seeking advise

[Tim]

I am looking for a plant for the middle/front to cover the gravel.
Somthing that just more or less covers the gravel and doesn't get to
big

Thanks,
Tim

[kush]

What size, and how deep is your tank? How much light do you have? Who lives
in your tank?

kush

"You can't have everything - where would you put it?"

Tim > wrote in message
...
> I am looking for a plant for the middle/front to cover the gravel.
> Somthing that just more or less covers the gravel and doesn't get to
> big
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

[Tim]

It is a 90 US gallon 24" deep
180 watts of light

Fish are
1 Clown loach
2 angels
3 african dwarf frogs
4 black tetras
8 neon tetras
2 pink kissers
4 rosey barbs
2 scissor tails
2 blue gouramis
1 pleco
2 marble mollies
6 zebra danios
2 Lemon Tetras
1 Velvet Sword
and some snails



On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 02:55:18 GMT, "kush" >
wrote:

>What size, and how deep is your tank? How much light do you have? Who lives
>in your tank?
>
>kush
>
>"You can't have everything - where would you put it?"
>
>Tim > wrote in message
...
>> I am looking for a plant for the middle/front to cover the gravel.
>> Somthing that just more or less covers the gravel and doesn't get to
>> big
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>

[kush]

Oh, this is one of my favorite games. Let's see, two watts per gallon's not
bad, but twenty-four inches is pretty deep....

If the area you want to plant isn't shaded at all and you want something
*really* short you could try lileaopsis or chain sword. The lighting is
marginal for either one so it may take a little longer than normal to
establish and start to spread.

My own personal first pick would be Sagittaria subulata (dwarf sag). It's a
good hardy plant that will spread well and will need to be thinned out from
time to time. The drawback is that it's hard to predict how tall it will be
in any given setting - but usually between six to twelve inches.

kush

You can't have everything - where would you put it?"

Tim > wrote in message
...
> It is a 90 US gallon 24" deep
> 180 watts of light
>
> Fish are
> 1 Clown loach
> 2 angels
> 3 african dwarf frogs
> 4 black tetras
> 8 neon tetras
> 2 pink kissers
> 4 rosey barbs
> 2 scissor tails
> 2 blue gouramis
> 1 pleco
> 2 marble mollies
> 6 zebra danios
> 2 Lemon Tetras
> 1 Velvet Sword
> and some snails
>
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 02:55:18 GMT, "kush" >
> wrote:
>
> >What size, and how deep is your tank? How much light do you have? Who
lives
> >in your tank?
> >
> >kush
> >
> >"You can't have everything - where would you put it?"
> >
> >Tim > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am looking for a plant for the middle/front to cover the gravel.
> >> Somthing that just more or less covers the gravel and doesn't get to
> >> big
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tim
> >
>

[LeighMo]

Good suggestions. Dwarf sag is very easy to grow; it doesn't need tons of
light, or a special substrate.

I also suggest glosso and marsilea, if you don't want a grass-like plant. 2
wpg is enough for glosso, if conditions are to its liking. Marsilea seems to do
okay in the shade. It gets higher than glosso, but is slower-growing, and so a
low-maintenance plant.

Leigh

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