[Kypros]

I am going to be setting up a 4 gallon nano tank. Plan on using a CPL 6500k twisted over it. Probably will just house shrimp. Would like to avoid the expense of another pressurized co2 setup, and I dont want to hassle with DIY CO2. I would appreciate advice on what plants people have successfully done in an excel only nano tank.
for example, has anybody had success with HC in a setup like this?
thanks

 

[dj2005]

I've had no issues growing HC in a 2.5 gallon with excel and a CFL. I know Vals tend to melt with excel, though they still grow and shoot out offspring.

 

[SearunSimpson]

Most plants, with the exception of Vals do pretty good with Excel. My Vals all melted too with excel, but I've since stopped dosing it in my tanks with Vals.

I am actually running a 5.5gl nano that has tonnes of Microsoeum var. 'needle', and a bunch of Anubias nana, and Crypt. Wendetti. All of them are doing great. Oh, I also have Marsilea quadrifolia.

 

[Bonefish]

Here's a list of plants that I've had success with in Excel-only nanos:

HC, dwarf hairgrass, dwarf sag, Rotala indica, Mayaca fluviatilis, Marsilea quadrifolia, Utricularia graminifolia, Echinodorus tenellus, java fern, mosses, duckweed (lol), Hemianthus micranthemoides

I even got some Blyxa japonica to persist in an excel-only tank.