Plant newbie looking for advice on low light plants

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rockhoe14er

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Hey guys i am almost ready to start planting in my cork aquarium. So far i am going to put black substrate on the bottom and i want java moss to grow on the cork.

Is there any tips to growing plants in a low light aquarium? I want to get a lot of java moss and some other plants i'm not sure what else to grow on the cork and also to plant in the sand.

Any suggestions?

Also if you have enough plants do you need an air stone? or can the plants produce enough O2 for the fish and the fish produce enough CO2 for the plants???

So far i'm going to put in 6 apistograms and i'm not sure what else maybe some neon tetras. or some invertebrates

Well thanks in advance. In my signature is how my the cork scape looks if you want to see structure of where the plants are going to be.
 
Dwarf sag is a grassy lowlight plant (may or may not need root fertilizer tabs). Most crypts will grow in low light (again, maybe root tabs). Java fern doesn't need root tabs & should grow attached to rock or wood (maybe even cork). Anubias nana is always a nice option.

You still need filtration for your fish, but the plants will help with uptake of nitrates. Lowlight plants tend to be slow growers, so less "active" than say fast growers like water sprite (which may work - not sure how much light you have).

Oh yeah - no airstone unless you're using a sponge filter.
 
i guess i'm going to go with java moss and Anubias nana for right now. The problem is that i want the plants that have the small leaves and have the miniature esk look to make the tank look larger than it actually is. But from what i've found those plants have small leaves and thus require more light and CO2

my dream tank.... http://www.aquascapingworld.com/for...quascape-month-august-2010-beyond-nature.html
 
:omg: that is awesome... Reminds me of Avatar :D

Anubias nana petite would help with the tiny leaf look... But not much else for low light...
 
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