Glosso Carpet Low Tech

You can cut it and replant thus making a carpet much quicker.
Glosso carpet low tech. Glossostigma elatinoides also called glosso is one of the most popular fast growing aquarium plants used in the forefront of a tank. Dustin s fish tanks 36 174 views. The only other experience i have with glosso was in my low light low fert shrimp tank and the glosso grew straight up like a normal stem plant. Anyway i was thinking of doing a ring of repens around my hardscape which will be rocks and then doing a carpet of glosso filling out the rest of the tank.
Substrate is dirt clay peat over osmocote. Glossostigma elatinoides glosso likes co2 fertilization and good lighting but grows very well in a low tech tank without co2. Glosso glossostigma species sunday duration. I have used glossostigma elatinoides glosso often in low tech tanks as a carpet plant and it grows in very quickly.
Lit by 24w cfl. A month later i had a full lush carpet with no trimming except around my driftwood where the glosso tries to attach itself. In healthy glosso the leaves are bright green and produce bubbles readily. High tech co2 aquarium plant tips.
Gex l hof filled with biohomme and mr. This is a small green trailing plant with curly branches that form a very good looking green carpet on the tank bottom. The leaves are small tongue shaped and petiolate meaning that the leaf has a stalk that attaches to the plant stem. Below are the tentative specs that i have in mind for this tank.
Up aqua z series led 45cm filtration. L40cm x w27cm x h30cm lighting. My carpet on may 5th. Dhg carpet in a 3 5gal low tech planted tank.
In case i suck at describing stuff i made a shitty ms painting. I will be re using most of the equipment i currently have. Low maintenance dry start method for glosso. Given good care it will spread like a carpet across the aquarium floor.
Excel dosed daily npk dosed weekly. Hi everyone i m planning to do a 1 5ft planted tank in a couple of months time and i m trying to decide on which carpet plant to go for.