Good Begginner Live Plants

[fishkeeper35]

i plan on soon replacing my fake plants with live ones

it has completed the cycle

im looking for plants that are easy to care for and dont have any specific lighting requirements

my substrate is small-medium sized gravel

please give me some ideas for the foreground background and corners

it currently has 3 decorations 1 which is an bubbler

i have 7 danios along with 1 mystery snail in thier right now
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[Aqua Tom]

Cabomba, Java Fern, Crypts & Anubis are all easy to grow & require no special lighting. Vallis is said to be easy but i found it far from easy, you may be luckier.




Crypts ~ forground

Java moss ~ forground

Anubis ~ midground

Java Fern ~ midground or background depending on what type you get.

Cabomba ~ background & a great general space filler

Vallis ~ Background


Hope this helps

~Tom~

 

[waterdrop]

Agree with Tom's good list. Any number of Echinodorus types (swords) are easy too, although they appreciate root feeding, as do Crypts.

All plants have specific lighting requirements (we just often don't know much about what they are, lol) so perhaps you were thinking more of not having "high" lighting requirements, which would better fit the list we are talking about.

But what does "low-light" mean? One common generalization used for years is "between 1 and 2 watts/USgallon" but this banks on the efficiency of the traditional T8(1" diameter) and T12 tubes that were the mainstay of the hobby for years. In recent years higher efficiency fluorescent (T5HO etc.) and even LED lighting have come along and don't fit this little guideline.

Sticking with T8 type numbers, 1.5w/g or thereabouts really is a nice "push" for a tank you are running on low-light technique. Getting close to 2w/g or above makes it harder and harder to not have algae problems considering that lack of CO2 you will be facing.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[fishkeeper35]

is hairgrass easy or hard?
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also i am talking about general requirements

i will be probally be getting some fertilizer and switching subsrate to soil and then a layer of sand




thanks aquatom and waterdrop

Agree with Tom's good list. Any number of Echinodorus types (swords) are easy too, although they appreciate root feeding, as do Crypts.

All plants have specific lighting requirements (we just often don't know much about what they are, lol) so perhaps you were thinking more of not having "high" lighting requirements, which would better fit the list we are talking about.

But what does "low-light" mean? One common generalization used for years is "between 1 and 2 watts/USgallon" but this banks on the efficiency of the traditional T8(1" diameter) and T12 tubes that were the mainstay of the hobby for years. In recent years higher efficiency fluorescent (T5HO etc.) and even LED lighting have come along and don't fit this little guideline.

Sticking with T8 type numbers, 1.5w/g or thereabouts really is a nice "push" for a tank you are running on low-light technique. Getting close to 2w/g or above makes it harder and harder to not have algae problems considering that lack of CO2 you will be facing.

~~waterdrop~~

excactly what im talking about

low lighting