What kind of aquarium plant should I get?

I do not want it to require much extra work, if any at all. I've got a 29 gal. aquarium with gravel as the substrate. The lighting is standard aquarium, 20 watts. I'd prefer not to have to add things like fertilizer but if that's the one thing I have to do, fine. The water is kept at high 60s to low 70s.. room temp. The actual water level(not including the gravel..) is 12 inches, so obviously something smaller than that, unless it's fine to "gather" at the surface. My filter is not on 24/7(I keep frogs, not fish) and there is no other air supply.. But if I have to keep filter on that is fine. Are there any plants that meet that criteria? I'd rather not get a fake plant, but if I have to.. lol

What kind of aquarium plant should I get?
As posted above, that's not much lighting. There are a few plants that could do well though.



Have a look at this link. Loads of plants that do well in low light. Some of them NEED low lighting. http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_list...



The plants will need a little fertilizer every now and again. I tend to add it only if I notice a lack of normal growth.



ADDED: The thing that holds the bulb HAS to be the same watt as the bulb. So if you get a brighter bulb, you'd need to replace the fitting too.
Reply:sorry but i would say go with fake changes in tank can also kill plants, plant's don't maintain there self just cuz they are in water . that's my feeling, but i did real plants and i maintained them more than my fish someday's
Reply:I have no fancy lighting in my 29 gallon tank... No Co2 system... No special dirt or anything.. Just small gravel and my plants do well. I do keep my light on for about 13 hours a day though. The only thing I added to my tank recently that actually made my plants grow a little faster was an air bubble volcano. The bubbles are so tiny that it distributes oxygen through out the tank now. I also have a bubble wand on the other end of my tank. I prune my plants about every 5-6 weeks.. And I do a 25% water change once a week..



I have Wysteria in my tank and it does very well.. Have some others, but I'm not sure what they are called... It's all the common stuff you can get at pet stores.



The only thing I suggest is... If your tank is new, you don't have enough "yuck" in the tank for them. Make sure the tank is at least 4-5 months old before adding live plants.
Reply:You have very low light. I think you should go with Java fern. There are a couple different varieties, some are harder to find than others.



Java fern grows very slowly but is super easy to care for. It shouldn't be planted in the substrate or the roots will rot. What you do is tie it down to pebbles or driftwood. You can get some river rock to tie it to which isn't expensive.



EDIT: The more wattage you have over your tank the more work you'll have to do. Right now you have a low tech tank.



You may be able to just get a new bulb and put it in the hood you already have.



If you get two watts per gallon over your tank it'll be a medium tech tank. You won't need CO2 injection but you may need some ferts. You'll be able to have a lot more plants. If you avoid plants that are heavy root feeders like crypts, you should only need to add carbon in liquid form by adding Seachem's Flourish Excel.



When/if you upgrade your lighting you'll probably have an algae bloom. If you decide to upgrade, buy as many plants as you can when you're actually going to put the new bulb in, and start dosing with Flourish Excel at the same time too. You want to do this to balance light and carbon and nitrates so you won't get algae.



It sounds more complicated than it actually is.
Reply:You don't even have enough light for even a low light tank set up. I would advise you to upgrade your lights to at least 30 watts. When you get that sorted you can proceed to get plants that require low light, such as Anubias, Java fern, java moss etc. Other plants like anacharis do well in low light and don't require much fertz or CO2. In fact, a low light tank (1-2 watts per gallon) doesn't require extra CO2. Check out this blog for more useful info on low light tanks:

http://lowlightlowtechplanted.blogspot.c...

Also there is this good site that provides you a list of plants based on light requirements and overall easiness.

http://www.plantgeek.net/

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