What To Choose

[arif_93]

hi all my aquaqube 40 arrived today tommorow i will start cycling it and in 6 days i will buy 25 plants i have 38 watts of lghting( i added my on 20 watt lamp) and i will use tetraplant optimat co2
here are the 25 plants i will get of tose which ones shall i plant in my tank and where shold i locate them.
i want to use hardy ones and ones that grow ok i will definatley buy some riccia ad make a carpet.
heres the 25 plants i can choose from:
# Echinodorus bleheri Amazon Sword Plant
# Ceratophyllum demersum Hornwort
# Ceratophyllum demersum var. 'Mexico'
# Bacopa monniera Bacopa
# Bacopa caroliniana
# Hygrophila polysperma
# Hygrophila difformis Water Wisteria
# Ludwigia repens Ludwigia
# Egeria densa Elodea aka Pondweed
# Egeria najas Ditchweed
# Shinnersia rivularis Mexican Oak Leaf Plant
# Sagittaria subulata
# Vallisneria spiralis Vallis
there isnt 25 listed here but there will be 2 or more of each of these plants

 

[Themuleous]

The plant list seems ok, nothing too demanding there. I do however have worries over the optimat CO2. Ive seen that kit and its crap to be brutally honest. For the same money you could get a nutrafin kit which is much better and will give a far more stable CO2, and probably work out cheaper in the long run. The optimat kit requires you to fill it up manually every day, so if you go away the CO2 level will quickly drop and you'll get algae, especially with the level of light you're having. The kit also doesn't allow you to control the amount of CO2 in the water.

Sam