Glosso Carpet Low Tech

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Glosso carpet low tech.

Glosso glossostigma species sunday duration. The plant has two leaves per node and branches very easily. Low maintenance dry start method for glosso. I have used glossostigma elatinoides glosso often in low tech tanks as a carpet plant and it grows in very quickly.

Dhg carpet in a 3 5gal low tech planted tank. Below are the tentative specs that i have in mind for this tank. You can cut it and replant thus making a carpet much quicker. In case i suck at describing stuff i made a shitty ms painting.

Substrate is dirt clay peat over osmocote. L40cm x w27cm x h30cm lighting. Given good care it will spread like a carpet across the aquarium floor. This is a small green trailing plant with curly branches that form a very good looking green carpet on the tank bottom.

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. Here is a 24 day growth period with no trim. My carpet on may 5th.

The leaves are small tongue shaped and petiolate meaning that the leaf has a stalk that attaches to the plant stem. Lit by 24w cfl. Excel dosed daily npk dosed weekly. Glossostigma elatinoides also called glosso is one of the most popular fast growing aquarium plants used in the forefront of a tank.

Up aqua z series led 45cm filtration. 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. I will be re using most of the equipment i currently have. Gex l hof filled with biohomme and mr.

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