Best type of plants for my tank???

[fortunateson]

- 90GL discus tank so over 80 in temp
- Tek light with 3 HO T5 67000K  and 3 HO T5 Actinic = 6 HO bulbs
- No CO2
- Flourite Substrate and flourish, excel, Iron


What would be the best type of plants for this tank ive got some but there not doing to well!

Thanks

[cichlidicted]

hello

the first thing that would come to mind is anubias, java fern, cryptoryne, and vals...  do you use fertz by any chance ?

[fischkopp]

That's a lot of light over a 90 gal. You may want to consider CO2, or use only half the bulbs. I have no hands on experience on how actinics will affect the plant growth, but the common tenor is that plant benefit very little from them, but algae could. I guess you are using them to let the blue pop out?

The main problem with plants in discus tanks is the high temperature. Most mosses and stem plants won't do well, stay away from them. The natural habitat of discus has mostly no plants at all, at the most you can find large areas covered with hairgrass. There were surprisingly no amazon swords found with discus, but it can be a good option for an aquarium. If you don't limit yourself to one continent, then anubias are a good choice, hardy and slow growing, yet very nice in combination with wood. I found that ferns didn't like the higher temperatures too much. Some crypts might work well though.

Those are just my experiences and plans for my upcoming discus project. There are a lot of plants that will work, just stay away from demanding species.