[Bree]

Hello Everyone, so i have found a site where i am able to order plants from and am very exited! I have brought my list down to the following:

Cardamine lyrata
Echinodorus tenellus
Sagittaria subulata
Lobelia cardinalis 'Small Form'
Shinnersia rivularis [censored]"Weiss-Grun"
Rotala indica

So a few questions: have you any experience with any of these, are they any good?
How many plants can fit into a 17" x 9.5" x 5" shipping box?

Is Echinodorus Ten. or Sagittaria Sub. better and easier to grow?

My aquarium is a 20 gallon with Aquaticlife T5HO 2x 24 watt bulbs, 2x 2L DIY yeast CO2 with inline canister diffuser, 100% flourite substrate and i dose with the flourish line.

 

[shrimpNewbie]

your lights will grow any of that =p you may need more co2...

 

[jart]

None of those plants are particularly difficult; they should do fine for you, perhaps with only one of the bulbs.

I have found that S. subulata grows more rapidly for me than than E. tenellus does. But the latter is hardy as well.

Lobelia can be a bit delicate at first if it has been grown emersed.

 

[Bree]

Thanks you two! I have dimmed my lights a few months ago by growing salvinia natans, so it cuts down the light just enough i think!

Hmm, well i think hardier is better than that which grows faster, so maybe i shall go with the E. Tenellus hey?

And ya, i just love the look of Lobelia, but i may pass on it due to my SAE's being quite rough...

 

[jart]

Both Sags and tenellus are hardy. Do you need two foreground plants? You could always put one species on the ends and the other in the middle.

 

[Bree]

With that it was one or the other, right now i have a bunch of DHG that has been in there for 6 months now and has only just slowly been dying or something. haha Which is why i am replacing it with this new, hardier stuff!

 

[shrimpNewbie]

e. tellus is better looking imo


both a great but i would only keep one or the other in there

 

[Bree]

Awesome so the E. Tenellus is what i will go with then. That brings my plant list down to 4, so that better already.

How many plants do you think will fit in a styrofoam box the size i mentioned above?

 

[jart]

e. tellus is better looking imo

I would agree, if only because dwarf sags tend to grow a bit taller than what I would like.

Plants packaged for shipping take up very little room. Shouldn't be an issue with a box that big.

 

[shrimpNewbie]

you can get plenty plants in the box so fill it up =p a good idea is to get a little more red in your tank also =p since your lights providing the sized tank are strong enough you can get a nice coloration from ludwigia cuba, keeping them trimmed will keep them low and they look great when they get a small amount of red on them