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Aquarium Advice Newbie
Today I set up a 55 gallon aquarium that I'm using for angelfish. I was wondering what types of live plants I should buy and how I should arrange them.
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As you know, 55s are quite narrow, and all but the small varieties of sword plants simply grow too large for them.
Sad that you pulled out the 'bunched' plant. It was probably a stem plant and rather than just pull it, you could have pruned and/or divided it to continue it's use as a nutrient user. Stem plants are what I would suggest, as well as Cryptocorynes. If you want a nice 'grass' type plant that won't take over the tank, I suggest E. Tenellus, which is a sword but classified as a 'micro sword'. They do need fairly good lighting however, and many of the plants I've mentioned are not S. American, but fit nicely into a 55. For a background plant, Vallisneria is a nice tall plant, that doesn't use a lot of real estate.
try Glossostigma elantinoides