easy plant tank?

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hey i currently have a 10 gallon set up with a sand bottom and floresent lighting set up in the tank
i have cherry barbs and german blue rams

what i would like to know is how hard it would be to put in some plants like java fern i hear is easy to keep. if i added plants like that is there anything special i would need to do in order to keep them alive? maybe if someone could reccomend the best/easyest plants to keep, and what i would need to do in order to have a sucsessful planted tank.
thanks
 
You haven't stated your watts but I think Anubias are a great plant. They are very easy to care for and very undemanding. They even flower from time to time.
 
Java fern is about as hardy and low-light as it gets, so if you stick with them you'll do just fine. Anubias is a good pick, as is java moss.
 
hornwort and water sprites are the easies plants for me.
no luck in keeping moss.. when you have slow growing plants like anubias, make sureyou keep up with water change so the algae doent get it.
 
so far, cabombas have been good for me... i have them growing like crazy in my swordtail pond with no ferts, but with the sun as its lighting..

but i also have cabomba growing in a tank with just about 1 wpg also no ferts

good luck man :dance:
 
Hmmm, cabomba is considered a very high light plant. I wouldn't recommend that one at all. If you put a 15 watt bulb over your 10 g, you can easily grow:

-java moss
-java fern
-anubias
They just attach to driftwood, decorations, and rocks, so a sand substrate would do fine.

Other plants that are 'rooted' may do OK in plain gravel or a richer soil substrate, but may not do as well in sand.
 
Ms.Bubbles said:
Hmmm, cabomba is considered a very high light plant. I wouldn't recommend that one at all. If you put a 15 watt bulb over your 10 g, you can easily grow:

-java moss
-java fern
-anubias
They just attach to driftwood, decorations, and rocks, so a sand substrate would do fine.

Other plants that are 'rooted' may do OK in plain gravel or a richer soil substrate, but may not do as well in sand.
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hmm, i have em for almost 2 years now and i have to cut weekly.. maybe because the sun is coming through? :confused:
 
Java fern and moss, and anubius. Just put them in your tank and you don't have to do anything. They do best when attached to rocks or driftwood with a rubberband or ziptie, after about a month they will attach to whatever you tied them too and you can cut off the rubberband or ziptie. You don't need any special lighting or to do anything special, just put them in.
 
khombre said:
hmm, i have em for almost 2 years now and i have to cut weekly.. maybe because the sun is coming through? :confused:
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Yep that's the reason. Whole different situation when there's sunlight getting in the tank.
 
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