Plants for a new 29 gallon tank.

[redgryphen]

I'm a newbie trying to set up a brand new 29 gallon tank and need plant advice.

I will have a Nova Extreme 30" 2x24W T5 fixture on top. I've been looking around at "plant packages" since I don't know all too much about aquarium plants and came across a "easy life" package that looks pretty good to me.

It includes:

• 2 Anacharis
• 4 Rotala indica
• 3 Blood Stargrass
• 6 Japanese Fans
• 3 Dwarf Lily Plants
• 15 Dwarf Onions
• 2 Ambulia
• 15 Tall Sagittaria subulata
• 2 medium red-spot Ozelot swords
• 15 Crypt Walkeri
• 4 Java Ferns

That's a total of 71 plants. I want a pretty lush tank, but I don't know if this package will over-crowd the tank. There is a smaller package that only has 34 plants (which doesn't have the Rotala indica or Blood Stargrass included).

I'd like your thoughts and ideas.

 

[Crepe]

It won't be overgrown. I do see a lack of foreground plants though; just a bunch of mid/back. When you're talking about those individual stem plants you're only getting like 1 stem. You could probably get M. quadrafolia for a med light foreground plant.

 

[redgryphen]

Those look pretty cool. I might mix something like those with some dwarf hairgrass in the foreground.http://www.aquabotanicstore.com/product_p/pf107.htm

 

[HeathB]

+1 on the quadrifolia. Its one of the easier foreground plants, and its really taking off in my 10g which only has 26 watts of spiral flourescent.