K R Brown Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 can anyone recommend low maintance plants for 180l goldfish tank? or easier to go plastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Goldfish eat most plants but I have had success with Java fern and Indian fern. I also go to the local river that runs through town and gather up lots of oxygen weed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Anubias is another species that they won't eat, and java moss might do well. Maybe Vallisneria too. There isn't much else really, Goldfish and plants generally don't mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Japanese rush....wont eat that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 They don't eat plastic plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I had an E Orisis plant with my goldfish and it did very well, they don't try to eat it, it needs slightly warmer temperature though and fair lighting, temperature I'll say 16 minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Basically all the plants with big and thick leaves they don't tend to eat, I did have a problem with indian fern though they eaten it so bad I had to chuck the whole plant away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmamx Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I have quite a few plants and my goldfish dont touch then. It depends on how much you feed them really. I feed my fish twice a day morning and afternoon. I have baby tears, amazon sword, cabomba, java moss, java fern, anubias (i think), red melon sword and some other plants. Its the clown loachs you have to worry about (apparently its fun putting holes in the leaves of all your good broad leaf plants). So if you plant it well and feed them enough (not to much as they will eat and eat) you can put lots of plants in your tank. You just have to watch that you dont start to like growing plants more than fish hehehe. As for vtec8u i saw some cool plants called fibre optic grass in animates yesterday and it they advised it suited cold water. When it was used in a tropical tank it went brown due to the heat of the water. It would look great along the back of a fish tank as it was quite tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 i saw some cool plants called fibre optic grass in animates yesterday and it they advised it suited cold water. When it was used in a tropical tank it went brown due to the heat of the water. It would look great along the back of a fish tank as it was quite tall. That "grass" is a swamp plant and will not live long if completely under water - cold or not. The same as mondo "grass" which is also not suited to be wet all over the top. I think I will start a thread soon on plants that are sold in pet shops and on TM which are NOT suitable for fishtanks. Give me a couple of days and I will come up with a long list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I have some Lilaeopsis Nova Zealandiae (or something like that!) in with some goldfish. I have some indoors and some in a pond outdoors. The fish don't eat it and it can handle low light and very cold temps it seems It can get fairly tall though I've had some as tall as 10cm I think! Not a hugely spectacular plant but a good filler and probably good for trapping eggs and sheltering fry! (Mine came from a garden shop that sold pond plants) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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