Short Low Maintenance Carpet Plants?

[NathanB]

Hi all! just filled my next tank a couple of days ago, doing a dark start for this one. Im currently planning which plants i'd like to use in this scape and I was wondering if you guys could reccomend any based on what im looking for? Something like Sagittaria but if there are any species that stay reletively low growing then i'd like to go for those. Also is there any tips to keep them growing lower? Stronger light? CO2? I originally wanted to not use co2 for this scape as I'd like the tank to stay as low maintenance as possible.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks,

Nathan.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Not sure how much success you'd have trying to grow a dense low growing carpet without CO2 and fairly high light intensity, regardless of species, but it can be done, sort of. There's a section at the end of my tutorial regarding low-energy lawns, and one or two threads that might be of interest. Links below.

Soil Substrate or Dirted Tank - A How to Guide

The Soil Substrate Planted Tank - a How to Guide... ...or Zen and an Introduction to the Art of Underwater Gardening with Soil or Dirt... ...or The Hybrid-Energy Approach. Introduction In writing this I hope to illustrate that using soil substrate offers a range of possibilities and that it's...

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Low-tech lawns

Anything hi-tech can do, we can do...slower. Showcase your low-tech lawn here. Updated list of low-tech lawn species: Marsilea Minuta, Echinodorus Tenellus, Ranalisma Rostrata, Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis, Eleocharis sp. This is marsilea minuta. Got 55w power compact on 80 liters with ph6.5 kh4...

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a low tech carpet

Im wondering what would be the best option for a carpetting plant in a low tech set up? Current lighting is a 18w fluorescent taken from a wardrobe at my parents (is doing a good job of helping my anubis along) substrate is currently play sand but will be stripping down and adding aquatic soil...

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[malik uddin]

Hydrocotyle Tripartita Japan is working for me, i have superfish scaper 45l with stock light and it is growing well i got the invitro from tropica