Foreground Recommendations Please !

[adutnall]

Hi All,

I'm looking for any recommendations for a foreground plant please !

Substrate in the area that I'm looking to fill is about an inch and a half of entirely sand and it is an area that gets a healthy flow. Tank is 100gals with injected CO2 (although below 30ppm) and with 150w of T5s about 30" above the substrate and I've started to use fertilisers over the last couple of months.

I did try Pygmy Chain Swords in this aresa, but they have been less than succesful - most have died off with foliage going brown and not much evidence of any root growth (substrate ?)

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated - thanks !!

Andy

 

[logi-cat]

i think hairgrass or staurogyne repens are easy to start with.

 

[AAB]

When I asked a similar question my lfs recommended me sagittaria teres, so I bought two pots couple of months ago and they are doing really well. Slowly but surely it has started to cover my substrate and is looking very nice.

 

[Alastair]

Marsilea varities are nice and hardy


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[Tim Harrison]

You could try Lilaeopsis spp. I have grown them very successfully in my low energy soil substrate tanks under as little as 1.5 watts of T8 lighting per gallon. And despite root development that has never really been that extensive I have always ended up with a very decent foreground carpet. I should think that with CO2 and nutrients they will thrive.

 

[Matt Warner]

Pogostemon helferi is a nice foreground plant if yu want something that's easy to grow. It also looks different to other plants too.

 

[Steveyg81]

Crypt parva looks great when tightly grouped at the front too

 

[Mark Evans]

It's an endless list.

What kind of impression are you after?....soft, subtle....

A mix of 2 or 3 species can be effective.

 

[awtong]

Crypt parva looks great when tightly grouped at the front too

+1 for this. Mine has just started sending out runners in my super low tech tank.

Andy