Kevin

now all i need to know is what i can get
tank stats:
ph-7.4
fairly hard water(i'm on a well)
low lighting (18watts on a 29 gal.)

i was thinking java moss on the driftwood, a tall plant for the back, some anacharis for a corner, and a broadleaved plant (i.e. tiger lotus)

any other suggestions are welcome

ps. a pic of my tank is in my gallery

Neil

Im using .75w/gall and my plants doing fine (power glo bulb) Amazon swords, Anubias, Java fern and Bacopa doing well. The Bacopa is growing 1-2ml/day. (also have very hard water)

Kevin

went to my lfs today!
here's what i got...and pics
1-anacharis
1-pygmy chain sword (it's not very "pygmy")
1-corkscrew val.
1-java lace
1 free bunch of java moss

PICTURES
#1 whole tank
#2 left side of tank
#3 right side of tank
#4 new driftwood w/ java moss and java fern

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Kevin

will be adding some anubias nana to the middle, where the hornwort is now, as soon as i find some

depending on how this corkscrew val. does in my lighting, i might get another bunch or 2 when i get my new lighting

will also be upgrading my lighting, here are my 2 choices
1) get a Flora-Gro 20w bulb
2) get a new double strip fixture w/ 2 17w bulbs (total of 34w)

Neil

Looks Nice

Kevin

Kevin

does my water look cloudy to anyone?
i noticed it getting a little cloudy the past couple days...did a 25% wc yeterday, but that didnt help any...could it be my lighting...i bet not having a background makes it show more

ninilie

Looks great. Good Job.

What did you use to make them stay in place? Im always curious how people set up such lovely planted tanks.

Kevin

most of my plants are rooted, the java fern and java moss will root to my driftwood, the anacharis has a "plant holder" that keeps it weighted down
...its pretty simple, you just have to know which plants will grow well with the type of lighting you have

Neil

the cloudiness can be gotten rid of by using purigen in the filter medium. takes a day or 2 to rid of it.

Isabella

Kevin, it looks so beautiful I really wish you best of luck with your plants, but I just wanted to say that Vallinserias and Pygmy Chain Swords may not do well in the long term under 0.6 wpg of lighting. I mean, maybe they will, but don't be surprised if they don't. But to give you some hope, I did grow Amazon Swords for about a year under similar low lighting, so what do you know, it may work

Kevin

i'm upgrading my lighting for christmas...getting a new fixture that will give me around 1.5w per gal. hopefully that will be enough