Inkozana Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hello, I went to Paul's Aquarium and Pond's yesterday and I asked what kind of plants would be good for my coldwater tank with my two small goldfish. The lady at the store said that anubias would be good but they only had two small ones that were being cleaned by cherry shrimp and I didn't want to spend too much money on a large anubias.. so I ended up getting some duckweed. She said my goldfish would probably eat the duckweed (I didn't mind) but since I have put it in my tank the fish haven't eaten any of it and it keeps getting caught in my filter even though it's on a low flow setting. I ended up taking it all out of the tank with a fine net, now there are lots of little hair-like pieces floating around in my tank. Apart from anubias what plants can I put in? At the moment I just have two pieces of driftwood and a sand base, I do have a 8w light for the tank. I probably shouldn't have bought the duckweed but it looked so pretty in their tanks and I thought well if worst comes to worst my fish will just eat the duckweed, but they didn't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangles Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Java fern I pretty hardy and doesn't need much light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkozana Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hmmm, I haven't seen much of that hanging around.. might be able to order it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhyr Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I've got a few smaller ones that you could have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 plastic or silk plants but ya goldys will eat the duckweed just gotta motivate them by not feeding any other food. very good for them but ya goldys make a mess of most plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkozana Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Oh, that's true. Yesterday I bought a Pisces Rainbow Rock with holes in it to put behind my driftwood, I think it looks nice now buy my partner says I need plants. I will have a look at the plastic and silk ones, I guess that's always safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
