A good foreground plant? - Aquarium Advice

cee219 · 03-08-2008, 01:18 PM

Anyone knows a relatively easy to take care of foreground plant? Preferably generally available?

I might go back to my LFS and order something, they don't have a lot currently.

**Purrbox** · 03-08-2008, 01:58 PM

What kind of lighting do you have? What size aquarium are you planning to put it in? Most foreground plants require high light with good nutrients. One of the few that doesn't is Marsilea sp. (Clover).

cee219 · 03-08-2008, 04:49 PM

I have a ten gallon planted (it's for my soon dwarf puffers).

I have high intensity light that I added and everything has been growing great for the last month. I also use ferts and have flourite gravel so I feel like I could probably take on something...

**Purrbox** · 03-08-2008, 07:36 PM

Can you be more specific about your lighting? How many watts and the bulb type?

cee219 · 03-09-2008, 01:36 AM

I have an incadescent hood actually... so I have two 13 W (I believe) spiral flourescent incadescents that apparently are "60 W" equivilents - or so I was informed. Anyways, they've grown good plants in the last year I've used them.

I have some Red Ludwigia that supposedly needs good lighting that grows like it's on a mission. But maybe that's pretty common.

**Purrbox** · 03-09-2008, 03:24 PM

Okay that would probably put your aquarium somewhere between low and medium low light. As such marsilea sp. is going to be about your only option, unless you get higher wattage bulbs.

03-08-2008, 01:18 PM	#1
cee219 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 97 Images: 1	A good foreground plant? Anyone knows a relatively easy to take care of foreground plant? Preferably generally available? I might go back to my LFS and order something, they don't have a lot currently. __________________ 2g eclipse hood, 1g hex betta, 10g planted (soon: dwarf puffers), 20g empty (soon: guppy mania tank), 29g eclipse hood empty, 55g community tank

03-08-2008, 01:58 PM	#2
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,395	What kind of lighting do you have? What size aquarium are you planning to put it in? Most foreground plants require high light with good nutrients. One of the few that doesn't is Marsilea sp. (Clover). __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

03-08-2008, 04:49 PM	#3
cee219 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 97 Images: 1	I have a ten gallon planted (it's for my soon dwarf puffers). I have high intensity light that I added and everything has been growing great for the last month. I also use ferts and have flourite gravel so I feel like I could probably take on something... __________________ 2g eclipse hood, 1g hex betta, 10g planted (soon: dwarf puffers), 20g empty (soon: guppy mania tank), 29g eclipse hood empty, 55g community tank

03-08-2008, 07:36 PM	#4
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,395	Can you be more specific about your lighting? How many watts and the bulb type? __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

03-09-2008, 01:36 AM	#5
cee219 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 97 Images: 1	I have an incadescent hood actually... so I have two 13 W (I believe) spiral flourescent incadescents that apparently are "60 W" equivilents - or so I was informed. Anyways, they've grown good plants in the last year I've used them. I have some Red Ludwigia that supposedly needs good lighting that grows like it's on a mission. But maybe that's pretty common. __________________ 2g eclipse hood, 1g hex betta, 10g planted (soon: dwarf puffers), 20g empty (soon: guppy mania tank), 29g eclipse hood empty, 55g community tank

03-09-2008, 03:24 PM	#6
Purrbox Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa USA Posts: 5,395	Okay that would probably put your aquarium somewhere between low and medium low light. As such marsilea sp. is going to be about your only option, unless you get higher wattage bulbs. __________________ ~Joy 10 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 5.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - 2.5 Gallon Planted Photo Log - Pico Planted Photo Log

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