Plants in Holtfreter's solution - What works?

[frogenjoyer]

Hi everyone,

I'm temporarily keeping my axolotl tank at 100% Holtfreter's solution due to my axolotl being sick. I think she got sick from high nitrates after I removed many of the plants from her tank. She is recovering and I'll be keeping the tank at 40-50% Holtfreter's solution moving forward as a prophylactic measure. That being said, I'm looking to make this tank heavily planted again to limit future nitrate spikes. What plants will succeed in 60-62F, low light, and 40-50% Holtfreter's solution?

Let me know!

I have had a bit of a white algae (I think) issue for the past year so I'm hoping this will help that too.

 

[wolfen]

sagittaria which is a grass type grows well as does duck weed, java moss grows but at a slower rate, wide leafed tropical plants tend to have the most difficulty.

 

[frogenjoyer]

sagittaria which is a grass type grows well as does duck weed, java moss grows but at a slower rate, wide leafed tropical plants tend to have the most difficulty.

Ok cool! I use a sand substrate so anything that needs to be rooted usually fails. Would any of elodea, java fern, hornwort, or floating ferns work?

 

[wolfen]

elodea and hornwort are tolerant enough provided they are left to float, java fern grows very slowly and can get out competed by algae which will grow on it.