Need Some Help What Plant Should I Put In

[epic154]

i have no idea with plants this will be my first planted tank i need some ideas of what sort of plants i should put in rough idea of what im thinking i want a bushy plant that grows quit big but wont destroy the whole tank just show a pic of the plant what would be good

 

[techen]

Could get yourself some driftwood and some nice java fern it's nice and easy.

 

[epic154]

ok thanks mate

 

[epic154]

any other ideas

 

[Zikofski]

crypts are nice and easy, in my eyes if you don't desperate the individual plants it fills out quite nice, i have two types in my tank, cryptocoryne beckettii which is a more reddish crypt very nice, and cryptocoryne nevellii which is a more greenish version of the previous, check my journal out for the pic's

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/381283-330l-tank-journal/

Page 9 shows the green crypt when i put it in and it has beefed out nicely already

Page 6 shows my red crypts before i separated them

if not twisted vellas always look great at the back of a tank and are easy to grow

 

[epic154]

thanks mate

i want something a bit more capertey like moss is there any moss types that are easy to contain

 

[Zikofski]

i dont really know as i have only just bought moss myself i went with weeping moss myself but i guess its up to you on what you like buy some give it ago, if you buy a clump of it just spread it out over an area and let it grow

 

[epic154]

ok will check it out thanks for you help

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Dwarf hairgrass (Eleocharis parvula) might be an option for you. You'll want to break it up a bit into smaller clumps. Its not quite a moss, but it can grow and spread across the base of your tank and will only grow a few inches high, without trimming. If you want it lower, you can always trim it. ;-) Works best in a fine substrate.


For a big bushy plant that is very easy to grow and readily available anywhere, amazon swords are a nice busy plant. There are many different varieties, from broad leaves to narrow, and varying heights. They are also sold in various sizes of maturity at most pet shops. Works in nearly any substrate.

Anubias sp. are another variety of plant that can be quite attractive. These are also very easy to grow, but need to be tied on to some driftwood or rock for best results. They don't like being buried in the substrate.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

I am really fond of various kinds of bacopa, java moss, java fern and moss balls. Hygrophila polysperma is pretty indestructible but it grows lots of random roots that I don't like the look of.

 

[epic154]

ok thinking on getting weeping moss java ferns and amazon swords