20 gallon plant recommendations

[SuperSword48]

I have a 20 gallon with 10 Pygmy cories, 10 harlequin rasboras and 2 thick lip gourami. My rasboras seem a little stressed and I wanted to give them some more foliage. I use thrive c and currently have 3 Java germs, hornwort, Anubias and Java moss. It’s a low tech tank with no co2. Any plant recommendations?

 

[BruinAquatics]

Jungle Vallsneria, amazon swords and frogbit
Throw in some rootabs in the substrate for the first two and ur good

 

[Takingtulips]

I have a 20 gallon with 10 Pygmy cories, 10 harlequin rasboras and 2 thick lip gourami. My rasboras seem a little stressed and I wanted to give them some more foliage. I use thrive c and currently have 3 Java germs, hornwort, Anubias and Java moss. It’s a low tech tank with no co2. Any plant recommendations?

I personally LOVE floating plants my Gourami’s loved playing in the roots of frog bit. I also really like all the Anubia species because they’re very low maintenance.

 

[SuperSword48]

Jungle Vallsneria, amazon swords and frogbit
Throw in some rootabs in the substrate for the first two and ur good

This is a rather noob question but could you explain root tabs to me? Why can’t the plants use the water column like Java fern?

 

[Analisemcg]

This is a rather noob question but could you explain root tabs to me? Why can’t the plants use the water column like Java fern?

I think they meant tabs for stuff like root feeding plants that get their nutrients from your substrate.

 

[BruinAquatics]

This is a rather noob question but could you explain root tabs to me? Why can’t the plants use the water column like Java fern?

Root tabs are granules of nutrients that contain macros and micros (dependents on the brand).

Plants like Vallsenria, Amazon Swords, Crypts, Stem plants like rotala's and ludwigias, carpeting plants like dwarf hairgrass and monte carlo are all plants that primarily take their nutrients through their roots in the substrate.

Because of this, we need to supply them with nutrients that the roots will suck up. Plants like Annubias and Java fern and bacopa typically take in nutrients from the water column through either their leaves or their roots (if the plant is does not have a planted rhizome) hence the usage of liquid fertilizer.

Root tabs wise I usually use Seachem Flourish Rootabs. API root tabs are also good root tabs but they contain more macro nutrients like nitrogen, and for the tank that I use rootabs in is overstocked so it doesn't call for an excess of nitrogen. Flourish Rootabs are rich in Micronutrients such as Iron and pottasium which is what my tank needs.

 

[SuperSword48]

Root tabs are granules of nutrients that contain macros and micros (dependents on the brand).

Plants like Vallsenria, Amazon Swords, Crypts, Stem plants like rotala's and ludwigias, carpeting plants like dwarf hairgrass and monte carlo are all plants that primarily take their nutrients through their roots in the substrate.

Because of this, we need to supply them with nutrients that the roots will suck up. Plants like Annubias and Java fern and bacopa typically take in nutrients from the water column through either their leaves or their roots (if the plant is does not have a planted rhizome) hence the usage of liquid fertilizer.

Root tabs wise I usually use Seachem Flourish Rootabs. API root tabs are also good root tabs but they contain more macro nutrients like nitrogen, and for the tank that I use rootabs in is overstocked so it doesn't call for an excess of nitrogen. Flourish Rootabs are rich in Micronutrients such as Iron and pottasium which is what my tank needs.

Thank you, that was very informative. I have an overstocked tank as well, do I need to worry about crowding when adding plants?