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Red or colourful submersible plants?

layna

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I know plants have been done to death but...Im sick of the green plants in my tank and want to add in a bit of colour, id like submersible plants that are pretty!
Ive tried googling it but they all seem to be for temperatures 20 C +
Does anyone know of any nice coloured live plants that will suit an axie tank?
Thanks!
 
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I remember reading somewhere in the vast seas of the interenet that more color plants have the more light they need. You may have to resort to colored silk fake plants? Maybe you could mix fake and real ones together?
 
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I already have a mix but the fake ones dont help the tank much.
They are in rooms that get light all day and sunlight for a good 4-5 hours on a morning and my tank lid is seethrough.
I dont know i just wanted a bit of nice colour in there :D
 
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There are a lot of species of aquatic plants that become red (or reddish) when they're kept under high light. (Ludwigia and Crypts have species that go red under the right conditions.) You might want to poke through a couple of planted tank forums to read some basics of keeping a high light tank and consider if that would be right for you.
 
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I have had luck with red tiger lotus/lily bulbs. I find them to be quite beautiful. It ranges in color from red/green to almost a purple. It sends pads up to the surface via long stems, which the axies love to hang out and climb on.

The picture with gravel is my brothers shrimp and guppy tank. The red tiger is in the left corner.

The others are from my axie tank.
 

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abbeh15 said:
I have had luck with red tiger lotus/lily bulbs. I find them to be quite beautiful. It ranges in color from red/green to almost a purple. It sends pads up to the surface via long stems, which the axies love to hang out and climb on.

The picture with gravel is my brothers shrimp and guppy tank. The red tiger is in the left corner.

The others are from my axie tank.
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Hey thanks, thats quite cool, ill look into it :)
 
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This is an excellent list of low light plants, lots to choose from including a couple with some colour other than green :)
 
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