hc or glosso for ground cover

I would say glosso. HC is demanding in CO2. Not sure how glosso will grow in no CO2 either.

I've done HC in a nano without co2 no problems, but I dosed excel.

Got HC thriving in my 8.5 gallon 60-F.
Not necessarily a nano... but, I love the way it fills in!

Glosso seems to be less demanding so I choose it. Other than FISHRFun's comment, all I hear is that HC is incredibly difficult and irritating.

DANIELSON said:

I would say glosso. HC is demanding in CO2. Not sure how glosso will grow in no CO2 either.

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HC can be grown without co2 or excel. I believed I saw a thread here by a fellow member and his HC is just as beautiful.

Just look for that thread around here.

FlSHRFun said:

Got HC thriving in my 8.5 gallon 60-F.
Not necessarily a nano... but, I love the way it fills in!

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i come from reef-land, where anything under 30 is nano:tongue:.

justin182 said:

HC can be grown without co2 or excel. I believed I saw a thread here by a fellow member and his HC is just as beautiful.

Just look for that thread around here.

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was it in this[plants] subforum?

thanks for all the input guys, i really appreciate it! keep it coming--:help:

i vote blyxa japonica

timwag2001 said:

i vote blyxa japonica

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it's a little taller than what i'm going for...but really pretty

I voted Glosso, I have M. Quadrifolia which is similiar looking to Glosso.

Glosso baby all the way. Iv'e tried both plants and HC was just a pain where as Glosso thrives great under my 3wpg, DIY co2, i do add NPK+Flourish and excel as well. Once it gets started it grows like a weed and very pleasing to the eye.

HC is nice looking but it grows at a much slower rate than Glosso and also is much more demanding IMO!

i find glosso to grow way too fast and gets out of hand, i personally like hc better, slower but nice carpet effect

Marselia Minuta is nice, it's underrepresented. Never tried it though so no idea about what it likes.

I really like Elatine Hydropiper, but it's not common at all. It's like a little glosso. Your conditions would be fine for it though.

Glosso carpets pretty fast and then becomes annoying to prune. Also, it can grow upwards a little.

HC loves co2 but even without it (using excel) it'd be fine. It's steady growing and looks great.

Good luck!