Glosso Carpet Low Tech

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Glosso carpet low tech.

The plant has two leaves per node and branches very easily. I have used glossostigma elatinoides glosso often in low tech tanks as a carpet plant and it grows in very quickly. A month later i had a full lush carpet with no trimming except around my driftwood where the glosso tries to attach itself. Up aqua z series led 45cm filtration.

Dustin s fish tanks 36 174 views. Lit by 24w cfl. 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. My carpet on may 5th.

Given good care it will spread like a carpet across the aquarium floor. High tech co2 aquarium plant tips. I will be re using most of the equipment i currently have. Low maintenance dry start method for glosso.

Dhg carpet in a 3 5gal low tech planted tank. Glossostigma elatinoides glosso likes co2 fertilization and good lighting but grows very well in a low tech tank without co2. Substrate is dirt clay peat over osmocote. 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.

Glossostigma elatinoides also called glosso is one of the most popular fast growing aquarium plants used in the forefront of a tank. Below are the tentative specs that i have in mind for this tank. Glosso glossostigma species sunday duration. In case i suck at describing stuff i made a shitty ms painting.

This is a small green trailing plant with curly branches that form a very good looking green carpet on the tank bottom. 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. L40cm x w27cm x h30cm lighting. The leaves are small tongue shaped and petiolate meaning that the leaf has a stalk that attaches to the plant stem.

Here is a 24 day growth period with no trim. Gex l hof filled with biohomme and mr.