What Are The Plants That I Could Have In My Tank?

[fifefish]

Its a 12Litre tank with Gravel and the Sand on top.

I was thinking maybe some H.C. or Dwarf Hairgrass?

 

[aaronnorth]

we need to know a few more details such as lighting/ co2/ ferts/ filtration etc.

 

[fifefish]

we need to know a few more details such as lighting/ co2/ ferts/ filtration etc.

11w Light
Hagen Plant Gro
DIY pressurised Co2
Elite mini filter...soon to be replaced

anything else you need to know?

 

[aaronnorth]

I would try Marsilea hirstuta. HC will struggle, and i am unsure on the hairgrass, it will either work or it wont

 

[Curiosity101]

What do you think of this aaron

A few plant ideas:
HC (Hemianthus callitrichoides )
Anubias (Anubias barteri var. nana)
Cryptocoryne wendtii ''green''
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'
Twisted Vallis (Vallisneria americana)
Moss Ball
Dwarf hairgrass (Eleocharis parvula)

Some ideas I posted on fifefish's other post. And why do you not think HC will work?

 

[aaronnorth]

The light is on the low side, to have HC i would add another 11w light onto it.
they all sound fine though.

 

[Curiosity101]

I was going by the theory that it was 3 wpg... I take it I'm wrong to presume it's that simple? lol

 

[aaronnorth]

it doesnt work on tanks smaller than 10gallons due to minimum light threshold. This should exlplain everything:

http/www.rexgrigg.com/mlt.html

 

[fifefish]

How come I have seen people growing highlight plants with an arcpod?

 

[aaronnorth]

How come I have seen people growing highlight plants with an arcpod?

they usually have 2, or arcpod lookalikes which are 18w

 

[lljdma06]

How come I have seen people growing highlight plants with an arcpod?

they usually have 2, or arcpod lookalikes which are 18w

Honeslty, with the 11W, I don't see the point of CO2 or ferts either. It would no doubt improve the growth of the plants, but if less-demanding plants were picked and the ones on the above list are pretty undemanding, I wouldn't go through the extra working of maintaining a CO2 system, and the plants will be fine. Make your life a little less complicated if you are able. If you wanted to keep the CO2 and ferts, I'd slap another 11W and then the pressurized CO2 and fert regimen make sense. You can then also grow pretty much what you like.

E. tennelus is nice too. With your size tank, I'd aim for smaller species so your tank doesn't look overwhelmed. Needle leaf java fern may be a nice option too, as are most of the mosses. I've grown HC under lower light conditions, but I had to really be on top of things. It does not grow fast and you really have to watch for algae. Hemianthus micranthemoides becomes a great background plant in this situation. It'll grow too, but a bit leggy, so the background position is ideal.