I had a lilly in my aquerium but my goldfish compleatly striped it and it died.. any way I want a new plant so I can complete the nitrogen cycle but I want a palnt that is tough to withstand my fish or at least leaves to block them from gnawing on the stem I also want it to be 3-7 in fully grown, ph 6-8, and able to live in 70-80 degree temps. What is the best plant for me??? also I have limited space to work with I only have a ten gal currently.
2007-07-01 10:29:17 · 5 answers · asked by Dr. dope 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
I'm sure your gold fish might go after most any plant you put in. Also on a side note, having a plant does not "complete" your nitrogen cycle. Your cycle is complete when you read 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites in your water, and you only register nitrates. You're not going to be able to plant a tank enough that you never read 0 nitrates in your water, I'd just like to dispel that thought if you had it. Try something with bigger leaf width, like an amazon sword is about all I can think of.
JV
2007-07-01 10:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by I am Legend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Java Moss! You can make it do anything you want, including tieing it to rocks or other ornaments. After a couple weeks, the string will rot, leaving the Moss attatched to the decorations or gravel (it attatches by sending out suction cup-like rhizoids). Java Moss does not have a very good taste and my Golfish doesn't touch it. You could plant a 10 gallon tank with one good sized clump of Moss, so in this case, less is more! Good luck, and by the way, Goldfish get 8 inches long, so a 10 gallon tank just won't work for long.
Nosoop4u
2007-07-01 11:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto to Jon on the cycle and the sword plant. I will just add the possibility of an anubias to the list of plants. They are generally very tough and have hard waxy leaves that most fish won't bother. On the down side, they grow rather slowly, but that can actually be a good thing with a small tank.
MM
2007-07-01 11:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same as J V but i'd like to add anubias nana which is anchored to wood or rock, and Java fern Mircosorum pteropus, it also throughs off plantlets at an alarming rate Also Malayan sword Lagenandra ovata,
AJ
2007-07-01 11:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by andyjh_uk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont bother with live plant because they will always get eaten and destoryed unless its in with fish that dont have any teeth at all just get the fake plastic plants and but them in tap hot water for about 10 mins
2007-07-01 11:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by tkerbag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋