Plants growing funny (:

[RenC]

You don't need CO2 or fancy lighting to have a planted tank! Mine is only a cheap £28 light from amazon, some root tabs and a cheap liquid fertiliser, but I set this tank up August 25th, and I'm pretty pleased with plant growth in that space of time
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Oh and this is my tank currently any suggestions would be nice for plants! All plants in the background are fake currently

 

[heatherpooreks]

You don't need CO2 or fancy lighting to have a planted tank! Mine is only a cheap £28 light from amazon, some root tabs and a cheap liquid fertiliser, but I set this tank up August 25th, and I'm pretty pleased with plant growth in that space of time
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What are the plants on the left?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

What are the plants on the left?

The tall ones at the back left are limnophilia sessiliflora, super easy and very fast growing, love it! At the front left is rotala bonsai

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Oh wow that looks amazing! I definitely think I’ll start adding some more live plants. 50% of my plants now are live and hopefully I can get that up to 100%! Any recommendations for low light and hard water? I do have some fert and liquid co2 if that helps

It's really late here so I have to get to bed, but I'll talk your ear off about it tomorrow, promise
Most plants seem to like hard water, mine is pretty hard at 253ppm, and the plants flourish. Avoid liquid CO2, it's not really liquid CO2, and can be harmful, and definitely isn't needed. Ferts usually help though.

Anubius, java fern, any of the mosses like java, christmas, weeping or spiky moss do well in low light conditions, and cryptocorynes are also a great low-tech plant that will manage in most any tank, with a huge variety of species available.


Firstly though, I'd recommend a floating plant of some sort! Fish really like the cover it provides, makes them feel safer, open water is dangerous to fish, 'cos they don't know that there are no predators in our tanks Also great for sucking up ammonia and nitrates. I'd avoid duckweed, 'cos that stuff is a nightmare, but frogbit (in my photo) water lettuce, salvinia or red root floaters are all good.

Lots of other great plants out there too, have a browse and see what appeals! Look for beginner friendly plants, and most lists will be plants that you can grow in most tanks with some root tabs and ferts, no special lights or CO2 needed

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Oh and this is my tank currently any suggestions would be nice for plants! All plants in the background are fake currently View attachment 119464

Looking good! Some live plants will only help though!

You have some lovely looking guppies too that I'd love to see closer photos of too, I bought a platinum white male guppy once and loved him, but he passed after a few days But I'm drawn to blues too, ended up breeding lots of blues, but have yellows at the moment that just dropped 38 fry.

 

[corylover5]

Oh and this is my tank currently any suggestions would be nice for plants! All plants in the background are fake currently View attachment 119464

I would get an Amazon Sword. They are one of my favorite plants because they are pretty hard to kill, they look great, and they grow fast!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

It's really late here so I have to get to bed, but I'll talk your ear off about it tomorrow, promise
Most plants seem to like hard water, mine is pretty hard at 253ppm, and the plants flourish. Avoid liquid CO2, it's not really liquid CO2, and can be harmful, and definitely isn't needed. Ferts usually help though.

Anubius, java fern, any of the mosses like java, christmas, weeping or spiky moss do well in low light conditions, and cryptocorynes are also a great low-tech plant that will manage in most any tank, with a huge variety of species available.


Firstly though, I'd recommend a floating plant of some sort! Fish really like the cover it provides, makes them feel safer, open water is dangerous to fish, 'cos they don't know that there are no predators in our tanks Also great for sucking up ammonia and nitrates. I'd avoid duckweed, 'cos that stuff is a nightmare, but frogbit (in my photo) water lettuce, salvinia or red root floaters are all good.

Lots of other great plants out there too, have a browse and see what appeals! Look for beginner friendly plants, and most lists will be plants that you can grow in most tanks with some root tabs and ferts, no special lights or CO2 needed

(that's Adora when she has to go to bed and doesn't want to talk your ear off)

Do some reading on "low tech planted aquariums." Lots of good info out there. None of my tanks have used CO2 or fert tabs, and I've had pretty good success. It would probably be worth upgrading your light, as "low light" severely limits your options. But even at that there are fairly inexpensive options available.

 

[RenC]

What are the plants on the left?

Tbh I know but I can’t think of them right now, the tall one is fake though

 

[RenC]

It's really late here so I have to get to bed, but I'll talk your ear off about it tomorrow, promise
Most plants seem to like hard water, mine is pretty hard at 253ppm, and the plants flourish. Avoid liquid CO2, it's not really liquid CO2, and can be harmful, and definitely isn't needed. Ferts usually help though.

Anubius, java fern, any of the mosses like java, christmas, weeping or spiky moss do well in low light conditions, and cryptocorynes are also a great low-tech plant that will manage in most any tank, with a huge variety of species available.


Firstly though, I'd recommend a floating plant of some sort! Fish really like the cover it provides, makes them feel safer, open water is dangerous to fish, 'cos they don't know that there are no predators in our tanks Also great for sucking up ammonia and nitrates. I'd avoid duckweed, 'cos that stuff is a nightmare, but frogbit (in my photo) water lettuce, salvinia or red root floaters are all good.

Lots of other great plants out there too, have a browse and see what appeals! Look for beginner friendly plants, and most lists will be plants that you can grow in most tanks with some root tabs and ferts, no special lights or CO2 needed

Thank you!

 

[RenC]

I would get an Amazon Sword. They are one of my favorite plants because they are pretty hard to kill, they look great, and they grow fast!

I definitely will!

 

[RenC]

Looking good! Some live plants will only help though!

You have some lovely looking guppies too that I'd love to see closer photos of too, I bought a platinum white male guppy once and loved him, but he passed after a few days But I'm drawn to blues too, ended up breeding lots of blues, but have yellows at the moment that just dropped 38 fry.

My little psychos wouldn’t stay still enough for a good picture! They thought it was feeding time (;

 

[AtomicFish]

they are so cute.