Approprate Plants for the 90 Gal.

Ems

Ems

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Alright!
I'm getting more and more excited as the days go on, and am now looking at different plants for the 90 Gal. Driftwood also needs to fit in there somewhere.
I'd like tall plants in the back left corner, then medium height plants in from of all the tall ones and short/grass plants for the rest. I'm leaning toward dwarf hair grass for the grasses, but if anyone can think of anything else that would look nice please include pics, scientific and common names! Also some suggestions and pics for the tall and medium plants. Thanks!
-Emily
 
Thanks.
I'm also wondering if anyone has had any luck with any specific plants. Or if there are any that should be avoided completely.
 
How much lighting do you have, is the tank tall or long? For larger background plants corkscrew vals look nice.
 
Corkscrew vals aren't tall enough for your tank, they look nice in front of your background plant possibly. One problem you may encounter with a tall tank is enough lighting to keep the foliage on the lower stems full and nice looking. 260watts is marginal ime and may/may not keep the lower parts of tall plants looking nice. That's probably o.k. since you'll have other plants in front of them that will cover up the bare spots.
Specific plants...
You could try H. polysperma (the "sunset" has nice pink color on upper leaves), H. difformis (a bit lighter green color but fills corners nicely). If you want tall grass types, try Jungle Val, Contortion Val (the larger corkscrew val), or the larger crinium plants. I had a blehri sword in my 90 and it got way too big too! Look at some of the larger Crypts or smaller swords for broadleaf/strap-like leaved plants. Anacharis, Rotala are easy too.
These are just a few and since I don't have all day...I'll stop here. ;)
 
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