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Old 01-24-2005, 05:23 PM   #4
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Default Re: Aquatic Plants for a beginner?

Good choices (although the microsword may grow taller than you want if the lighting is low). There are many colors and varieties of crypts. You shouldn't have any problem growing the more common ones in that light (wendtti, spiralis, becketti,undulata). Wisteris and watersprite are easy plants to grow that will use excess nutrients in your tank to help fight off algae. But as AFG said lighting is the only thing you need. CO2 and Nutrients are all key. Potassium, Nitrogen, Phosphates and trace elements are all important too as well as your metals like iron, magnesium, calcium (not a metal) ect...
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