Bottom covering plants - 60 cm tall tank

[Nice2one]

Hi Guys

I need your help on this 🙂

I am setting up a 570L tank, I would say it's a low-medium(low) when it comes to lightning. Since It will only have 216W T5(4X54W). I will be adding C02 to the tank. My main concerns is that the tank is 60 cm tall.
And I was wondering if you could come with some suggestion on what bottom spreading plants I can keep with my setup?

I have thought of following plants but not sure if the will spread and cover the bottom of my tank.

Eleocharis parvula
Staurogyne repens
?? any suggestions ??

Thanks in advance

Best regard Ken

 

[Mick.Dk]

You should take the "Monte Carlo" into consideration, too. It's actually quite shade-tolerant.
For the two you mention, it should be possible - if you can afford it, it is often worth planting a little of each considered species, and then see which one(s) do the job best.........

 

[zozo]

In such a high tank with low light Lobelia Cardinalis could be nice looking candidate as a foreground plant. 🙂 It's has round oval shaped leaves and 1 plant spreads relatively wide. You could start up front with the small nana cultivar and work to the back with the bigger sister and create a nice up hill street. In low light they grow rather slow and stay green. In high light and enough firts they get red and the big sister can become very large. No idea how they do with co2, in low light.. I only have experience with low tech and low light. Had them in the pond only a meter high all day in the full sun, nice flowers stunning plant. Nice plant for big tanks..

This is the mini version..

 

[Nice2one]

First of all thanks for your reply's, always appreciated 🙂

You should take the "Monte Carlo" into consideration, too. It's actually quite shade-tolerant.

I would looooove if I could have success with Monte Carlo, but I have my doubt when I read about the light requirements on Tropica, minimum 0,5W/L.
But I like your idea about

...planting a little of each considered species....

I might plant the back ground and sides, and experiment with the middle/bottom field. Tak for dit input 😉

Lobelia Cardinalis

Uhh nice one, didnt know or have notist this plant before 🙂 And i even found a site in germany that sell a "mini" version. Defently one i will consider.

Thansk again guys.

In the mean time I have also add

• Marsilea hirsuta
• Marsilea crenata

to my list of candidates.

Best regrads Ken

 

[Mick.Dk]

Regarding Marsilea's hirsuta and crenata; hirsuta has the lowest light-requirements. It might "stretch for the light", though, in low light.

My latest research show, that Helantium tenellum var. parvulum (tradename: Echinodorus tenellus 'green') will actually tolerate very low light.
I can grow it in a tank 50 cm. deep with only 0,3 w/l T5-tubes "cool daylight" ( about 6500 K. ) and no added CO2. contrary to expected, it stay very low in growth, doing small, flat rosettes and spreading much slower - but still spreading. Given time a carpet can be achieved, eaven this low in light........
P.S. - let's keep this in english, so everyone can learn