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Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:05 pm
by EliWhitney314
Well I want to have a planted tank and I want it to look good. Here is a picture of my tank now.
and just for the heck of it
here is a link to some of the plants I was interested in.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16604
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:08 pm
by EliWhitney314
What plants would you put in there and where? There are so many options with the driftwood.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:26 pm
by plurmaster
get some cotton strings and tight javae ferns,moss,annubias onto the driftwood. It seems like you are running out of space for your puffer to burrow under then sand.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:08 pm
by EliWhitney314
true.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:17 pm
by flash.dan
i would suggest smaller spices of wood and more peices or plant java fern onto the existing bogwood.... usually i would put more sand especially with a cute suvatti 1.5-2" will be great so she can get lost in all the sand

Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:25 pm
by EliWhitney314
I actually have another bag of sand I need to put in there.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:40 pm
by Neurotic
If you kept that big piece of wood in there I would go with the Narrow Leaf Java fern in the background, Flame moss on the wood, and for the fourground I am not sure if I would. only cause your puffer likes to be buried
LOVE that wood btw, if I had that piece in my tank I would have dont soo many different thigns with my tank.
Looking forward to seeing your progress
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:13 am
by EliWhitney314
why thank you
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:25 am
by taureandragon76
Neurotic wrote:If you kept that big piece of wood in there I would go with the Narrow Leaf Java fern in the background, Flame moss on the wood, and for the fourground I am not sure if I would. only cause your puffer likes to be buried
LOVE that wood btw, if I had that piece in my tank I would have dont soo many different thigns with my tank.
Looking forward to seeing your progress
I agree, also instead of narrow leaf java you could try to find needle leaf. That piece of driftwood you got there would look sweet with java and moss tied to it. Or some annubia's
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:11 pm
by EliWhitney314
Sounds good. I can't wait to get the plants I ordered.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:40 pm
by EliWhitney314
does anyone have experience with star moss?
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:22 pm
by taureandragon76
http://www.bcaquaria.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19648
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=137631
Sounds like star moss is non aquatic
Check out this link for different types of mosses. IMO the nicest are x-mas, Taiwan, weeping, flame, fissidens and pellia.
http://www.aquamoss.net/Moss-List.htm
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:22 am
by EliWhitney314
Well I will try and grow it and see what happens, since I already bought it. The picture showed it underwater so I hope it is possible. But I also got flame and java moss.
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:13 pm
by TobiasRieper
plurmaster wrote:get some cotton strings and tight javae ferns,moss,annubias onto the driftwood. It seems like you are running out of space for your puffer to burrow under then sand.
Not to hijack this thread, but I have a quik question. Can you attach java fern to other decor besides wood?
Re: Low light Planted Tank
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:27 pm
by EliWhitney314
Well I got some plants today. And 20 neon tetras, my suvatti doesn't seem interested. He still hasn't eaten any ghost shrimp yet. He has eaten krill though. I figure a few neon tetras would liven up the tank a bit, and if they become dinner so be it.