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best plants for a heavily planted 10?

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Last edited by sirbooks at 22-Dec-2005 21:32

depends on ur lighting..low light set up i would just load it up with java fern, anubias nana, java moss, maybe some wisteria (sp.?)..if its high light set up get some glosso for foreground..someone more expierienced with plants hopefully will have better options..and about ur all platy set up in ur other thread..platies are very hardy so u can feed them flakes..a mixture of some frozen or live bloodworms/brine shrimp every once in a while is good for there color and its very meaty so everyone gets fed...

Your 10 gallon aquarium should be 20 inches long. If you have the standard 18 inch fluorescent tube in the fixture, you will have 15 watts of light. With that amount of light, you should limit yourself to low light plants.

Fortunately, many of the most popular plants are low light. These include echinodorus (sword plants), cryptocoryne, anubias and others.

Go to http://www.tropica.com/default.asp. This portion of the Tropica website allows you to complete the particular elements of your aquarium such as tank size, depth, temperature, pH and other factors as well as lighting to provide a list of compatible plants and pictures.

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As mentioned it would depend on your lighting, aquscaping knowledge, and certainly how much you are prepared to spend, also what plants you get in your area.

Smaller fine leafed plants will look very good and certainly dont go overboard and get a garden salad (too many different plants) 5-6 varieties of plants would be plenty.

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In my 10g I have replaced the standard incandescent bulbs with 2 compact fluorescent screw ins (10w each).
For plants I have wisteria (taking over the tank), rotala indica, bacopa carolinia, 1 anubias nana (really too big), and dwarf sagittaria for the foreground.

My suggestions would be first upgrade the bulbs...if you have screw in bulbs, to the fluorescents. It will give you 2wpg if you can find 10w bulbs. If you have the 1 long bulb, then I am not sure how to upgrade that.

If you can get around 2wpg, that would give you medium light, since the tank is shallow. My wisteria is growing nicely, but a little too fast. I would not recommend it for a 10g, if you have med. light. With lower light, it will grow slower and might be ok.
But it is a good hiding place for fish, and if you want a heavily planted tank, then you might like it. You just have to trim it regularly because it will overshadow other plants.
Rotala indica is a very pretty plant. It needs atleast medium light. Mine is growing above the water and needs to be cut and replanted. My bacopa is doing the same.
If you get an anubias nana, then get the petite version. Mine is really too large and sticks out. It also makes the tank look smaller.
I would go with crypts, anubias nana petite, rotala indica, and another type of medium light stem plant (smaller leaves look better) and you will have yourself a very nicely planted 10g. Good luck!

*Kristin*