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Originally Posted by shade2dope
I knew i couldnt do much with it.I Will get that filter and light.I need some help with plants I dont want much maybe some grass like plant and somthing for the backround.Sorry I cant find names.I been trying to look but my computer is messing up.Is there any plants like this in the low light category?I cant really get plants around here.Where do you get yours?
Edit:I was looking for some plants and found dwarf hair grass.It says to be a med. light plant which would work for me and still wont have to replace light.Not sure but I belive the lighting is 6w so 2 watts to gallon.Now i just need a background plant.
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I get my plants online. Some places I've ordered from are
http://www.aquariumplants.com .
http://www.aquabotanic.com, and
http://www.aquabid.com.
Another challenge for small tanks is finding small plants.
There aren't a ton of small low light plants, really. Anubias nana and nana 'petite' are 2 that would work. You'd have more choices with higher light.
Dwarf Hairgrass is actually a high light plant in my experience. 6w over a 3g is very low light though......you can't use the watt per gallon rule on small tanks. They actually need more light. You should be looking at around 20w or so for dwarf hairgrass and you'll want to use DIY CO2 and ferts to make it happy.
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Originally Posted by shade2dope
Sagittaria subulata is also one that I like.With these too would the light on there be ok(I like the clean look of the eclipse)?Would I need ferts or aqua soil for this set up.Also is http://www.aquariumplants.com a good place to get plants? nm May have to find somthing local does petsmart ect carry these |
Dwarf Sag (Sag. subulata) would work. Some of its leaves can get kind of tall though. A better choice would be E. tenellus. Actually though, I wouldn't try to grow either under 6w. You still need more lighting. You shouldn't need to dose ferts though and you don't have to have Aquasoil.
I've never seen Dwarf Sag at Petsmart.
Honestly, Eclipse tanks don't make good planted tanks because they just don't come with enough light IMO. So, if you aren't willing to get a desk lamp, then you should get some Anubias nana and maybe some Anacharis.