Thanks,
Stemplants ?
Ground covers ?
My tank is pretty deep, juwel trigon 350...
Z
Stemplants are plants that grow via a long stem with roots and leaves attached at nodes that appear at different lengths of the stem. Stemplants are classified based on how these nodes are arranged on the stem (alternately, in whorls, or in pairs). The roots are not used primarily for feeding, but for anchorage. They absorb nutrients primarily through their leaves, making them very efficient at using nutrients from the water column. Examples of stemplants include Egeria densa (called Elodia and Anacharis), Ludwigia, Cabomba, Hygrophila, and numerous others. They are often quite easy to grow and grow very quickly. Because of this fast growth rate in some species, they are often called the "algae busters" of the tank and are always great to have, especially in an initial planting.
Ground covers consist of several different groups of plants. As a group, however, they tend to stay quite low to the ground, growing between 1-3.5" inches depending on the species. They also spread across the tank, often covering the substrate completely, depending on the quality of nutrients, CO2, and lighting.
Stemplant ground covers include: glossostigma elatinoides, Hemianthus species.
Rhizome (plants that form plantets from a long rhizome stem that runs parallel to the ground) groundcovers include: Marsilea species, mosses.
Rosette (plants that grow leaves from a disinct base or "crown" and have heavy roots that extend down from that crown) ground covers include: small cryptocorynes, Laleaopsis species, dwarf Eleocharis species, Echinodorus tenellus. These plants will also send out runners that form daughter plants, but each plantlet will contain that important "crown". The rhizome plants do not possess this "crown" and the shoots and roots emerge from a node directly on the rhizome.
Does this help? Give me a depth in inches please, I do not know UK models for tanks.
llj
