Marsilea minuta

[Neatfish]

I have a little marsilea minuta and want it to spread out all over my tank. It's just starting to spread out now but it's growing slow. I been dosing co2 booster every day and flourimulti 2 days a week and 6hrs of light and root tabs when needed planted in ecocomplete. My light is a 17w t8 light. What can I do to make it spread out?

[aznartist34]

Higher light and more co2.

[Neatfish]

Hey thanks.

[Green_Flash]

yeah this plant grows pretty slow

[Blackheart]

where the heck can you even get this stuff at?

[Option]

Yeah, this plant is tough to find. I suspect, at least in part, that it's because it's such a slow grower and this is a well-known fact.

[BruceF]

I grow Marsilea quadrifolia essentially because you can find it in the summer at any nursery that sells pond plants.

[wicca27]

i have marsilea minuta. it took mine a long time to take off. i dont use co2. my tank does get lots of light both natural and from my shop light (55 gal). i did notice that once i pulled some of it up and cut it and replanted it it did better. the new nodes took off and spread better and i always change the directions they go never in strate lines so it feels in better. i also use mgo and pool filter sand in my tank. dont know if temp would make a difference but my tank stays between 70 and 75. i know some plants do better in cooler water so dont know about marsilea or not

[Hoppy]

Marsilea minuta, like HC and glosso, will eventually start growing on top of each other, building up a much too thick ground cover. I grew it in a high light, CO2 tank, and experienced that. It became a nuisance to me over the year or so that it took to do that. But, there is no reason why you couldn't give it a haircut like you have to do with HC, and control its thickness that way. I'm thinking of dry starting a carpet of it for my next low light tank build.

[Neatfish]

Got a coralife 10k light. Think that's going to help?