Plants for higher temperature conditions

**pcfreak** · 26th May 2009, 15:23

Hi,

I had not had much luck with plants.... they did not die horribly but would not flourish. dies and revive....

I guess it must be the temperature of the water i have.... Seems to suit cories, tetras, platy and zebra danios. Temp running about 30oC. Even 4 cheries are suviving in it too.

Any recomendations? I think fish spawning also due to temperature. that is why eggs are laid but no babies....

Regards,
Anthony

**benny** · 26th May 2009, 17:22

Do you have picture of your tank? What's the equipment (e.g Light) set up like? What type of filtration or water flow do you have?

Also, how often do you change water?

Cheers,

**pcfreak** · 26th May 2009, 18:06

equipment:

Filter Eheim HOF biggest one Liberty 200
Light aluminum cased 11 W
Water Change once a week 20-30%
Tank size 5 G
PH 7.5

**Salphur** · 26th May 2009, 22:29

Hi,
how about adding a fan to help cool down the waters? The warm temperature of Singapore nowadays is making it very hard to keep most aquatic plants happy.

Cheers!

**pcfreak** · 27th May 2009, 10:59

Teah i guess it is the temperature.... that is giving me grieve... did not dare to try more exotic plants. only java moss and ferns and also the spiky moss (given to me free from a fellow forumer). Oh forgetr to add, NANAs are growing exceptionally well!! spawning new leaves.... i think maybe i should move to nanas only

Originally Posted by Salphur

Hi,
how about adding a fan to help cool down the waters? The warm temperature of Singapore nowadays is making it very hard to keep most aquatic plants happy.

Cheers!

**k3nlim** · 27th May 2009, 14:53

Hair grass seems to be okie in my 30/31 degree tank. I have got no fan to cool it down.

**Fuzzy** · 28th May 2009, 01:50

Anubias Nana is almost bulletproof. I have some that survived a year at 29C - 31C in a 3 foot tank.

I've since transferred them into a tank with cooler temps, and they are still doing well also.

**Reforma** · 28th May 2009, 18:01

I have a tank getting direct sunlight in the morning till noon, range from 30'c to 32'c. Glosso, narrow leaf java fern, e.tennellus, MM & some stem plants growing fine.

**pcfreak** · 30th May 2009, 16:54

My stem plants will always die. Dun know why....
Nanas are good. I just got very juvenile narrow ferms. see if they can grow up.

Originally Posted by Reforma

I have a tank getting direct sunlight in the morning till noon, range from 30'c to 32'c. Glosso, narrow leaf java fern, e.tennellus, MM & some stem plants growing fine.

**pcfreak** · 30th May 2009, 16:56

Hi for those who replied that their plants are doing well.... do you have substrates i only have gravel rocks.... Do i need to buy some special substrate if i got planted enviroment? or i need to put in some trace elements? like flourish?

**Stoner** · 6th Jun 2009, 17:14

Hmmm...

Is there any form of CO2 injection? Seachem Excel?

**pcfreak** · 6th Jun 2009, 21:43

I use seachem excel

Originally Posted by Stoner

Hmmm...

Is there any form of CO2 injection? Seachem Excel?

**pcfreak** · 8th Jun 2009, 13:11

Seems like the best bet of plants to grow in my environment is nanas, Glosso and narrow leaf java fern and maybe hair grass.

**pcfreak** · 8th Jun 2009, 13:14

after receiving light from the Sun, do you have timer for aquarium lights lights and also the Co2 injection?

Originally Posted by Reforma

I have a tank getting direct sunlight in the morning till noon, range from 30'c to 32'c. Glosso, narrow leaf java fern, e.tennellus, MM & some stem plants growing fine.

**newtank** · 17th Jun 2009, 22:15

For high Temp tank, you could try the following types of plants,

Echinodorous Species
Vallisneria
Tiger Lotus
Alternanthera reinecki
Hygrophillia

All the above are recommended plants in Big Dennerle's guide