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looking for ideas? 1 year, 8 months ago #30494

  • oppleco
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Came back from vacation and besides losing a 7" L200. My plants where decimated, eaten down to the core.

Looking input on what types of plants to replace them with?

Here's my wishlist:

Low to medium light
rooted
fast growing ?
dense bushy
medium to tall in height
can grow w/o co2 system.

My tank parameters:

90 gal
PH 6.5
GH - KC water or liquid rock
temp 84 f
lighting: 2x65W 6700 power compact 48" coralife fixture
10,000K Daylight and True Actinic 03 Blue , 18 W each 30" coralife T5

Thanks

Re:looking for ideas? 1 year, 8 months ago #30501

  • phoenix
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I have water sprite. It isn't big and bushy right now, mostly I just have some 5-7" plantlets, but it grows like a weed. It should be fine with your lighting and water parameters.

Re:looking for ideas? 1 year, 8 months ago #30582

  • PamC
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One idea is Hygrophila corymbosa or Temple plant.

I have five stems in one 3x4 planter, this might need to be thinned to three stems. I think three or more stems would give a full bushy look your after.
The tank the plant is in has less then you listed and are planted in ecco complete with some gravel plus a root tab when planted.

It is a pretty decent low tech plant! If you want to try out before buying a bunch, I would pull two stems for you.
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