What aquarium plants need only low light?

February 18th, 2009 Admin Posted in Aquariums | 3 Comments »

SquirrelPanic asked:

I am wanting to place a few live plants in my newer aquarium but don't really want to buy a stronger light. I am just wondering if there are plants that will do ok in lower light. I have a 20 gallon tank and it came with an overhead flourescent light that is only 15 watts. Any plants that would be ok with that lighting?


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3 Responses to “What aquarium plants need only low light?”

  1. fivespeed302 Says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    anubias, java fern, and java moss are the three most common.

  2. chartley Says:
    February 21st, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Java Moss, Java Ferns, any Crypto plants

  3. yoink Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    It is going to be tought to get anything to grow with such a low light level. Anubias, java fern, most mosses, cryptocoryne walkerii and wendtii should be able to make it. You could probably get some floating plants to grow, duckweed, frogbit, etc.

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