Advice for a new tank?

[DarkSoul]

As I've mentioned other places, I've pretty much just finished setting up my daughters tank.

It isn't cycled yet, But I would like to get some plants for it, before getting fish.


The lid doesn't have a strong light, So I will probably end up buying a new bulb a short while down the road. Right now it just has a generic eclipse 24" 18W fluroescent tube.

Lighting upgrades and CO2 aren't options right now.


So what kind of plants could I put in there to give it some "life" that wont require TONS of light, or be hard to keep alive.

I'd also like to avoid complicated fertilizing regimes right now too, so keeping the whole thing simple is a must.

Its a 35g tank, with blue gravel.

 

[shaggbark]

Anubias...........any kind. I have them in my low light tank and they look beautiful and the fish leave them alone. I have a really pretty broad leaf one. I also have java fern and lace java fern but I don't think they look as nice. HTH, Michelle

 

[DarkSoul]

id like something bushy as well, so the fish can swim about in the plants.

 

[Kyohti]

For bushy, I'd go with hygrophila. You can't freakin' kill the stuff unless you toss it in a lightless cupboard for a month or something... it grows like mad-crazy, though, so you'll have to trim it back every now and again. My neons and my betta LOVE the stuff.

http://www.akvariumas.lt/augalai/acanthaceae/Hygrophila_polysperma_big.jpg

 

[wataugachicken]

hornwort is very easy to grow, sometimes about an inch a day (my new tank, no ferts, barely any nitrate or anything from fish, and less than 1 watt per gallon). i think the biggest problem with a 10g would be having to trim it too often. also, after time it will get kind of bushy and spiny at the bottom (like a pine tree) and catches a lot of mulm.

 

[Marinemom]

Java moss tied to a piece of driftwood is a good idea too. This requires no maintenance and is very easy to take care of. I have even had it grow in the dark so it does not need a lot of light.

Marinemom

 

[DarkSoul]

hornwort is very easy to grow, sometimes about an inch a day (my new tank, no ferts, barely any nitrate or anything from fish, and less than 1 watt per gallon). i think the biggest problem with a 10g would be having to trim it too often. also, after time it will get kind of bushy and spiny at the bottom (like a pine tree) and catches a lot of mulm.

my daughters tank is 35g