changing my 28 to a moderately planted

[poel_19]

its gonna be my threadfin and dwarf rainbow tank. Anyways, i'm not a greentumb so what should I put in there thats gonna be a hardy keeper?? I'm also gonna need recommendations for lighting, i want t-5's but dont have any experience with them. I will post the lighting question in the hardware section. Remember guys hardy plants that are gonna look sweet in a 28 bowfront. Thanks ahead of time for the prehelp!!!

[AndrewH]

Well the plant recommendations really depend on the equipment in place to support them. If you have low to medium lighting with no CO2, then the recommendations will be different than medium lighting with CO2 or lots-o-light with CO2...

But generally speaking, Swords are always good for small tanks. They allow for mistakes and get large. All of the Anubias would be a good choice. The Cryptocoryne would also like that tank. Java Fern and Java Moss are really easy to grow. Guppy Grass, or any of the Hygros would be nice.

It also depends on what you can get, too.

[jaglover]

Water sprite grows fast and is virtually unkillable. I could donate a few handfuls of it.

Java moss and java fern will grow in pretty much any lighting and don't need fertilizers.

Anubis are good for low light tanks, but if you have high lighting, they get that dark green/blue algae pretty bad.

There are some really fun ones if you want to do all the lighting/fertilizers/etc, but those are all good starter plants. :)

[poel_19]

andrew...we'll talk lights sunday!!

[AndrewH]

Yeah, that's cool. I'll show you the equipment I have and the stuff I'm gonna give you. We'll have that 28 gal looking good ;)