Stem Plants And Sand

[Rlon35]

What kind of stem plants, besides crypts, can handle a low tech tank, among Discus fish conditions, while planted purely in play sand?

 

[aaronnorth]

crypts aren't a stem plant, they are rossette. Stem plants are species such as hygrophillia.

 

[Rlon35]

crypts aren't a stem plant, they are rossette. Stem plants are species such as hygrophillia.

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Yes, sorry, I mispoke. Rosette AND Stems that will do well is a pure sand base, under lower light, are my interest (I now have an amazon sword, wisteria, anubias and java fern on driftwood - the swords look dreadful, even though I put in tabs and dose iron often). Do you know of some suggestions for my tank? I was wondering about: Swords, Crypts, Hygrophilia, Saggitaria, Onions, etc..... Got to send you some shots of my 55g now that I use pressurized co2. I just prunedit, but am waiting for the rest of the foreground to come in before I send a video in all its glory.

 

[aaronnorth]

well any plants will do, because you dont have a nutritous substrate the plants will take the nutrients from the water column, so heavier dosages are required. even the "heavy root" feeders will be fine.
looking forward to the pics

 

[snowflake311]

I have wistria in sad with 1.6 wpg. At first I thought it would all die but it's growing well now.