Hi Pluke,

Good question!

I try to avoid plants with fine leaves or soft stems near filter inputs. Fine leaf plants always seem to look 'dirty' because the leaves catch the detritus passing by. Soft stem plants seem to 'lean' toward the input strainer, sometimes blocking the input strainer. I like to use Cryptocorynes, Vallisneria, or stiff stem broadleaf stem plants like Bacopa or Persicaria sp.

 

I've found that Bolbitus seems to like high flow areas and looks great swaying in the currents. Crypts and Anubias would also do well.

 

Hi Pluke, welcome to our slice of the interwebs

I was gifted with a small piece of Buce and to be honest it didn't look like it would last the night so I just dropped it into the tank and it sat at on the substrate for a couple of days, well it didn't die but it didn't do anything growth wise either. I attached it to a piece of driftwood directly in the flow of the HOB Penguin. That rascal took to its new home like I could not have hoped for, it seems like every time I look at it there are new leaves!

If I can get it grow where I am hoping it will it will cover a piece of driftwood that goes from substrate to the top of the water. We shall see, but I would definitely think Buce, I just wish I could recall the name of that particular one to recommend it.

 

Java fern

 

Many plants that root onto objects, do so for a reason . . . that is because they are normally growing under waterfalls or streams with quick water flow and little substrate. They need to hold on so they don't get washed away!

Check out this list of plants that root onto objects. I haven't updated it in a while, but you can find many good ideas here: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/33-plants/723817-plants-root-onto-objects.html#post6673937

Good Luck!

 

I put a riparium planter directly in my filter's output and that thing did amazing. So much so that it took over a good chunk of the tank and I had to remove it.
I had at various times:
Marselia minuta
Hydrocotyle 'Japan'
Alternathera Reinecki
moss
anubias
Gold Creeping Jenny
garden fushias
coleus
and a Prayer Plant

 

Thanks everyone, for the suggestions.



What exactly is a riparium planter and where do I get one if I decide to try that?

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I've done one better and just shoved a bunch of stems into my filter. Be careful with how well they grow.
Here's my current planter:
-Sweet Flag 'Ogon'
-Golden creeping Jenny
-Lobelia Cardinalis 'small form'
-Nerve plant
-Ludwigia Repens

And here's the forum dedicated to ripariums/terrariums/vivariums: Riparium/Terrarium/Vivarium - The Planted Tank Forum