced with live plants so really spell it out for me here please

 

[wrightt3]

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[DrRob]

Give us a chance, I've been out all day.
 
Blackwater doesn't lend itself massively well to plant life, in the wild it tends to the highly acidic and doesn't let light through, which discourages plants.
 
So overall you want the old school stuff that's hard as nails, java ferns, mosses, maybe some vallis if you're water isn't too soft. Crypts can be great as well, as can the hygrophilas and things like water sprite.
 
Amazon swords may well do well.
 
The other option is to go with hardscape, leaves scattered and floating plants or things like lotuses.

 

[m1lky12]

I'm by no means experienced when it comes to plants but I've also set up a black water tank and looked into what plants are best in these conditions. Generally not too many plants are found in black water conditions as it's too acidic for them to grow well. I've put in vallis and amazon frogbit which were doing alright until my lights died a couple of weeks ago so I'm expecting them to not be in the best condition when I finally put my lights back on!

 

[wrightt3]

Okay, I'll probably go with some vallis and java moss/ferns with some sort of surface plant as well and see how it goes. Thanks for the tips!