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Ok i am currently restocking a 120g tank, it used to house a silver arrowana, but i had to return him to the fish store due to having to move on short notice and a lack of a place to resetup my tank for about 2 weeks.

Anyways i am totally going in a differnt direction, i currently have a stocking forum on the getting started page, but this question is regarding plants, i used to have a 30g planted tank but had good lighting so i could put just about any plants in there. With the 120 gal i dont have the wattage, i have about 100watts.

what are my options for low-light plants?

You could do Java Fern, Java Moss, Hornwort, and Anacharis/Eloda. I have heard of Amazon Swords doing good in low-light tanks, but I haven't tried that myself. Here is a good sight for plants.

http://www.aquahobby.com/e_aquarium_plants.php

They have a huge list of plants, the requirements to grow them, and peoples comments about their experience with those plants. I'm using that to plant my 55 gallon and hopefully my 15 gallon. I have found it to be extremely helpful. Hope it helps.

Any anubias species, Bolbitis fern and cryptocoryne wendtiis would also do well in low light. Some aponogetons like the ones you buy as bulbs will do great in low light also.

Hi,
If you are going to stick with the 100 watts on the 120G
tank, then you will have to stick with low light demand
plants. That does narrow the playing field but you can
still have a truly beautiful planted tank!

Here is a more appropriate site that offers packages
of plants designed to meet specific requirements.

http://www.azgardens.com/habitats_easy.php

While I have purchased from AZGardens for several years
w/o a single complaint, you can also simply write down
the names of these plants, and look for bargains on them
elsewhere, such as your LFS.

Later, if you decide to broaden the field, you can
easily go higher by either changing the hood to a larger
one, or if the lights are compact fluorescents, simply
shifting to higher wattage bulbs. My hood will handle
two CF's and I can put either 55, 65, or 95 watt bulbs
in the same hood.

Frank


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