Suggestions for tall, dense plants

[NJ Devils Fan]

Can anyone give me some suggestions for tall dense background plants? I just threw all of my anacharis out because it was basically dead.(My tank went for about 2 and a half weeks without CO2 because the heater that was in the bucket of water with the CO2 bottles broke and it wasn't hot enough for the mixture to ferment.) I cut all of the dead amazon sword leaves and the tank looks kind of bare.

[TomFromStLouis]

A good portion of my background is now Bacopa. Looks like a dense kelp forest, only not as kelpy. ;)

[Raithan Ellis]

Vallisnaria sp. can be a moderately dense plant if left go on a section of substrate. Great environment for compressed fish like angelfish and discus.

[Captain Hook]

Nearly half of my background is ludwigia repens and it is a fairly tall and dense plant. I've found it to be easy to grow and requiring low light levels. Obviously the more light the more red but I have grown it in less than 1 watt per gallon.

Also very bushy is limnophila aquatica. I just recently added it to my tank but is very thick and nice looking. I've also made fairly tall thick bunches with rotala indica, which grows really fast.

[Starry]

Try the Hygrophila or Limnophila species.

[Leopardess]

Wisteria.

For a grassy look, I adore my Cryptocoryne retrospiralis.

[beviking]

Hey budeeeeeeee. Hygro polysperma or Sunset hygro fill in space quickly as does H. difformis (wisteria). From the looks of things, I'll need to trim some of all of the above withing the month. If you'd like some let me know.

Bill
p.s. Just put on a new set of hoses. Just thought you might want to know.:)

[NJ Devils Fan]

Yea, sure, that would be great. I need tall ones desperately. My LFS doesn't ever have many different plants. How are those hoses working out for ya?

Check your pm.

[NJ Devils Fan]

No one would happen to have any extra vals would they?:emb:

[promethean_sprk]

I have didiplis growing in my background, it's over 30" long and very bushy, but it took a few months to get that tall. I recently got Potamogeton (ssp) from albany aquariaum. In their show tank it has 6" long .5" wide leaves that float vertically from a stem every couple inches. From a distance it looks like some sort of vals, but up close you can see it's a stem plant. Since it's a stem plant it'll probably fill in fairly quickly compared to vals and especially crypts. One of the cuttings I got also had some sort of flower stamen that looks like the center of an anubias flower so I expect more of those.

I broke off a piece with one node and buried it, now there's a small plant there, so the stuff is quite hardy and suitable for a beginner. Apearantly it also sends out runners that make new plants every few inches.

I don't know what subspecies it is, there is one called p. crispus that is mentioned for aquaria, but mine has straight long leaves.

[Julia]

I have Limnophila sessiliflora along the back of my tank. Very fine leaves that hide everything and it grows like crazy; I have to trim it every week, cut off the top half & replant in the substrate. The cut stem gets bushy & the replant races for the surface again. Looks very cool as the rosettes of tiny leaves at the top of each stem close up at night. I have about 1.5 WPG and no added CO2. I love it.

I got it at aquarium gardens (http://www.aquariumgarden.com/index.php?doc_base=plant_info.php&plantid=bp003) for very cheap, quick service too, no rotting leaves or anything like that either. :)

[beviking]

Check your pm. Might have some corkscrew vals by then too! If you want 'em.;)