Carpet Plants No Co2

Acclimation the most difficult stage of growing a carpet is at the start.

Carpet plants no co2.

So first of all forget about fishes at least till the plants are flourished and a decent carpet is achieved. Additionally your aquarium lighting will affect every plant differently with some plants thriving in low light situations better than others. Many of the more attractive species of carpeting plants grow better with more light. Tips for better success rate with low tech carpet.

You need to remember the goal is to achieve carpet in a low tech no co2 planted tank. Just check they are low to medium light and low tech. It tends to turn out poorly for most people. Hairgrass would probably struggle to stay alive and i know you could not get a carpet from it in inert substrate and no co2.

Best easy carpeting aquascaping plants without co2 number two on the list which i also have in here as you can see this plant can be super invasive and it s just like the s repens with the light if you give it low light it will grow as tall as it wants to so just be careful because this plant can be very invasive i m constantly picking out. In nature many aquatic plant species grow in co2 rich environments but here we want a low tech setup that does not use co2 injection to replicate such a condition. While others will grow anywhere just about with no co2. Carpet plants also offer an alternative to floating or vertically growing plants in their aquarium.

But like i said a bunch of light without co2 isn t a good formula to experiment with. Anything that would grow like you are describing needs high light lots of fertilizer and co2. Some of the hygro require co2 and lots of light. I would get the hang of low light plants before getting into carpeting plants.

Certain hygro stem plants work well for this. To use a non carpet plant as a carpet you need to be able to keep it trimmed short. Can act as carpet plants and aren t very picky. For fish tank owners who regularly replace their aquatic plants they might not find this approach useful.

There are certain species you could try dwarf sags dwarf hairgrass marsilia certain hydrocotyle spp etc.