What kinds of water plants should I get for my tank?

I have a 10 gallon tank with 4 guppies. 2 female and 2 male. I'm hoping the females will have babies.



What are some low cost, hardy, water plants that will provide a place for guppy fry to hide? It would be great if they didn't require too much light. I recently got a Java Fern for my tank but it's leaves constantly fell off which created waste.

What kinds of water plants should I get for my tank?
If you're looking for real easy of care, consider some plastic plants. I've used replicas of foxtail, cabomba, hornwort, and ambulia to name a few, either planted in the gravel, or floating on the top of the water. These are easy to clean, look relatively realistic, and last forever. No worries about lighting, fertilizing, trimming, or snails, either. The "bushier" the foliage (see example: http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/11... ), the better, because it makes it that much harder for the adults to navigate through the plants, but the fry can do so easily!
Reply:I have a Java Fern which fish hide in alot. It's about 4 inches tall and it has thick, leafy leaves. It's very hardy and can survive your tank.



~ZTM
Reply:a little advice you should get 2 more female cause male guppy are very anoying with it want to make with the ladies,and your female could die from that.

limnophila aquatica,

ceratophyllum submersum

cabomba caroliniana

or you can buy a breeder box to put your female in

when a female guppy is preg and about to give birth she would be hidding,eat less or even doesn,t at all,from behine view of her the gavid spot(an area that is close to the butt)is spare.and remove her from the box after she done and feed her.

you should remove the fry to a 5 gal aquarium ,they'll be safe and have thier own space to swim

the aquarium plant doesn't work really well

it you want to keep all the fry ,then use the breeder box

you can buy it at pet store(buy the 3 way breedding cause you'll never know if both of the female giving birth at the same time=]good luck
Reply:Java moss and fern are best. I got some myself about 2 weeks ago but some are starting to turn brown. Im still not sure why, but initially my water conditions were pretty bad, now they are starting to go green again...



One thing is when you get some from the pet store make sure you clean them well, mine had snail eggs in the which i didn't know until they hatched and i had about a dozen little snails in my tank. Snails aren't so bad buy there could be other parasites in there.
Reply:they have breeding grass which is great for guppy's it don't require allot of maintenance and not much light either plus if they do have baby's it gives the baby's a place to play and hide