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Easiest low tech red plants?

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I can't stand all green, and I'm just setting up a tank. No CO2. Decent light. Sand substrate
 
#7 ·
The tiger lotus tend to be less red and more green under no CO2 and less light conditions from my experience. But still is a wonderful looking plant. Under high light and CO2 it turns into a dark red almost purple tone and grows huge leaves and sends out small bulbs everywhere. Frequent pruning is necessary to keep it at bay since it is a really good "sun" blocker. So this is probably a better plant under lesser light conditions still keeping it trimmed down for more compact growth and issues with bigger leaves blocking the light for new ones. Light starved leaves seemed to melt rather quickly when I grew it.