What other plants can I get?

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I have a 55 gallon tank with stock lighting, 40 watts. I have regular gravel substrate with a little added laterite. I started with one red cryptocoryne wendtii and now it grew into 5 separate plants. It is doing great! I also have 3 java ferns attached to driftwood and they started growing little daughter plants on the leaves. I add leaf zone liquid iron supplement. I don't use co2 or fancy chemicals. I have a plecostomas, a festivum, severum, and angelfish.

I want to get more plants, because they seem to slow down the algae growth on the large rocks. I was thinking about anubias and some tall sword plant. Would these plants grow in stock lighting? I can get some rich substrate for the sword plant. I just want a tall plant that will hide the filter, that grows in very low lighting, with no co2, and will not get eaten by cichlids.

Thanks.
 
The plants you have are fine and the anubias should be fine as well. The sword plant on the other hand is going to need more light and probably some root tabs as well since they are massive root feeders. With your setup you currently have less than one watt of light per gallon of water that will seriously lmit the possibilities for plants. Maybe try some jungle vals. They do not need a lot of light, they grow quickly, and should do ok in the light that you have.

Marinemom
 
I am curious about the wendtii. What does it look like right now? Are the leaves mottled? And do they have good color?

I would try one of the swords. You seem to have the substrate for them. Make sure to plant them in the brightest part, right under the lights.
 
Swords will not survive much less grow in less then 1 watt of light per gallon of water. They will just turn yellow and brown and be a decaying mess. Better to try other low light plants.

Marinemom
 
I have grown swordplants in .75WPG (a 15W light on a 20g tank) and it did ok and actually had an offshoot and about 3 or 4 little plants that I just put into another tank. Practically no ferts or co2 other than the wast from a crapload of snails and guppies. That was in my 'no-tech' tank for almost 2 years before I recently tore the tank down. Swords are a wide veriety though, I am sure some are more difficult and demanding than others.
 
Yup, but this is the don’t try site. You have to spend thousands of dollars to get the right tube for your DIY co2, otherwise all your plants will die. Some marines just follow orders, some are really much smarter than that.
 
ergo sum said:
Yup, but this is the don’t try site. You have to spend thousands of dollars to get the right tube for your DIY co2, otherwise all your plants will die. Some marines just follow orders, some are really much smarter than that.
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Your apparent sarcasm is not needed. Most people post here looking for answers to the problems they are having in thier tank. That is why we try to help them.

Marinemom
 
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