rjouben
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Now that my aquarium has cycled, and I've won the war on algae, I'm ready to really get my aquascape going. I have an image in my brain as to what I want this to look like, but I need help finding the plants that fit my idea.
You can fit what I know about aquatic plant species on the tip of a needle, and I was hoping you guys could help me pick some more plants.
Here's what I have so far:
Microsorum pteropus x 3
Anubias Barteri var. Nana x 1
Cabomba Caroliniana x 10ish
Here's what I have ordered:
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
Limnophila Aquatica
What I want in the background are plants that have needle-like leaves, are fairly bushy, don't tend to grow to much larger than 30cm, and (the kicker) have white or very pale leaves or leaf tips.
For the foreground/midground I'd like some more suggestions for small broad leaf plants (I think the HC and nana's will do nicely, but variety can't be a bad thing). Maybe some moss balls?
here's a picture of a happy black neon, you can see the nana to the left, java to the right and cabomba in the back.
The tank stats:
20L (30" x 12" x 12")
65W PC 50/50 (10K/460nm) w/LED moon light
Penguin Biowheel 200 (w/PO4 & silicia media added)
100W SS Heater with remote temp probe
Nutrafin Natural Plant System CO2 (the one with the packets)
20lbs EC covered by 20lbs Tahiti Moon Sand substrate
~rj
ps. after writing all this I realized that if spilled the beans my concept, you guys would have better ideas for plants so, ...
think: "Snow-Capped Mountain"
You can fit what I know about aquatic plant species on the tip of a needle, and I was hoping you guys could help me pick some more plants.
Here's what I have so far:
Microsorum pteropus x 3
Anubias Barteri var. Nana x 1
Cabomba Caroliniana x 10ish
Here's what I have ordered:
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
Limnophila Aquatica
What I want in the background are plants that have needle-like leaves, are fairly bushy, don't tend to grow to much larger than 30cm, and (the kicker) have white or very pale leaves or leaf tips.
For the foreground/midground I'd like some more suggestions for small broad leaf plants (I think the HC and nana's will do nicely, but variety can't be a bad thing). Maybe some moss balls?
here's a picture of a happy black neon, you can see the nana to the left, java to the right and cabomba in the back.
The tank stats:
20L (30" x 12" x 12")
65W PC 50/50 (10K/460nm) w/LED moon light
Penguin Biowheel 200 (w/PO4 & silicia media added)
100W SS Heater with remote temp probe
Nutrafin Natural Plant System CO2 (the one with the packets)
20lbs EC covered by 20lbs Tahiti Moon Sand substrate
~rj
ps. after writing all this I realized that if spilled the beans my concept, you guys would have better ideas for plants so, ...
think: "Snow-Capped Mountain"