Small Ground Cover

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SeanTrollope

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right now the front of my tank is looking very bare and i would like a small dence fast spreading cover
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if you have suggestions plzĀ  attach pics and tell me where i can get them from.
 
Dwarf sagittaria is another good one. Can't help you source it, though, sorry!
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This is how it looked in my tank;
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Moss can be a pain to maintain though as it can get messy and needs trimming to keep it looking good.
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Staurogyne repens and Eleocharis (hairgrass) are always recommended as 'easy' plants and might be worth a try. Ā I wouldn't expect them to spread very quickly if they spread at all though.
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For a low-tech tank some anubias petite attached to small rocks could be a good alternative.
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The best small, dense, fast-spreading ground cover plants such as HC are only really an option for high-tech, high-light tanks as they are very demanding in terms of light and CO2.

fluttermoth said:
Dwarf sagittaria is another good one. Can't help you source it, though, sorry!
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This is how it looked in my tank;
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That's lovely Flutter, did you find your dwarf Sag spread for you? Ā What did you feed it?
I tried dwarf sag once and I'd completely forgotten about it, it's another one that I could never really get to grow!
 
Hairgrass, Eleocharis species, don't do well on a gravel substrate, but are fine on sand.
 

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