Llama

I have a 160 liter (45 gallon) tank. I haven't finished cycling it yet (haven't started properly to be honest since I haven't bought the NH3 NO2 NO3 tests yet - so basically I want to plant them in the start of the cycle.

The light is a pair of 30W white light tubes which produce a LOT of light (I light up my room with them). pH of the water is 7.5.

I'm looking for hardy plants to fill the aquarium with - the aquarium is going to be mostly filled with livebearers.

Obviously my LFS(s) might not have everything, so a list of recommended plants would be greatly appriciated.

What do you guys recommend?

Jonah

This is my plant bible it has so many ideas and options, you may need to register but its free http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...section=plants

Mind you its a good read as well

Llama

Went to my LFS and asked him for advice.

He gave me a java fern - old faithful

and what he called "Anubias" (Anubias barteri v. barteri is written on a paper)

ADDED: He also suggested I stick the Anubias to a piece of wood, or rock or something, I just put it in the gravel instead.

Opinions?

agabr123

anubias are great but you do need to make sure that the rhizome is NOT underneath the gravel, i have mine tied to driftwood with string, but fishing line works a bit better.

anacharis and java moss work well too

Llama

What's wrong with the rhizome being underneath the gravel?

Hmm, just read something about the rhizome needing light... if i stick it to a plastic decoration, will that suffice?

*sigh* triple post -_-

Here's what I ended up doing. Good enough?

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Lucy

You can use the edit button to add to a post. It's found at the bottom right of your post.

I don't know anything about plants, but it looks nice.

Austin {Aquarist}

Not to contradict agabr but personally i have not had any problems with sticking anubias or java fern in the gravel. I think as long as you don't bury the entire plant it will be ok.

agabr123

you definitely can as long as the rhizome isn't buried