Which Plants?

[limeslide]

about 3 months,i currently have 5 searpea tetras,1 male black sword,1 red wag platy,and 1 common pleco.I am planing on giving the searpeas and the pleco to a friend with a 40 gal.The sword will live in a 5 gal and the platy in a 2 1/2 gal.After i complete this mission i want to start a live plant tank,i currently have a corcscrew val and a rotala indica.then i have plans for either 1 clown loach and 3 female bettas.Or 1 clown loach or 5 drarf sunset platys.My Q is that witch option is better and any live plants recomended for a live plant begginer?


there are also tons and tons of snails any help on that.


Also can you guys of fish forum give me advise and a list of low light plants?


Thanks !

p.s : i'm younger than how i post!


Oh and i have a 10 gal this is how it looks like :

 

[Ian H]

well for a start clownloach's should be kept in groups, normally dig up plants and grow to around 12" so no good for your tank sadly. Also the common plec will need a bigger tank than a 40gal but thats a different matter!

Easy plants to start with would be java moss and java fern, you just attach both of them to wood/stone/anything really with cotton and they grow.

As for your age i would guess 10 - 12? sorry if i've offended you though!

 

[aaronnorth]

Welcome to the forum,

take a look here

http/www.fishforums.net/content-page/226...ination/page/0/

 

[limeslide]

kk,




my list:

java fern
moss ball
a smallish val. looking plant
bamboo
and about 5 others

 

[aaronnorth]

what is bamboo? I think that might be non-aquatic. Have you got a link to the plant order/ listing?

 

[limeslide]

well it is a normal bamboo plant that they sale in the water.It's not drowned or fake,it's real bamboo.Not your avarage lucky bamboo(it's a succulant,lucky bamboo)

 

[aaronnorth]

if i took a plant from the garden, stuck it in a fish tank with water and sold it, does that mean it is aquatic? no.

 

[limeslide]

Please don't be mean it's my first "planted tank" ,i thought i was aquatic.TT.TT

 

[aaronnorth]

sorry, not trying to be mean, just proving a point!

 

[limeslide]

well ....kk

my "new" list

1 moss ball
2 java ferns
2 ounces of java moss
1 hornwort
1 banana plant
3 ounces of duckweed
2 others

what i have:

1 corcscrew val
1 rotala incala


is that alright?

 

[aaronnorth]

rotala incala

I presume you mean rotala indica? If so, this will not survive long as it needs high lighting & CO2. Also, banana plants need a fair amount of light.

Apart from them, everything else is fine.

Good luck

 

[limeslide]

um....i have 25 watts,the top of the plant is very lush and green and pearling,but the bottom is very bare.

 

[aaronnorth]

how have you planted it? you should plant 3-5 stems about 3cm apart from each other so light can get to the bottom.
How deep is the tank? Tanks over 24" need stronger lighting to penetrate to the bottom.

 

[limeslide]

it's in a sponge! the tanks is about 8-11 inches deep , i will cut the plant but what do i do with the rest of the plant ,do i throw it away?

 

[aaronnorth]

replant it. just a tip:

cut off the top and it will bush out and produce sideshoots
uproot and cut the bottom off it wil grow straight up.