What types of plant should i use?

**specky7** · 27th Dec 2010, 22:50

As above,a noob in planted tank.Got a 30cm cube tank and a 9w PL light.Tank temperature should be between 26-28 degrees.Soil would be ADA amazonia 2.Btw how thick should my soil be,5cm??

Thanks for taking your time to read.

p.s:Wanted to use hair grass so was thinking whether is it possible for my tank??(Want a plant for lawn effect)

**Dean** · 31st Dec 2010, 01:29

Hairgrass can be as a foreground or/and background plant for a nano tank. You may try moss lawn or us fissiden. Both will look great when matured. Just my 2 cents.

**WaterH2O** · 31st Dec 2010, 15:23

Anubias Petite Nana, Anubias Nana, Java ferns, all very easy to maintain plants. They are also usually tie to driftwood so that adds some variation to your tank, just choose the correct size.

**griffinkid** · 2nd Jan 2011, 23:30

You can try to tie moss to a nice shaped bogwood or driftwood and once it matures it will look very nice. But yes to plant foreground plants you will need at least 4cm of soil and you can try to use the finer grain size by GEX to fill the the foreground instead since it will be easier for the roots to entrench in. Just my two cents worth!

**specky7** · 4th Jan 2011, 22:17

Hair grass suitable??

**griffinkid** · 4th Jan 2011, 23:07

Hair grass suitable??

Hi! Hairgrass should be okay with a soil level of 5cm if not they might uproot.

You can try it out and post some pictures to share!

**Shadow** · 5th Jan 2011, 10:04

with only 9W, hairgrass will be extremely slow grow

**qpun** · 6th Jan 2011, 16:54

Originally Posted by Shadow

with only 9W, hairgrass will be extremely slow grow

Agree with this, I think 9W is too low light for hairgrass, very difficult to have carpet effect by using this.
Probably you should consider to upgrade your light or go with previously mentioned plant, like A.Nana or Moss.
Just my 2 cents

**rainboy** · 8th Jan 2011, 16:25

You can refer to http://www.tropica.com/plants/difficulty/easy.aspx

**griffinkid** · 22nd Jan 2011, 21:02

Then with a lower light source power rating, you can consider easier plants like moss or java ferns

**specky7** · 23rd Jan 2011, 00:21

but with ur 11w,hairgrass can grow??

**fish11** · 5th Feb 2011, 11:05

U are not pumping CO2 in that tank right? If so, the hairgrass will not cover the whole foreground. You will find that the hairgrass growth will be slow and dispersed.

Better alternative is to get those fissidens on mesh. Easier maintenance too.