Plants that cover the bottom

[magnaflow]

Hey just wondering I see see alot of picture of people's tank where there substrate is cover in plants. I seens soem with java moss but some with small grass plants. I was wondering what the best to get for this and also this may sound dumb but how do they gravel vac without uprooting all the plants?

 

[malkore]

For most carpeting foreground plants, you need at least 2 wpg, and CO2 is recommended. Also, your substrate shouldn't be too heavy or coarse, as the smaller plants need a lighter substrate to root properly.

In a densely planted tank, you don't vac into the gravel, you only get the stuff off the surface.

 

[travis simonson]

There are a few carpet plants that will work in a low-light, non-CO2 tank (but of course will do better in higher light with CO2 supplementation): Marsilea spp. (any of the water clover species), Sagittaria spp. (most Sagittaria species will grow under fairly low light).

 

[magnaflow]

I got good light and co2 going to I was just wonderign on which plant to look for. That looks the place and covers well

 

[magnaflow]

like the plant I see on the bottom of your travis that looks good whats that?

 

[travis simonson]

That's Elatine triandra. It grows so fast that I got tired of trying to keep up with it and removed it. Unfortunately I don't have any left

 

[crazycat]

i just got some hemianthus callitrichoides and am hoping that it will do better and be easier than glosso--it's also said to do well under moderate lighting conditions...