Would Any Of These Be Ok?

[steph1988]

so i was looking on a website called Java
I have heard mixed reviews and know that the plants often arrive looking less than impressive.
However for the price you can't really complain.

Anyhow I am looking at the "packs" of plants they sell.
I havent any fish as yet and wanted to experiment with the whole planting thing and see what i can manage to grow without the fish first. dont want to be disturbing them by yanking dead plants out etc.

So one of the sets they sell includes these plants.
I don't want to just throw money away, but at the same time, the cost of plants out there means that i cant be buying lots of plants to kill. thought id see what happened with some cheap ones first.

i planted some that i bought from my LFS already today, but im looking into getting this.

without CO2 and with only basic lighting and little knowledge, will any of these grow or am i just throwing the money away?

thanks in advance

30 inch TROPICAL PLANT COLLECTION
(75 plants)

5 x Echinodorus Tennellus
5 x Hygrophilia Polysperma
5 x Red Ludwigia
5 x Ambulia Aquatica
5 x Bacopa Monniera
5 x Red Ivy
5 x Diplis Diandra
5 x Vallis Torta
5 x Elodea Densa
5 x Hairgrass
5 x Bacopa Caroliniana
5 x Pygmy Chain Sword
5 x Cabomba Aquatica
5 x Vallis Corkscrew sml
5 x Sagittaria Subulta

 

[BackToTheFishes]

I got this collection too,and with the exception of the red ones,all grew very well

 

[steph1988]

I got this collection too,and with the exception of the red ones,all grew very well

that's great, thank you
shall go for it and see what happens
as long as at least some do ok, it doesn't matter lol.

 

[stevereade]

I bought most of my first plants from Java and a few of them are in your collection and they all grew great.

 

[steph1988]

that's great, thank you
i shall order them next week then
can't wait til my (oops, i mean my son's ) tank looks full and healthy hehe

 

[stevereade]

Cool, what's your lighting? Most of them will do fine with low lighting but a few will look fantastic with high light, CO2 and ferts.

 

[steph1988]

Cool, what's your lighting? Most of them will do fine with low lighting but a few will look fantastic with high light, CO2 and ferts.

ermmm, not sure on the lighting, it's a juwel rio (the 4foot one) and has the light that came with it.
i bought it second hand so i don't have any idea lol.
asked the guy when i bought some plants from my LFS and he gave me a bottle of "the best" apparantly. it was only £5 for a hundred ml bottle so i guess it doesnt really qualify as the best (to fertilise my 30gallon tank i had to use 50mls)

i have decided not to dabble into the whole co2 thing until i've got a bit more knowledge, just getting my head around ammonia, nitrites and nitrates has confused me enough LOL