[Characins]

I need a densely growing very low to the substrate (not higher than 1"), easy to care for groundcover that is preferably fast growing.

Anybody have any suggestions?

I was looking at riccia and baby tears....I have 1.8wpg of T5 (at the moment), fluorite substrate and DIY Co2.

 

[epicfish]

How tall is your tank?

Glosso, Marsilea quadrifolia, M. minuta may work well for you.

 

[Characins]

How tall is your tank?

Glosso, Marsilea quadrifolia, M. minuta may work well for you.

Tanks is 46g....I believe 20" tall.


Does glosso have to be pruned constantly to stay at that height?

 

[JustOneMore21]

You'd be trimming Riccia and Baby Tears constantly to make it stay low. Even in high light, Baby Tears (assuming you mean HM) is like 3-4".

I would try Glosso or Marsilea. You are somewhat limited with your lighting....but it just might grow (the Glosso).

It may be slightly higher since you have medium-ish lighting....but it would be lower than the 2 you are considering.

 

[bsmith]

Marselia is great, but not too fast growing.

 

[epicfish]

Always showing off that ADA logo!

 

[bsmith]

Its only the cheapest piece of ADA equipment you can get. I think that a pair of theit tweezers are like 2x's as much as a mini m! :icon_eek:

Always showing off that ADA logo!

 

[epicfish]

Its only the cheapest piece of ADA equipment you can get. I think that a pair of theit tweezers are like 2x's as much as a mini m! :icon_eek:

I think their garden mats are cheaper!

Oh, and one of their pro pincettes is almost the same price as the Mini M!

 

[Characins]

Its only the cheapest piece of ADA equipment you can get. I think that a pair of theit tweezers are like 2x's as much as a mini m! :icon_eek:

LOL, I wanted to get the scissors but they were over $100 I think. Crazy nice though. And nice tank.


So I guess glosso it is then. By the way.....

Anybody have any glosso for sale?

 

[Riley]

Hygro sp. 'porto velho' would do good in there.

I have it growing in diffused light in my 50 gallon foreground.

 

[Characins]

How far apart should I plant glosso?

 

[cah925]

I plant mine in a checkerboard pattern about 1/2" - 1" apart.

 

[Characins]

I plant mine in a checkerboard pattern about 1/2" - 1" apart.

And how long about does it take for the glosso to fill in all the empty spaces between them?

And am I going to need tweezers for this?

 

[Characins]

I should have asked this earlier-

In general, which is easier to take care of.

Glosso or HC?

And which is faster growing?

 

[@[email protected]]

You'd be trimming Riccia and Baby Tears constantly to make it stay low. Even in high light, Baby Tears (assuming you mean HM) is like 3-4".

HM puts a lot of growth into its side shoots, which come out every node in good light, but the stems will grow dense because of it, run out of room anywhere but up, and then go up. i used HM as a dense background plant once. its a stem plant, and really has no height restriction.

 

[Characins]

Hmmm...good point.

!!!!!
Justonemore21?
You pop up on every single aquarium forum I've ever been on!

I remember you gave me some help...maybe 2 or 3 years ago on a different forum when I was settin up my 10g. LOL, you get around!


Still not entirely sure between the glosso and HC though....tricky one. Maybe I could do both?

 

[bunkum]

Glossostigma diandrum maybe? if you can get it, glosso elatinoides grows a bit leggy under low light, as does HC. a couple more T5's maybe?

 

[Characins]

I'm 95% sure that I'm getting another set of 2x39w for Christmas....just have to wait until then.


There are other kinds of glosso? Hmm...complicates things a bit I guess.

 

[@[email protected]]

glossostigma is a genus. its not suprising that there are multiple species.

the only one i see commonly available is elatinoides, though.

 

[Choco]

My favorite carpet plant is definitely HC cuba (hemianthus callitrichoides)

It stays less than 1/2" from the ground, and wouldn't break into pieces and get all over the place like riccia or moss.


After a while, the plant will get thick and bushy. I just did some trimming on the HC yesterday and it actually FEELS like nice soft carpet when I put in hand on it!