Foreground Plant

[Wonderboy]

Has anyone heard of Glossostigma?? It's an awesome looking foreground plant if done right. Does anyone know how to grow it successfully??

 

[IovaykInD]

When I think of glosso, the first person that comes to mind now is Paulioo. He managed to create a wonderful looking tank with glosso being a carpet. If anything, he knows how to grow it.

Glosso needs a lot of light, if talking about relative to other plants. It needs c02 to flourish and needs to have a good substrate.

 

[zig]

2+WPG, CO2, a decent substrate, proper ferts and growing Glosso is easy, grows fast, wont work to well in a sand substrate.

 

[paulioo]

Yeah its fairly easy to grow providing you have the right conditions. The only hard part about having Glosso is the planting of it.

Can be quite painstaking in a large tank. The other difficulty is when it begins to over grow itself and you have to replant it all again!!!

Paul

 

[RYO]

The one main problem if it takes off is its very invasive, it can swamp your tank if not kept in check.
Just check out Georges or my journal.
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=83762

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=107901

It can look stunning but needs constant care and as Zig said doesn't do well in a sand substrate.

 

[Wonderboy]

Sounds great, I think I'll give it a go.

I've got the CO2 and an awesome substrate, I just need to make a few lighting changes.