Carpeting Plant

[arif_93]

hi does anyone know a gd looking and easy to look after carpeting plant that grows ok not to fast
one that can live without co2

 

[ICEEGRL]

What is your set up, and what do you call easy?

 

[arif_93]

What is your set up, and what do you call easy?

one that doensnt need co2 or much fertiliser and can survive on my lightng of 3wpg.
my set will be a heavily planted tank

 

[wei0204]

May be can try to tie mosses on stone...
They do not need high lighting...

 

[Graeme Edwards]

With 3WPG your going to need a good dose of Co2 ( 30ppm ) or you will run into major aglea problems, beleive me!! Your plants will be wanting to grow hard and fast with that amount of light, but limmeting the tank to no Co2 will hold back plant growth and give algea its turn, big no no!
If you want a non Co2 tank you need to reduce to no more than 2WPG at most.

Regards,
Graeme.

Quick thought, are you working on UK or USA gallons?

 

[arif_93]

With 3WPG your going to need a good dose of Co2 ( 30ppm ) or you will run into major aglea problems, beleive me!! Your plants will be wanting to grow hard and fast with that amount of light, but limmeting the tank to no Co2 will hold back plant growth and give algea its turn, big no no!
If you want a non Co2 tank you need to reduce to no more than 2WPG at most.

Regards,
Graeme.

Quick thought, are you working on UK or USA gallons?

uk gallons i will use co2 but i want cheap co2 is it ok to use the tetraoptimat co2

With 3WPG your going to need a good dose of Co2 ( 30ppm ) or you will run into major aglea problems, beleive me!! Your plants will be wanting to grow hard and fast with that amount of light, but limmeting the tank to no Co2 will hold back plant growth and give algea its turn, big no no!
If you want a non Co2 tank you need to reduce to no more than 2WPG at most.

Regards,
Graeme.

Quick thought, are you working on UK or USA gallons?

uk gallons i will use co2 but i want cheap co2 is it ok to use the tetraoptimat co2
if i dnt get co2 i will use the standard light ficture that comes with the tank
my tank is 8.9 gallons and the lighting is 18watt will this be ok to run with out co2