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Re: bottom cover for these conditions
>I'm in search of a carpet forming plant for the bottom of my 33
>gallon. I've been around through the lilaeopsis
>brasilensis/glossostigma conversation. I'm presently trying this
>with poor to OK results.
I have conditions in my 30 gal tank similar to yours. When I was at
the Randallstown Aquarium center this summer I saw one of their
display tanks planted with Micranthemum as a foreground cover and
liked the effect, so I bought one bunch. My tank has pea gravel as
substrate, but in the front I spread a finer gravel for the small
roots to hang onto. It has worked very well for me. The
Micranthemum spread across the fine gravel area very quickly with a
lush green carpet, but has not grown beyond that area. Now I have to
trim it to keep it down to about an inch thick. I do fertilize the
substrate with jobe's sticks occasionally, and add PMDD to the water
column daily.
Cathy Hartland