Recommend a plant for my tank?

[Wolfgangs246]

Hi Guys,

Am trying to setup a tank for corydoras and shrimp. Am using a short 3ft tank with Eheim 2213, UV and CO2. Substrate is lapis sand with a sub-substrate of old ADA soil.

Looking for some recommendations for a prolific foreground plant which is low maintenance and can grow easily in lapis sand. Would also appreciate recommendations for short background plants that won't grow too high and interfere with the surface agitation.

Thanks in advance!

[Avant-Garde]

you can try riccia? a fellow bro was selling this. when it pearls, the bubbles look very nice but requires CO2 if i'm not wrong. i'm using the same substrate as you, lapis sand + ADA soil, so hoping to get some recommendation too

[Wolfgangs246]

Think Riccia is a bit high maintenance? If I understand it's upkeep right, you need to constantly trim it and give it lots of light. Otherwise it starts to grow out of the ground and then your bio load spikes when the undergrowth starts to die due to lack of light.

I was thinking something more like downy grass or something for the cory's to bounce around or perch on. I suppose a farm of Anubias would work, but was hoping for foreground plant that is limited in height because my tank is only 1ft high.