What is the proper way of planting glossos runners?

[lamthuyduong]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the reason why my glossos are not growing and spreading is because I planted the runners improperly. Am I right or wrong? If i'm right, how should I plant the runners. Can the whole stalk be covered by the substrate leaving just the leaves or is it only the roots that can be covered by the substrate? Here's a few pictures of how I planted the runners.

 

[AlexPerez]

Here is a link to a site with great info and pics on planting glosso. Also you need lots of light and High C02 for it to grow as ground cover. I planted it the way it shows on that site to cover about 1/4 of my 55G and it took me about 2 hours to get it done (using ecco as sub). After about 3 days most of the plants went floating to the top. So I added a very small layer of black moon sand and replanted it. It was so much easier and it held the little plants in palce. Its been about 3 weeks now a bit of the sand is startting to settle to the bottom. But the Glosso is covering the whole bottom where I planted it and has nice roots. It is also starting to spread out everywhere else. Lots of trimming needed but it looks great.

http://www.egeis.com/aquoi/index.ph...846226&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&c=articles

 

[malkore]

Good work Alex, that was the link I was going to post, and IS the best way to plant glosso...it's also a huge pain in the neck. But a great looking glosso carpet is worth a couple hours of planting.

 

[madasafish]

Great link. I'll be bookmarking that one.

Just for your interest... The growth power of glosso is quite extraordinary, as mentioned in the article. Takashi Amano's Nature Aquarium World: Book 3 has a 5-page spread on a tank he started for a client. It was completely taken over by glosso because of lazy aquascapers. In a matter of a few months the tank went from having 10 or so species of plants to just glosso everywhere--on the ground, driftwood, rocks, etc. Incredibly tenacious stuff if water conditions are just right.

 

[aquoi]

Hi I'm glad my article help you in your Glossostigma planting. Hope you have a good time!