Any foreground plant ideas?

[fish fanatic centeral]

I've recently been looking at my tank and I just figured out what it is missing. Foreground plants. My tank is a 55 gallon long dirted tank with a cap of pool filter sand and it is fitted with a four foot double tube fluorescent light fixture. I am currently dosing trace weekly. I would not be worried about fish eating the plants but I do want them pretty hardy and fast growing. I want it to get about 4in tall max and create a carpet. I am willing to trim as long as it doesn't melt back very much when I cut it. I was thinking about some sort of crypt but I would love to hear your suggestions.

 

[julzhull]

I bought a few crypt wendtii brown and they are filling out a corner of my tank really nicely. Almost like a carpet. I could have bought a handful and filled out some good space. You could try dwarf sag. A lot of people carpet with that. I have it in one of my tanks but I think I need to be better at dosing fertilizers to get that going better.

 

[VickiK]

<=== am currently in love with THIS plant, but knowing the owner, it's probably requiring CO2 n such.

 

[julzhull]

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Is that buce?

 

[VickiK]

Is that buce?

He said it was -- but I don't remember if he said the name of it.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

Is that buce?

Yes that looks like buce and does black titan ring a bell? I aleready have some in my tank but it's just surviving and not thriving and that's fine with me.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

I bought a few crypt wendtii brown and they are filling out a corner of my tank really nicely. Almost like a carpet. I could have bought a handful and filled out some good space. You could try dwarf sag. A lot of people carpet with that. I have it in one of my tanks but I think I need to be better at dosing fertilizers to get that going better.

I think I will consider getting some. That is a very good suggestion.

 

[L190]

you can try crypt parva but it is a very slow grower. other fast growing options are dwarf chain swords,
Ranalisma rostratum (which looks like dwarf chain swords but is shorter), or hair grass

 

[julzhull]

I think I will consider getting some. That is a very good suggestion.

I'll try to get a pic of it tonight.

 

[julzhull]

Yes that looks like buce and does black titan ring a bell? I aleready have some in my tank but it's just surviving and not thriving and that's fine with me.

I'm having that issue with some buce I bought. I decided to splurge on some pink martini buce and I don't think it's grown in the several weeks that I've had it.

 

[Mike16T]

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Lol! It's a bucephalandra... If you can find a huge clump (Which will be pretty expensive), that would be a nice carpet. I am currently attempting to grow crypt parva and crypt parva "Mini" as a carpet plant, but the are much slower to grow than bucephalandra. You can try to grow Ranalisma Rostrata as a carpet or Marsilea minuta (slow grower also)

 

[Mike16T]

Is that buce?

It's a bucephalanda brownie blue.

 

[Mike16T]

I'm having that issue with some buce I bought. I decided to splurge on some pink martini buce and I don't think it's grown in the several weeks that I've had it.

I have pink martini also, No pink leaves sprouting yet. Pink leaves will appear on certain condition..

I have several types of bucephalandra.. You can call me addict with it. =P

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

you can try crypt parva but it is a very slow grower. other fast growing options are dwarf chain swords,
Ranalisma rostratum (which looks like dwarf chain swords but is shorter), or hair grass

I was thinking about hair grass but it is too skinny leaved for what I want but I might try the swords.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

I'll try to get a pic of it tonight.

Thanks.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

View attachment 3847<=== am currently in love with THIS plant, but knowing the owner, it's probably requiring CO2 n such.

What's that rainbow in the pic?

 

[Mike16T]

I was thinking about hair grass but it is too skinny leaved for what I want but I might try the swords.

It does require med-high light and does want's CO2, you can probably get away with just dosing..

 

[Mike16T]

What's that rainbow in the pic?

Pseudomugil luminatus (formerly Paskai)

 

[VickiK]

It's a bucephalanda brownie blue.

Ummhmm. Exactly as I thought. Super special and dumb dumbs like me can't grow it. LOLOLOLOL

 

[julzhull]

I think I will consider getting some. That is a very good suggestion.

I preface this with: I know these are bad pictures. And don't mind the snails.

The first is when I set up the tank in January, the second is now. I did root tabs when I first set it up. And very rare liquid because I forget.