Need a foreground plant!

[himdie]

Hey guys ive got a 40b with dual t5ho lights which leaves me at med/high I think I dose pps pro and metricide and ive had some micro chain sword thats been doing bad since I got it like 6 months ago so im wondering what a good forground plant would be

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[himdie]

Thats my tank currently Ill try and get a pic without the glare later =)

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[nshepler]

Maybe, dwarf sag?


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[rhsoto94]

Staurogyne repens is pretty easy and looks good it grows well in my low tech. bottom left middle


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[himdie]

Hmm thats nice I have crypt red and amazon swords atm o and some wysteria thats growing like weeds

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[azmodan]

Ranalisma Rostrata is an underrated foreground plant. It stays smaller than dwarf sag and carpets fine in medium light, although I've never actually tried it in a lowtech tank. Definitely worth a shot!

 

[himdie]

Hmm I'll blook into that one

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[himdie]

Welps cant dind the ranalisma rostrata anywhere =(

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[himdie]

Heres a better pic

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[Brookster123]

What do you have for bulbs in there? Micro chain sword should not be giving you issues in that tank..

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[himdie]

Yea im stumped too ive got one sun wave and one red wave bulbs both at 39 watts theyre t5ho bulbs ones 12,000k and the other im not sure

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[Brookster123]

I'd ditch that 12k..plants are going to benefit mostly in the 5 - 10k range, 6500k seems to be the sweet spot, although many swear by 5k, I've had success with both..

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[himdie]

Hmmm alright I actually have the 6500k bulb that I was gunna use after the 1200k gave out but I guess thats doin more harm than good

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[Brookster123]

It not doing anything really.. just lighting up your tank..

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[himdie]

Doh thats one fail from my part so I was pretty much running it on 1 bulb

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[himdie]

But in other news I found me a baby cory! When checking out the new bulb lol

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[Brookster123]

Cool! What kind?

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[himdie]

Its a false julii think theyre calles corydora trilinitus or something of that sort theyve been scattering eggs everywhere and my rams always ate em but I guess some made it =)

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[Brookster123]

Sweet, you have to give them a micro chain sword carpet to hide the eggs better

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[himdie]

Haha ive been trying!!! Even put some root tabs under em but they dont wanna carpet! Im gunna try it with the new bulb I just put it on there so now I've got a 65k full spectrum and the red wave which is similar but has more red

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