Marimo Balls as a carpet ?

[candymancan]

Hey guys, I want something in my tank to look like a carpet.. Im debating on either

A. removing my Driftwood and lava rock in the middle of my 27g hex and freeing up 50% of the tanks bottom and filling it up with more plants...

Or

B. Taking my 3 Marimo Moss (algae) Balls and tearing them open and tying them somehow to the diftwood for a carpet affect..


I like my driftwood as its a big U shape and with it upright and my lava rock holding it up.. It creates a cave almost and I noticed my Adult Gold Barbs like it.. I dunno what do you guys think ?

Here is a top view of my 27g Hex... Should I remove the wood and stone and fill up the middle with more plants ? If so what kind ? Or do you think the wood would look good on the top all wraped in the moss ? Or just leave it like it is.. I love the way baby tears look, and I just started a DIY co2.. but im afraid my 3 T8 bulbs is probly not enough light for them..

So I dunno I like my tank but it just feels like something is missing.... I changed my substrate fromb lue rocks to midnight black floramax... ... Most of my plants minus the sword if I trim it, and the watersprite are pretty slow growers and I have had them for a few months now... My tank is so tall 26 inches and all my plants are only like 6-7 inches tall... Granted I do believe the nesaea and the Telanthara cardinalis and a few others will probably grow to near the top eventually..... Just not sure what to do to make the tank look better

 

[delfisherman]

The red stone is nice and if you wanted a nice red plant id go with a red tiger lotus. The will go to the top in no time and give ground cover.

 

[candymancan]

Yea i have a red tiger lotus in the front.. It just didnt like when i changed substrate and lost a lot of leaves.. But i think the guy sold me a green one with some red sppts... It just grows greeen leaves.. I think the guy lied to me.. Oh well.. A lot of my plants will grow really tall they r just taking forever tlol... I was thinking of making a tower with interior holes and a hollow middle that goes near the top.. Make it out of some kind of stone and attach plants to it to make it look natural.. Not sure yet though

 

[brennae]

The tiger lotus will change color depending on your lighting. If I am not mistaken higher light equals more red. Are you using ferts? That sword should grow tall in no time but they need root tabs of some sort. I use Flourish but some people make their own using gel caps you get at the health food store. I would consider investing in some T5 HO's when you can. I have never really used LED's to grow plants so I am not sure how they would do on your deep tank.

 

[delfisherman]

You can get red and green tiger lotus so it depends on what you got.