Wookii
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I'm after some suggestions please for a couple of background plants. Tank is 60 litre with 40cm height, so I don't need plants that necessarily grow significantly tall to fil the background area.
I need something with very small leaves though to maintain the scale I'm looking for, something that's fairly easy to grow and maintain, but ideally isn't going to need trimming and replanting every other day like some stem plants seem to.
For the left hand side I'd ideally like a plant with a fine bushy structure.
I really like the look of Myriophyllum Mattogrossense as a possible candidate for one of those two, but as appears to be frequently the case when I research plants, I've read numerous horror stories of it being difficult to keep.
Another alternative is Rotala wallichii (but again I'm concerned by Tropica's 'Advanced' rating):
So maybe I should go with something else instead of these fine leaf stems, and instead something thats got a reputation for being a lot easier (I don't want to bite off more than I can chew with this tank!), some like Heteranthera Zosterifolia?:
For the right hand side I'm aiming for something with a slightly more open leafy structure.Candidates so far are:
Limnphila Hippurdiodes (edit - looking at the image below that I posted, this could be big if those ate Platy's!)
Ludwigia Arcuata:
Or Limnophila Aromatica:
Please let me know your thoughts on the above options, and let me know if anyone can think of alternatives that might be better suited.
Cheers, Gareth
I need something with very small leaves though to maintain the scale I'm looking for, something that's fairly easy to grow and maintain, but ideally isn't going to need trimming and replanting every other day like some stem plants seem to.
For the left hand side I'd ideally like a plant with a fine bushy structure.
I really like the look of Myriophyllum Mattogrossense as a possible candidate for one of those two, but as appears to be frequently the case when I research plants, I've read numerous horror stories of it being difficult to keep.
Another alternative is Rotala wallichii (but again I'm concerned by Tropica's 'Advanced' rating):
So maybe I should go with something else instead of these fine leaf stems, and instead something thats got a reputation for being a lot easier (I don't want to bite off more than I can chew with this tank!), some like Heteranthera Zosterifolia?:
For the right hand side I'm aiming for something with a slightly more open leafy structure.Candidates so far are:
Limnphila Hippurdiodes (edit - looking at the image below that I posted, this could be big if those ate Platy's!)
Ludwigia Arcuata:
Or Limnophila Aromatica:
Please let me know your thoughts on the above options, and let me know if anyone can think of alternatives that might be better suited.
Cheers, Gareth
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