HaNs Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 What plants are out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 native plants dont know any names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Glosso is native but needs good light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEYPLECO Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 What fish are you planning on keeping (or should I not ask) as I am very interested on a native tank for my next project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 I think there is a native myriophyllum. That's a nice ferny looking plant. I have a plant called gratiola sexdentata as a marginal plant in my pond which is apparently a native. I have put some in my tank and it's surviving fine submerged. It's got very small leaves in pairs and grows a firm stem so in bunches it looks ok (but not terribly exciting I'm afraid!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I gave up keeping plants in my native tank. Without any algae eaters (no native ones) they just get covered in algae and go icky and die. I find it looks so much more natural anyway. Most of our streams don't have plants, which is the habitat I am going for. However I am cultivating some nice flowing green algae which is spreading in a carpet on my larger rocks and adding some nice green to the look. The long flowing algae gets annoying, grows so fast and gets ratty, but the short stuff makes a lovely lawn Apparently native plants can often be found in garden centres in hte pond section. Stella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Stella: Am i able to get some of the nice algae off you when i get my tank set up? I plan on throwing in snails from time to time (maybe full time :roll: ) to keep my tank clean. I will have 300w of metal halide goodness for my 220L tank so i am going to attempt a planted native Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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