a good beginner plant?

fishfreaks · 02-10-2005, 10:04 PM

what would be a good beginner plant that will not grow like crazy, or need lots of light? weve been thinking about getting a plant or two to help control our nitrates and nitrites

MyraVan · 02-11-2005, 03:51 AM

Java fern. Tie it to a rock, put on bottom of tank, watch it grow (slowly).

**Damon** · 02-11-2005, 09:36 AM

Crypts (lucens, wendtti), Java fern, anubias, Aponogeton (undulata or crispus), java moss, wisteria, watersprite. All easy to grow.

DavidDoyle · 02-11-2005, 09:52 AM

Crypts, while a low light plant, do need gravel ferts which makes them a step up from being simple. The plants that help the most with removing/eating ammonia.trites/trates are the faster growing ones. that doesn't mean the easier low light ones wont help out, just not as much. Generally stem plants are the best ones for this and many can be floated.

fishfreaks · 02-11-2005, 07:54 PM

thanks guys!!

FISHFACE · 03-20-2005, 09:05 PM

Will

Java Fern with algae growth help keep ammonia's down?

MyraVan · 03-21-2005, 05:53 AM

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Will Java Fern with algae growth help keep ammonia's down?

Probably not. You need fast-growing plants to keep ammonia down. Java Fern grows quite slowly! And I don't think the algae will help much either.

MyraVan · 03-21-2005, 04:03 PM

Sorry, that wasn't a very helpful post. Floating plants are your best bet for bringing down ammonia (and thus nitrite and nitrate). Floating plants have access to the best light, and to atmospheric carbon dioxide, and they don't need a special substrate. For hard water, hornwort is hard to beat, but it doesn't grow well in soft water. For soft water, perhaps water sprite would work.

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DavidDoyle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 89 Posts: 497	Re: a good beginner plant? Crypts, while a low light plant, do need gravel ferts which makes them a step up from being simple. The plants that help the most with removing/eating ammonia.trites/trates are the faster growing ones. that doesn't mean the easier low light ones wont help out, just not as much. Generally stem plants are the best ones for this and many can be floated.

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MyraVan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 864	Re: a good beginner plant? Sorry, that wasn't a very helpful post. Floating plants are your best bet for bringing down ammonia (and thus nitrite and nitrate). Floating plants have access to the best light, and to atmospheric carbon dioxide, and they don't need a special substrate. For hard water, hornwort is hard to beat, but it doesn't grow well in soft water. For soft water, perhaps water sprite would work.

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