need help in choosing plants for the nonco2 method

Most commonly available cryptocoryne plants will do well with non-CO2, low light tanks. And, there are several varieties of Java Ferns now available, which do well in that type of tank. Anubias do well. With just those plants you can easily aquascape the whole tank. Recently I bought 3 pots, as I recall, of crypt Wendtii, possibly the "gecko" variety, and they were plenty to cover the substrate of a tank with about a 15" X 30" footprint. They now completely fill the bottom 1//3 to 1/2 of the tank. In addition I have about 6 small narrow leaf Java Ferns, tied to small pieces of drift wood, and about the same number of anubias. Also in the tank is a medium size piece of bogwood root. That should give you some idea about how many of that type of plants you would need.

 

For stem plants I would try rotala indica and lugwigia repens.

 

I'm trying Ludwigia repens in my 10 gallon tank, non-CO2, low light, and it is beginning to do well there. After about 3 weeks, which is no surprise.

 

Hi Jared,

Welcome to the forum.

Echinodorus tenellus, Ludwigia repens, Sagittaria subulata, Water Sprite, Moss Ball, Sunset- Hygrophila, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Dwarf hair grass, Rotala Indica are some of what I keep in my non-carbon tank. Any more I will try anything that I keep in my CO2 tanks. Most make it but they grow way slower and to some extent smaller. My non-carbon tanks are based on this method http://www.barrreport.com/articles/433-non-co2-methods.html