Beginner carpet plant?

[ExoticAquarist]

I would like a easy to keep carpeting plant for my tanks upcoming plastic to planted redo. My substrate is black gravel, nutrient free, with a layer of black sand on top. I have no Co2 and the only plant I've kept is 1 anubias nana. I have high lighting and a 2 pieces of wood, both starting to rot and lower the pH. My pH is 7.4. Any recommendations? I was thinking java or Christmas moss, S. Repents, or baby tears. Thanks!


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[DeeLee2013]

I'm trying S. repens in mine, so we can compare notes if you do the same!


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[reyma10]

Im new at this and i startes with dwarf sag so ill post so u can compare also

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[fish wrangler]

I have heard you can "carpet" wisteria. It would require lots of trimming to keep it short though.

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[Mattfinn]

Wisteria will carpet if you lie it in the substrate. You may need something to hold it down till it roots. Like toothpicks

 

[ExoticAquarist]

Hmm. I saw a similar technique for anemones. The guy shove a toothpick through part of the anenome and the thing rooted there. I think I might have a wild supply of wisteria. I also have a wild supply of some sort of val. And anacharis. I will probs go with either Christmas moss, wisteria, or s repens. I'll never learn how to spell staurogeyne... Or is it starogeine? Or maybe staurogyne... Oh well, happy tanking you guys! Thanks for the help.


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[fish wrangler]

I read that you lay the wisteria stem horizontal and just cover it back up. The leafs on top will grow and form a carpet.

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[ExoticAquarist]

Cool


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[ExoticAquarist]

Oh, and this is really off topic but I'm going to get rid of my current stock of 2pearl gouramis, 5 diamond tetras, 6 cardinal tetras, and 4 Cory cats and all my plastic plants to plastic to planted transform my tank. I'm thinking of buying 2 bolivian rams, and some sort of small schooling fish. Which should I choose from this list? 1. Andromeda (or celestial pearl) danio 2. Green neon tetra 3. Emperor tetra 5. Ember tetra 6. Green flame tetra 7. Harlequin rasbora. I will probably also throw in a betta or some endlers for some surface area action


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[fish wrangler]

Watch out with the bettas. Some can be good with community tanks but others not

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[ExoticAquarist]

Yeah, I've heard a horror story with a betta eating all the small fish and another with a betta that was so shy it got out competed for food by a glowlight tetra. I'd have to ask the guy in the LFS how that betta was acting


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