Green Stuff!

[Hero]

I came across this video on youTube and have a few questions about it.

What is the green stuff everywhere?

Does it grow and take over?

If a tank is set up like this what would be the process for gravel vac and ground maint?

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9-sGkRwlg

 

[Darkerwhite2]

Alot of it looked like ricca, but there were some other plants that looked simialr to the "four leaf clover plant" cant remember the name exactly but i do beleive that if in sufficient growing conditions it will take over.

The ricca looking plant can be hard to keep, i have had no luck with ricca, i do however have a tank that has been taken over by valli spirals, a dwarf variation, they had covered the bottomof the tank and are about an inch and half tall, a bright green carpet.

sorry i didnt have more luck identifying those plants.

 

[Hero]

I search google images on valli spirals and returned not one picture of a plant. Is that spelled correctly? I would LOVE to set up a tank with everything covered in this brilliant green plant life. Do i need special substrate, sterilizer things, CO2 and special filters to do so?

 

[frozenbarb]

High light co2 and ferts should do it. IT wil be Very messy business so be prepared

 

[Themuleous]

The front stuff is Glossostigma elatinoides which tends to prefer high light. IN low light it gets very tall and leggy.

There was also some riccia in there too.

Sam