As the title says really. I'm looking at starting a semi planted tank but just wondered what plants were best to start with. I dont want something thats going to die easily, more so something thats rather hardy.
All these plants do well for me (I'm no plant expert and use no special substrate, lights, fertilizer or CO2); vallis, cryptocorynes, Indian fern (also called water wisteria), Java fern and Anubias species (both those last two need to be tied onto wood or rock; they'll die off if you plant them in the substrate).
Elondea densa is another easy one to grow. Although anubias turn up a lot i find them to be a bit of a pain as they are the only place in my tank i seem to get algea.