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Old 10-16-2009, 06:05 PM   #1
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Default Plants with no special lighting

This is a freshwater 20 gallon tank, I want to know what are the best live plants that do good with no special lighting and that help clean the gravel.?
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Old 10-16-2009, 06:13 PM   #2
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There are a lot of low-light plants, but I don't know of any that keep gravel clean. What type and wattage of lights do you have currently? Is it a 20 gallon long or 20 gallon high?
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Old 10-17-2009, 02:59 PM   #3
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or better yet what are the dimentions? (length width depth)
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Old 10-18-2009, 01:44 PM   #4
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24 x 13 x17
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Old 10-18-2009, 06:23 PM   #5
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what kind/ how much lighting do you have now? i know you said nothing specail but that combined with the dimensions you gave would help for sugesting plants
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Old 10-18-2009, 06:29 PM   #6
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the light that came with the tank, im not sure how to tell, ill check the light bulb when i turn the tank off for the night
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Old 10-18-2009, 06:41 PM   #7
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i'm guessing it's a liener flourecent. what lengh and weather it's T12, T8, or T5 (tell by the diameter)
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Old 10-22-2009, 06:59 AM   #8
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You can never go wrong with java moss or java ferns, imo some of the most hard to kill plants out there and will basically grow in the dark.
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