Wookii
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I'm in the planning stages of setting up a new small planted aquarium, my first for 16 years. For those that haven't seen my other thread, the tank is 60 x 30 x 40, will have good circulation, CO2 injection, EI dopsing, and fairly decent lighting (32W LED).
I had originally planned on using Elatine Hydropiper as a foreground carpeting plant, because I love the look of its consistent and relatively uniform leaf size and shape and apparent uniform growth (from the images I've seen), compared to say HC Cuba which seems to have more random sized leaves and appears less uniform:
However I've been put off the Hydropiper by various horror stories I've read about it being a difficult plant to grow and maintain (low temp requirements etc), and Tropica rating it 'Advanced'.
With this in mind, can anyone suggest an easier and lower maintenance alternative that has a similar uniformity of leaf structure and growth to Hydropiper?
I had originally planned on using Elatine Hydropiper as a foreground carpeting plant, because I love the look of its consistent and relatively uniform leaf size and shape and apparent uniform growth (from the images I've seen), compared to say HC Cuba which seems to have more random sized leaves and appears less uniform:
However I've been put off the Hydropiper by various horror stories I've read about it being a difficult plant to grow and maintain (low temp requirements etc), and Tropica rating it 'Advanced'.
With this in mind, can anyone suggest an easier and lower maintenance alternative that has a similar uniformity of leaf structure and growth to Hydropiper?