Good plants for a beginner?

[white specter crayfish]

I have a biocube 29 with a 6500k 36 watt LED light, I cannot afford CO2 or expensive fertilizers (though I have Nicolg fertilizer). I have had several plants and the only ones I have left are a cardinal plants (dying), moss balls, duckweed and banana plants (dying too). I've lost four leaf clovers, rotala indica, various ferns, and all sorts of other plants, here is a video I made when I first got the plants and I was asking for help as to why they were all dying.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I’m pretty sure Anubis nana could survive a nuclear bomb dropped on it.

 

[tlindsey]

Yes I agree Anubias is pretty tough.

 

[monkeybike]

Subwassertang is pretty hardy, tie it to a wood, rock, etc. Once established Cryptocoryne are pretty indestructible as well.

 

[white specter crayfish]

What about Java ferns?

 

[fishhead0103666]

It is a good beginner plant. I can’t keep it alive myself but it’s a good planr for beginners.

 

[tlindsey]

What about Java ferns?

Java Fern is hardy also but for me personally Anubias has done well.

 

[fishhead0103666]

If you’re looking fir some above water plabts then lucky bamboo would do nice.

 

[kno4te]

Anubias, java fern, swords, water lily, and vlisneria do well for me. Easy to care for.

 

[TheWolfman]

Water sprite is like spreads like a disease in my big tank planted in sand with no fertilizer, but a heavy bio load. I have nano tanks with light bio loads and nutrient enriched substrate that I have to add fertilizer to, and l have dwarf hair grass growing. I’d say that if your using a decent led and you can’t get plants to grow then you are probably missing something. It could be you don’t have enough plant food, or your not providing enough light, or your temperature is to high or low.