Aquarium plants for 110g tall

AvaS
  • #1
Hi everyone , I need some assistance with my first planted tank. It’s a 110g tall. I have some Amazon sword and Java fern, my swords used to be so big and beautiful but I had a pleco that almost killed them all so they are slowly recovering. I have the LED Fluval smart bar light, no C02. I use root tabs and some liquid ferts. I need help with what else I can plant to make it look more full bc right now it’s so sparse with the small plants and the 11 fish. I replaced the pleco with some ottos that are working on the diatom Algea but they are barely making a dent (note the green Algea back wall too). I need to fill in the space aswell to give obstructed views from each side of the tank as my angels currently can see each other clear across and there isn’t any privacy for anyone in there.

I’m looking for some stupid simple newbie plants that can be weedy and grow tall for the background, I was thinking corkscrew vallisneria? Or does the straight stuff grow bigger and taller?
I’d also like a shorter ground cover for the front of the aquarium that can propagate itself through the gravel and won’t mind the lower light.

I’ll be getting more Amazon Sword for the mid ground.
Any other ideas are welcome! The aquarium is also next to three windows so gets some natural light!
Help me make my beautiful big aquarium be not so ugly!!!
 

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Frank the Fish guy
  • #2
Annubias and Hornwort would be lovely and compatible with your tank.
 

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FishDin
  • #3
Several mini anubias and or buce could be planteded all over the wood.
Anubias comes in several sizes and several diffferent looks.

Sounds like the swords did well for you, so you could try different types. There are red, green, narrow leaf, broad leaf...

Water Sprite grows fast and can fill a tank.
Vallisneria can grow tall ,as can water lillys.

I think a carpet plant will be difficult in a low light tank with the amount of depth you have. 30" I think. You could try some of the small cryptocoprynes. You could also use some of the bigger cryps elsewhere in the tank.

I think more hardscape would help too
 
ProudPapa
  • #4
. . . I’m looking for some stupid simple newbie plants that can be weedy and grow tall for the background, I was thinking corkscrew vallisneria? Or does the straight stuff grow bigger and taller?
I’d also like a shorter ground cover for the front of the aquarium that can propagate itself through the gravel and won’t mind the lower light.

I’ll be getting more Amazon Sword for the mid ground.
Any other ideas are welcome! The aquarium is also next to three windows so gets some natural light!
Help me make my beautiful big aquarium be not so ugly!!!

I have some corkscrew val that reaches the top of my 65 gallon tank and then lays over, so it should be fine. Mexican oak leaf and water wisteria are two others that get tall that you might like, and both are easy plants.

You might also look at bacopa caroliniana (moneywort).
 
VSA
  • #5
You could try bulb plants like crinum calamistratum or crinum thaianum. I have the latter and it grows easy and tall to the point it goes across the top of my tank.
 
Gamer
  • #6
The crinum mentioned are excellent. They can spiral out as grow taller. They are very cool.

Once I had a tiger lotus grow up the surface and bend downward in my 30” tall tank. I just never trimmed that particular one and it grew 30 plus inches.
 

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