guys, do you tend to avoid fish like corydoras in your carpet plant set-ups? Just wondered if they'd damage or uproot the plants
Favourite carpet plants
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Cant tell you about fish, but can warn you if you go with a cannister and all glassware, make sure the flow coming out doesnt cause your plants to lift off the dirt layer...
My original tank when i had HC on a sloped atea kept coming off coz of the flow, so ended up having to use a larger patch and letting it grow out slowly and anchor itself down...
My original tank when i had HC on a sloped atea kept coming off coz of the flow, so ended up having to use a larger patch and letting it grow out slowly and anchor itself down...
I'll be careful of that, cheers
flow is 400lph, aimed just below the surface just now; to minimise agitation while leaving the bottom layer...
my led's arrived today, I think I mentioned them to you recently; just need to wait for payday at the end of the month to get the proper co2, then I'm (hopefully) good to go on ordering the plants!
I have cories and a bnp with Monte Carlo and no problems. For a month or two I had a think carpet to the left and front of the tank but didn't think much of it then one day I noticed the bare spot pretty much matched up with where the flow from my koralia would hit the substrate. I moved the koralia higher and back so it was over my blyxa japonica and the Monte Carlo is starting to fill in the rest of the front. I could move some of it to the bare area so that it has to fill in versus spread which would be quicker but I felt like doing so as of yet.
Haven't kept a tigrinus, but if it's a big; bottom dweller, I'd say the chances of it uprooting carpet plants are high, especially when first planting as they are dislodged easily. Can't say for sure though, so would wait for someone else's input...
Also, in regards to the thread, I settled on Monte Carlo, eleocharis parvula, and staurogyne repens.
Bought some of each to see what lives and what doesn't
Bought some of each to see what lives and what doesn't
How about Glossostigma? Thinking about picking some up for my tank. Although half my tank is a carpet of crypt wendtii currently. I need to do some thinning.
