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    What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

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    What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    currently using lapis sand is there any foreground plants can do well in it? i hope to get a nice carpet of plants

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    try using downoi,hairgrass or glosso? (downoi seems to like lapis frm my experience grows well in ADA etc too )

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    riccia? but troublesome maintenance... but nice carpet effect when grown..
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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Quote Originally Posted by tatguy View Post
    try using downoi,hairgrass or glosso? (downoi seems to like lapis frm my experience grows well in ADA etc too )
    does these plants requires cool water, co2, ferts and inserting of tabs in sand ?

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    nope not the cool water part but then it would be better at 24-26 frm my experience..CO2 not really too but then yes still better with it , ferts of course need almost every plant needs ferts..root tabs? i would prefer Monster Roots it makes downois BIG. Downoi doesnt last long without much base ferts or root tabs
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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    I've grown hairgrass and e. tenellus with good success in plain lapis sand

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tristan View Post
    I've grown hairgrass and e. tenellus with good success in plain lapis sand

    Hi , do you intro c02 into your tank or use any fert? and may i know what is your height of lapis sand? mine is thin 2cm height only

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    yes i use pressurized CO2 with an internal CO2 reactor, i fertilize the water column with macros and seachem flourish. lapis is about 5cm thick, i don't think hair grass has very long roots though.

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    i think hairgrass, they look awesome!

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    how bout some moss? they looks good too while tie them on fence and putting them flat.

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Hi Tristan, so for your Tenellus there is no base fert? Not even root tabs? So purely water column? Did it spread quickly? Thanks!

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    ya, spread quickly and i ended up ripping it all out because it started getting invasive. changed to hairgrass

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    For a low maintenance tank like that.. if you can get some cool water around 24-26degrees.. you can try mosses like christmas moss, fissidens and even chendol grass. These plants essentially dont even have to root into your soil to grow.

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Quote Originally Posted by ranmasatome View Post
    For a low maintenance tank like that.. if you can get some cool water around 24-26degrees.. you can try mosses like christmas moss, fissidens and even chendol grass. These plants essentially dont even have to root into your soil to grow.

    +1. moss just need to be tied down or they float.
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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Quote Originally Posted by tatguy View Post
    nope not the cool water part but then it would be better at 24-26 frm my experience..CO2 not really too but then yes still better with it , ferts of course need almost every plant needs ferts..root tabs? i would prefer Monster Roots it makes downois BIG. Downoi doesnt last long without much base ferts or root tabs
    downoi if l add root only and no other fert any problem for shrimp tank?

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Do not think there will be a problem so far all the shrimps i kept have not died or shown any problems. In fact they are breeding like wild fire

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    Quote Originally Posted by tatguy View Post
    Do not think there will be a problem so far all the shrimps i kept have not died or shown any problems. In fact they are breeding like wild fire
    you keep crs?

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    yes but only a few about 7? the rest all mix grades of sakuras. The CRS got sterelised due to chiller failure tempreature went up to 34 degree celcius..more than 100 of them died doubt there is any hope of them reproducing though

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    fissiden do well without soil, just tie them on wire mesh to form the lawn

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    Re: What type of foreground plants can do well without soil?

    christmas moss do just fine for me...better in cold water condition
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