36 Gallon Bowfront Low-Tech Planted Tank

[gsbrawley]

Just started my first planted tank. Low lights, low tech.

 

[TMaier]

Very pretty.

 

[limnologist]

are you going to try a plant carpet?

 

[Bert2oo1]

Nice looking tank, should look great when the left grows out
I'd go a carpet aswell for the mid ground. Maybe Monte Carlo or HC Cuba? Pretty sure both of those are fine in low light.

 

[gsbrawley]

I didn't think a low light carpet was possible, but I'll look into the Monte Carlo and HC Cuba and think about adding a carpet. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Khuligirl93]

Looks great! I love that huge sword. Unfortunately, I highly doubt a carpet plant would do well in that low of light, especially shaded by the sword. Dwarf Vals are a lower light requiring plant that sort of creates a grassy carpet effect. Only problem is that in lower light they tend to grow taller, and in stronger light stay shorter. I had a bunch in an extremely high light 10g and they stayed about 3" tall, then when I swapped the light for a lower wattage and removed the CO2, they grew to the surface.