Plant advice!

[kevinmichael77]

This is my second attempt at a planted tank aquascape and was just looking for advice on plant selection or critiques on the layout. I am thinking right now mainly blyxa japonica around the bases and low branches of the driftwood, giant hairgrass in the back corners, either ug or stauro for a foreground plant going from the left front extending all the way across to the right and the some hygro araguaia directly in the mid-middle extending towards the back.

Any help and plant suggestions would be greatly appreciated. By the way thanks for the great pieces of wood from Tom, got these a while back and finally got to use them!

Thanks

 

[kevinmichael77]

Any critiques or advice? I'm anxious to order some plants and get planting!

Thanks

 

[fplata]

Are you running co2

 

[kevinmichael77]

Yeah my regulator should be here Friday. Dual stage with a inline atomizer. Ill also be Ei dosing according to my tank size. And I have 2 24w t5ho lights about 23 inches over the substrate.

 

[fplata]

Once hair grass takes a hold you are in for a ride, how about some stems

 

[kevinmichael77]

Yeah I just want a thin layer in the back, I've had dwarf hair grass before and I kept that pretty tamed but it was a lot if work. Is glosso real invasive? I think I'm going to try that over ug.

 

[fplata]

Glosso is awesome, you have to mange it, but it's not as tough to manage as hair grass. Micro swords are awesome also. Cuba is cool also, but it's a pain to plant it

 

[kevinmichael77]

What about the overall layout? Anything I can improve or move around?

 

[fplata]

What kind of look are you going for?

 

[kevinmichael77]

Just something like a natural landscape like old dead trees/branches in a swamp or something.

 

[fplata]

Maybe a bit more drift wood. Check out this site Tom has lots for sale. Also find some rocks

 

[ykfdf]

Glosso is awesome, you have to mange it, but it's not as tough to manage as hair grass.