Aquatic lawn

[coops]

Hello,

Just a quick question as to what people would recommend i plant in my 4X2X2 planted tank to achive a nice "aquatic lawn" effect?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.. :)

Thanks!!

[duck]

Glosso or riccia.
You need high light to achieve a good looking carpet.

[tank]

how can u achive a lawn if u have a bb tank is there a way to do this

[AussieStar]

hair glass is alright aswell

[kalebjarrod]

how can u achive a lawn if u have a bb tank

you can't

the moment you start the lawn by adding a substrate your tank is no longer "bare bottom" :wink:

[Littlefish]

I wonder. :idea:

If you attached riccia to some sort of sinking (weighted) mesh, maybe you could achieve a kind of lawn effect since riccia doesn't require a substrate, just something to attach to.

Then the riccia 'mat' could be removed to facilitate cleaning.

Fred

[tank]

good idea littlefish
i thought a peice of slate and attach it that way

[Proteus]

Glossi IMO is the best option

[Littlefish]

Glosso looks great. Needs a pretty intense light though (or so I've heard, don't really know) so that it doesn't start stretching up to the surface.

Fred

[duck]

good idea littlefish
i thought a peice of slate and attach it that way
Then it won't be a BB tank.
I prefer glosso for carpeting looks excellent, riccia i love for the pearling.

[keVerns]

hairgrass?

ive got them running around in half of my tank, pretty fast growing with proper lighting and co2...

recently just added in glosso... i've used them for my lower/flatter substrate areas and on the hilly substrate, ive used the hairgrass.

running a thin piece of plastic dividers in the substrate so that the roots wouldnt grow over each other and cause a mess... i'll try to post up a pic in a few weeks

[OscarManAlpha]

coops Blyxa Japonica is what I have used it grows to the same height as hair grass but looks better and grows in clumps only where you place it.

I have posted a pic of mine : )