Glosso Carpet Low Tech

Glosso glossostigma species sunday duration.

Glosso carpet low tech.

High tech co2 aquarium plant tips. Below are the tentative specs that i have in mind for this tank. 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.

Substrate is dirt clay peat over osmocote. I have used glossostigma elatinoides glosso often in low tech tanks as a carpet plant and it grows in very quickly. Gex l hof filled with biohomme and mr. 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.

Low maintenance dry start method for glosso. In case i suck at describing stuff i made a shitty ms painting. Dustin s fish tanks 36 174 views. The leaves are small tongue shaped and petiolate meaning that the leaf has a stalk that attaches to the plant stem.

High tech uns 90l low tech uns 60s 40c 30c. 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. A month later i had a full lush carpet with no trimming except around my driftwood where the glosso tries to attach itself. Excel dosed daily npk dosed weekly.

Given good care it will spread like a carpet across the aquarium floor. The plant has two leaves per node and branches very easily. In healthy glosso the leaves are bright green and produce bubbles readily. Glossostigma elatinoides glosso likes co2 fertilization and good lighting but grows very well in a low tech tank without co2.

Glossostigma elatinoides also called glosso is one of the most popular fast growing aquarium plants used in the forefront of a tank. Dhg carpet in a 3 5gal low tech planted tank. My carpet on may 5th. You can cut it and replant thus making a carpet much quicker.

This is a small green trailing plant with curly branches that form a very good looking green carpet on the tank bottom. L40cm x w27cm x h30cm lighting.