Foreground plants

eon17 · 04-27-2007, 06:00 PM

What are some good low light foreground plant gor my 55g?i was some that are a few inches tall but not crypts or sags

**JustOneMore20** · 04-27-2007, 06:16 PM

Most foreground/groundcover plants need atleast medium light, with alot of them needing high light. Your best bet would be Dwarf Sag, although you say you don't want that. I can't think of anything else that would work.

**Damon** · 04-28-2007, 10:24 AM

Exactly. Echoing my thoughts

**JustOneMore20** · 04-28-2007, 10:34 AM

I have a thought.

Marsilea minuta/quadrifolia can grow in low light and it is a small ground covering plant. It will grow very very slow though. I've read that a nutrient substrate is good for this plant. I don't think it will thrive in low light though and would do much better in medium. I still think your best bet is dwarf sag.

**Damon** · 04-28-2007, 01:38 PM

The problem with aquatic clover is it grows tall in lower light setups and does not look good at all.

MyraVan · 04-29-2007, 02:27 PM

You could get some Java moss and tie it to long thin branches.

Or get a bunch of those moss balls.

I have bought Java fern Windelov a couple of times. It always comes to me very tall, but then the tall leaves die and the rhizome sprouts small leaves, only a few inches long, so that's another option.

Anyway, what's wrong with dwarf sag and crypts? OK, dwarf sag is boring, despite being amazingly easy to grow, but a good established bed of crypts is beautiful.

swordtailbreedr · 04-29-2007, 03:18 PM

they are to expensive for me getting enought for my 55g would be like 80 bucks

**Damon** · 04-30-2007, 12:00 PM

To plant sag for a foreground in a 55 would coust less than $15.00. Crypts would be a little more (less than 30).

swordtailbreedr · 04-30-2007, 02:49 PM

not from petstores in my area!

goodie · 04-30-2007, 09:25 PM

Buy a few now, a few later, a few down the road.... by then they will have started to spread and you won't have to buy as many as you thought you did in the begining.

MyraVan · 05-01-2007, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodie

by then they will have started to spread and you won't have to buy as many as you thought you did in the begining.

Especially if it's dwarf sag!

Another alternative is buying online -- plants travel well through the mail. I get almost all my aquatic plants via the net.

swordtailbreedr · 05-01-2007, 09:11 PM

where have u had good experiances?

04-27-2007, 06:00 PM	#1
eon17 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: kansas Posts: 151	Foreground plants What are some good low light foreground plant gor my 55g?i was some that are a few inches tall but not crypts or sags

04-27-2007, 06:16 PM	#2
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,614	Most foreground/groundcover plants need atleast medium light, with alot of them needing high light. Your best bet would be Dwarf Sag, although you say you don't want that. I can't think of anything else that would work. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

04-28-2007, 10:24 AM	#3
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Exactly. Echoing my thoughts __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

04-28-2007, 10:34 AM	#4
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,614	I have a thought. Marsilea minuta/quadrifolia can grow in low light and it is a small ground covering plant. It will grow very very slow though. I've read that a nutrient substrate is good for this plant. I don't think it will thrive in low light though and would do much better in medium. I still think your best bet is dwarf sag. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

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04-29-2007, 02:27 PM	#6
MyraVan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 864	You could get some Java moss and tie it to long thin branches. Or get a bunch of those moss balls. I have bought Java fern Windelov a couple of times. It always comes to me very tall, but then the tall leaves die and the rhizome sprouts small leaves, only a few inches long, so that's another option. Anyway, what's wrong with dwarf sag and crypts? OK, dwarf sag is boring, despite being amazingly easy to grow, but a good established bed of crypts is beautiful.

04-29-2007, 03:18 PM	#7
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	they are to expensive for me getting enought for my 55g would be like 80 bucks

04-30-2007, 12:00 PM	#8
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	To plant sag for a foreground in a 55 would coust less than $15.00. Crypts would be a little more (less than 30). __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	not from petstores in my area!

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