Mr Bee
Member
Hi, I've just recently added lighting to my tank to try and recover my spiky moss which has virtually all died off over the dark winter months (I didn't have any lighting before - just what came through windows!) and now I'm wondering if there is anything else which might be suitable.
I ask if there's anything suitable, meaning low tech and low requirements, as I don't want to start getting involved with CO2 and am wary of ferts because of my shrimp (RCS). So basically I just need some advice on what will grow and survive in my tank with just the addition of lighting.
Tank specs are:
60 Litre (~13 UK Gal.) with a 14W tropical (red & blue bias) tube.
Livestock is Neon and Glowlight Tetra, some Red Cherry Shrimp, and a healthy stock of MTS (normal, mahogany, spike tail and dominican types) if that matters.
At the moment I have silk plants, and the only live planting is a bit of spiky moss; which as I said has largely died off, and I'm trying to recover it with lighting, which is working very slowly - I can see a few fresh green shoots.
I'd like to add a bit more live planting and give my shrimps somewhere to hide and hopefully breed, and any advice wuld be gratefully received
I ask if there's anything suitable, meaning low tech and low requirements, as I don't want to start getting involved with CO2 and am wary of ferts because of my shrimp (RCS). So basically I just need some advice on what will grow and survive in my tank with just the addition of lighting.
Tank specs are:
60 Litre (~13 UK Gal.) with a 14W tropical (red & blue bias) tube.
Livestock is Neon and Glowlight Tetra, some Red Cherry Shrimp, and a healthy stock of MTS (normal, mahogany, spike tail and dominican types) if that matters.
At the moment I have silk plants, and the only live planting is a bit of spiky moss; which as I said has largely died off, and I'm trying to recover it with lighting, which is working very slowly - I can see a few fresh green shoots.
I'd like to add a bit more live planting and give my shrimps somewhere to hide and hopefully breed, and any advice wuld be gratefully received