10 Gallon Non Co2 Help

[t57spikes]

I have a 10 gallon tank that I want to put live plants in along with 8 Cardinal Tetras and 5 Cory Cats. I dont want to run CO2 and deal with that hassle so what are some good plants that will grow well without CO2, I wouldn't mind dosing Ferts. I will have a sand substrate to plant into. I wanted to run 50/50 Lighting would that work?

 

[JML Aqua]

Why type of lighting do you have? In terms of a low tech set up (no co2) the best plants would be anubius nana, Java fern, anacharis, dwarf sag, jungle Val, and you could pull off some rotala species.


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[t57spikes]

15 watt 18 inch 50/50 florescence lighting.

 

[aqua_chem]

Is there a particular reason you want to run 50/50? It's generally not very good looking with planted tanks, or at the very minimum creates a very unnatural looking tank.

 

[Coursair]

That's too many fish.
Cardinals need more swimming room.
Unless they are pygmy Cories, the Cories will get too big. IMHO

Look at CPDs and C habrosus.


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[theycallmekhan]

You could use Seachem Fluorish Excel. It provides "Co2," and it's a small tank so it should work fine. Besides, using Fluorish would expand your plant options, and it's pretty cheap.