15 G planted ??

im thinking about getting a 15G and planting it and housing 2 german blue rams... will this work? what kinda plants look good? will i need any special equipment to house these plants?

thanks in advance
Jenken

 

As long as you stick with low light plants, you should be able to get away without using CO2. A lot of people recommend using a special plant substrate like flourite (personally, I don't use it, but I have had several people tell me I should). And you will probably have to upgrade your lighting because most standard light fixtures aren't enough for plants. For low light plants you'll need around 2 - 3 watts/gallon.

-Chelle

 

I have a 16 gallon bow front tank.. my tank is very heavily planted and is doing awsome.. I have every kinda plant that you can have in a big tank.. I have a yeast activated CO2 injection system... and a 65 watt VHO flourescent light.. the plants are growing like weeds and have very beautiful pink accents.. I think as long as you have lots of light youll be fine.. but dont leave them on for too long.. I just battled my way through a bad algae bloom, now that i have the lights on about 10 hours a day its OK.. and i think hte CO2 is helping a great deal,,, its only like $30 so well worth the money....
Good luck!! personally I enjoy looking at my plants more then the fish hehe

 

also I use the flourite substrate.. i think htat is helping also