Plant Suggestions

[This Old Spouse]

Just wondering if there are opinions on the best, easiest plants. I'm also looking for my 15g, also low light.  What I've got now is pennywort, hornwort, elodea and whatever this is: (can't upload pic!!!!)

 

[nurglespuss]

Hi

Is this for a tropical/unheated/temporate aquarium?

In general, java moss, java fern (various types) can be good. Also cabomba (though can be fast growing).

 

[Shaman]

I've got a low-tech setup which has a rather nice Java Fern attached to bog wood (with a few smaller plants dotted around), some Spiral Vallis and some Cabomba. The Cabomba grows like mad.

 

[This Old Spouse]

I was just looking at Cabomba and I like it. i think I like it better than my hornwort, which has a tendency to drop its "leaves" when its not actually floating. Java fern looks nice too.

The tanks I'm wanting to get plants added are a 55g and a 15g, both heated. One has a sand substrate and the 55g is gravel (which SOMEday I'll redo with sand).

 

[fluttermoth]

Vallisneria of all kinds is normally easy to grow as are cryptocorynes. Java ferns (and anubias) are really easy, but need to be tied to a rock or piece of bogwood, as they'll rot if planted in the substrate.

 

[nurglespuss]

A good idea is to type in somethign likt 'starter aquarum plants' into google.

Plant selling websites have 'starter' sets like this:

http/www.seapets.co.uk/products/aquarium-supplies/aquarium-plants-live/aquarium-plant-collections/starter-plant-collection-aquarium-plant.html

Which generally contain a good list of general plants

 

[OldMan47]

Extremely low light and no fertilizers or CO2 sounds like great conditions for java moss to me. The most extreme of my own experiences was to use some in a tank that had no artificial light, no substrate and very few water changes. I set up an emergency tank early in summer for a few livebearers that I had not anticipated getting. I dropped in a handful of java moss just in case they dropped fry and to help with ammonia. The thing was set up on a card table in a room with a single northern exposure window. After 6 months, when I was finally ready to move the fish to a permanent home, I found that I had a nice large clump of java moss that was completely free of algae, not enough light for algae. In fact the clump of java moss was much larger than the original clump I had put into the tank. The stuff is absolutely indestructible, even by a non-plant person like me.