Good plants to start with?

[lukeskwr]

Hi guys, I have a 1ft tank. now or before when i had plants they usually never make it.no green fingers i guess. right now i got a 1ft tank. for some encouragement i hope someone can recommend a easy foreground plant and background plant. the tank is fitted with 18w PL light with DIY CO2. ADA fert and plan to place grey small stones over it. i posted a WTB thread to get the Vallisneria spiralis 'Tiger' or Vallisneria caulescens (background) and Sagittaria subulata(foreground). i learned that these are not demanding plants. besides these can help to list plants which you guys have tried and successfully make your tank beautiful.

Thanks guys and greatful for any post from you. thanks.

[uklau]

I have Sagittaria subulata in my 1 feet cube with 18W lighting & no CO2. It reaches the surface . So, my foreground is now like background .

Hygrophilla difformis is a beautiful background plant & it is easy to take care of.

[illumnae]

ben, you use hygrophilia difformis as a foreground plant in a 1ft tank? I'm using it as a background in my 4x2x2!

[wks]

Mosses and riccia are easy to care plants.

[uklau]

ben, you use hygrophilia difformis as a foreground plant in a 1ft tank? I'm using it as a background in my 4x2x2!

Thanks for highlighting my mistake, bro.

Guess my mind & fingers wasn't synchronised

[oldstone]

moss and ricca type of plant is great. actully all the plant with a thin or needle kind of leave looks good in the tank.

[k3nlim]

you can try e.tennellus,mine is growing well under 11w,no CO2,chiller and fert tank. I'm not sure if there is a smaller variant of Sagittaria subulata because mine all grow nice and short.

Maybe the experts bros like to confirm?

[uklau]

Yeah, I'm also wondering if there is a dwarf version.

Mine is grown under 18W in 1 feet cube tank.

[k3nlim]

let's see if there is some to share and confirm if there's a dwarf variant. I got mine foc from another bro in AQ almost 4months ago

[lukeskwr]

you can try e.tennellus,mine is growing well under 11w,no CO2,chiller and fert tank. I'm not sure if there is a smaller variant of Sagittaria subulata because mine all grow nice and short.

Maybe the experts bros like to confirm?

guys, thanks for the info provided. i'm quite excited by the news of the e.tennellus. looks like this might work in my tank. please do share if there are any dwarf versions and if anyone had spotted this plant. thanks for sharing too.

[AquaObsession]

have a 1 feet nana petite, with moss as foreground.

Should be nice too

[lukeskwr]

have a 1 feet nana petite, with moss as foreground.

Should be nice too

is there a pic? will be good for some ideas. thanks.

also if there are a matured 1ft tanks, please post some pics. may get some ideas from them.

thanks.

[AquaObsession]

I'm currently doing one. Might post a picture later today or tomorrow.

Cheers, Christophe

[lukeskwr]

think might just get the hang of it. HC cuba is going to be history as it's not growing well.was spending time reading up.i've spotted some plants that might just grow in my 1ft tank with 18w light.have not got them yet. will post some pics when i have set it up. thanks for your support guys and please do post of your 1ft tank which have mature over time.

[Toshika]

i think cryto is good for a start.

[stormchild]

You'll never go wrong with any anubias species. Simply Indestructible. Can be used as foreground or background depending on which variant you go for.

[z_z]

I think one will do no wrong to plonk in a water wisteria (h. difformis) in any tanks 1ft and larger. They just grow! If you can't get it to grow, better not try going into planted tanks (Just kidding ). Same for water sprites.

Java moss and ferns are good starter plants as well. The anubias and some crypts are good for small tanks too.