Planting In A 10 Gallon

[MACKAZ]

Hi

I currently have 5 plants in my 10 gallon (20"x12"x10") but wondered how many can get away with?

1 Swords
1 Hygro
1 Ludwigia
1 Eloudia
1 Grass like plant (I'm not sure of the name)

Its been running a month and has 6 Jumbo Neons that seem to be doing fine. Levels are good.

More if feasible and which varieties should i go with?

Cheers

 

[rabbut]

The types of plants you can keep depend on lighting and whether you inject CO2. Give a these details, and we can make surgestions. Also, whats your substrate?

Most of my tanks have arround 70% of the substrate planted, and IMO, you cannot over-plant an aquarium.

All the best
Rabbut

 

[ShoC]

try posting this in the planted section =)
might get better responses.

 

[MACKAZ]

Hi

I canna post in that forum yet due to being a new user

I have gravel and lighting 2wpg, no CO2.

 

[OldMan47]

I have a 10 with typical crummy gravel and only a 13 W screw in fluorescent bulb for light. There is no CO2 in that tank and there is also no space left for more plants. It is packed to the point where plants are getting in each other's light and slowing growth that way. It is my QT so it usually has some fish load but not much. Plants are all java moss, java fern and some algae that my otos use for a food source. The otocinclus are permanent residents.
My spin on it is if you can still see the substrate and there is light hitting the bottom of the tank, there is room for more plants. The only issue that can arise is if you get fish that need the swimming room and its all eaten up by plants. In my case there is almost no swimming room in the bottom half of the tank but the fish don't seem to care.

 

[MACKAZ]

I have a 10 with typical crummy gravel and only a 13 W screw in fluorescent bulb for light. There is no CO2 in that tank and there is also no space left for more plants. It is packed to the point where plants are getting in each other's light and slowing growth that way. It is my QT so it usually has some fish load but not much. Plants are all java moss, java fern and some algae that my otos use for a food source. The otocinclus are permanent residents.
My spin on it is if you can still see the substrate and there is light hitting the bottom of the tank, there is room for more plants. The only issue that can arise is if you get fish that need the swimming room and its all eaten up by plants. In my case there is almost no swimming room in the bottom half of the tank but the fish don't seem to care.

Cheers Old Man. I've added a few more since this reply.

 

[mark.w.jones]

All of them will certainly benefit from some sort of fertiliser in the substrate. There are a number of companies doing root fertiliser tablets and balls which make a huge difference to plant growth. In a small tank like that the easiest way to add CO2 is with something like Seachems Flourish Excel which is basically liquid CO2. Combine both of these with a decent liquid fertiliser once a week like Seachems Flourish or one of the plantamin ones and you'll be well on your way to decent plant growth. I will say that Amazon Swords are not ideally suited to such a small tank as they can get very big and soon swamp everything. Other easy to grow plants to consider are crypts and anubias barteri var. nana

 

[ShoC]

Was not aware you could not post there
I have not read this topic fully but the following are easy apparently,
Bacopa Monnieri
Java Moss

the only two I can think off at hand,
I'm not great with plants. But Bacopa is Very easy to propogate but i found in my low light tank is got a Fair amount of diatoms on it (maybe due to being a new tank)
Java moss takes some time to Aclimatise but when it gets going get ready for pruning