Liz, etal...

[Mugwump]

What kind of plants are you growing in your 'planted' tank(s) ? 

[LizStreithorst]

In the 125 rainbow tank I have an amazon sword, a lot of Anubis glued to driftwood, a lot of Java fern glued to driftwoon. 5 stems of corkscrew val, micro sword,  dwarf water lettuce, Java moss and one slow growing one I don't know the name of.

In the 30 gallon shrimp/ 144 snot tank a rosette sward, lots of Java fern, lots of Anubis, Java fern and a lot of the slow growing one that I don't know what is called.

[Ron Sower]

In the 125 rainbow tank I have an amazon sword, a lot of Anubis glued to driftwood, a lot of Java fern glued to driftwoon. 5 stems of corkscrew val, micro sword,  dwarf water lettuce, Java moss and one slow growing one I don't know the name of.

In the 30 gallon shrimp/ 144 snot tank a rosette sward, lots of Java fern, lots of Anubis, Java fern and a lot of the slow growing one that I don't know what is called.

...Please post a pic of the slow growing one, Liz...I'd like to see it...

[waterboy]

I don't have planted tanks as such.  Most of my tanks are bare bottom.  But they all have plants in flower pots.  Mostly Italian Valisneria and Amazon sword plant because those are the ones that grow and propagate. I have a couple anubias and one or two java ferns. Just recently found a tank that will grow the Anubias and Java ferns. Some tanks they just die off for some reason. Had some Giant Hygrophila for a while that grew like mad for a while and then just died out.I can't grow Java Moss for anything and it is supposed to be so easy to grow.

[Ron Sower]

.....Plants...seriously?...
Vallisneria spiralis "leopard"
Baby tears
Rotala sp. Shimoga
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala Viet Nam
Rotala Wallichii
Rotala "bonsai"
Rotala "enie"
Ludwigia natans
Ludwigia repens x arcuata (hybrid)
Ludwigia pantanal
Taiwan lilly
Blyxa auberti
Blyxa japonica
Bolbitis heudelotii
Anubias nana
Anubias barteri
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Hottonia palustris
Cryptocoryne cordata
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Alternanthera reineckii
Aponogeton ulvaceous (flowering right now)
Aponogeton madagascariensis
Fissidens fontana
Bacopa caroliniana
Cerapterus cornuta
Cerapterus thalictroides
Eichornia diversifolia
Eriocaulum viet nam
Hydrocotyl sp "Japan"
Heteranthera zoasterfolia
Najas guadalupensis
Helanthium angustifolius 'Vesuvius'
Echinodorus quadricostatus
Limnophila "wavy"
Limnophila sessilifolia
Micranthemum umbrosum
Nymphaea lotus "Red"
Persicaria sp. India
Staurogyne repens
...plus a few others....HEY!... you asked

[Mugwump]

WOW ! Ron....great list !......impressive

[Ron Sower]

WOW ! Ron....great list !......impressive

...there are a few more but I'm too lazy to deal with them!...I think I counted 43 species on the list....I'll be reducing that number in the next couple months because I've almost reached my goal in the Horticulture Awards Program with GSAS....Then I will "plantscape" the tank in a much more pleasing way...

[Mugwump]

Ron, what are your parameters for your planted tank...

[Ron Sower]

Ron, what are your parameters for your planted tank...

..usually around 70-72F...TDS~115-130ppm...pH ~6.5-6.8...

...that's about all I keep track of when I keep track!...

...~40%WC's 1-2 times per week...

[Mugwump]

Ron, what are your parameters for your planted tank...

..usually around 70-72F...TDS~115-130ppm...pH ~6.5-6.8...

...that's about all I keep track of when I keep track!...

...~40%WC's 1-2 times per week...

...thanks....just wondered how close we could get to your conditions.......and it looks very doable....