I have a 6ft 130 gallon tank setup and want ideas for plants to put in with the fish, this will bemy first planted tank, it will be a tank with no co2 and the substrate will only be sand. The lights are two 30w LED floodlights at 6500k, they light the tank very well and it it vey bright. The stocking will be clown loaches, some south american cichlids and barbs, rasboras and rainbow fish. Do you have any suggestions for plants?
6ft planted tank
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My honest suggestion would be to decide what type of planted tank you want???
Coz a 6' (130G) tank may end up being an expensive trial and error tank if you go high tech... so maybe give a small setup a go and see how you like it first...
If however you just want to do low light plants etc, then dfiferent anubias work, java fern, some swords etc...
The only concern i would have is with your flood lights, they may end up putting out a lot of light for low light plants unless kept shaded...
Coz a 6' (130G) tank may end up being an expensive trial and error tank if you go high tech... so maybe give a small setup a go and see how you like it first...
If however you just want to do low light plants etc, then dfiferent anubias work, java fern, some swords etc...
The only concern i would have is with your flood lights, they may end up putting out a lot of light for low light plants unless kept shaded...
I want to do a low tech planted tank, would I have to do low light plants or are there high light plants that don't need co2
There's some aquariums out there with some pretty colorful plants that don't use Co2. Sounds like you will have a pretty good light source. Algae may be a problem until you could get your dosing figured out. I myself have a low tech planted 125, the only thing I use is excel and comprehensive.
This is my 125g. It's has wild altums and the only plants I have are Hygrophila corymbosa and an Amazon sword.
High light plants tend to be more picky about their environment and tend to require a lot more ferts and balancing of light schedule to get them growing well... so while not impossible, might be abit daunting on a larger tank...
Green tiger lotus is fairly undemanding and inexpensive, should work out fine with your plant list.