Need Advise

[Sidney]

Im am new to the planted tank section . I need suggestion on what plants can be use to make a "grass" effect and does not need CO2 Injection . i prefer to have mosses .

[ivantan]

you can try riccia, they grow quite fast and look a lot like grass.

[elwaynetan]

I second ivantan. I bought off shelf a few months back some meshes of riccia. By last week, they have grown so immensed that most of them ripped themselves off the meshes. Quite some growth rate in the short period of time. Have u visited the 24 hour LFS at Clementi? They have an aquarium which a thick carpet of java mosses. Worth a try!

[AQMS]

Hi Sidney,give us more details of your tank, like size, lights and so on.

[Sidney]

Hi Zerofighterx101 , i have a Gex M size tank and i plan to buy the aquazonic pro z series LED , no CO2 input . Getting a Gex Slim filter M > would love a eden 501 though . Gonna keep some cory and hard red shrimps

Hi Sidney,give us more details of your tank, like size, lights and so on.

[Sidney]

Hi do you have CO2 input , what lighting do you use ?

I second ivantan. I bought off shelf a few months back some meshes of riccia. By last week, they have grown so immensed that most of them ripped themselves off the meshes. Quite some growth rate in the short period of time. Have u visited the 24 hour LFS at Clementi? They have an aquarium which a thick carpet of java mosses. Worth a try!

[Laversiner]

Hi Zerofighterx101 , i have a Gex M size tank and i plan to buy the aquazonic pro z series LED , no CO2 input . Getting a Gex Slim filter M > would love a eden 501 though . Gonna keep some cory and hard red shrimps

Hi Sidney,

Riccia is good! I am currently using aquazonic pro z series in my 1ft tank with regular dose of Excel and using Eden 501 as my filter. No CO2. Riccia in my tank is growing like crazy! Need to trim every 2 weeks.

[Shadow]

Riccia is very fast growing plant, with CO2 and high light you need to trim every week

[AQMS]

you can try e.tenellus..
moderate to high light required.
with Co2 the runners with run like crazy and carpet your tank make it look like a lawn
that needs a trim.

[Sidney]

Will consider that . But i won't over do it as i will be keeping cories

you can try e.tenellus..
moderate to high light required.
with Co2 the runners with run like crazy and carpet your tank make it look like a lawn
that needs a trim.

[ivantan]

i seldom see cories with a planted base. i normally see them in a sand base tank. hopefully can see how your tank turns out soon

[felix_fx2]

Cory + riccia lawn= horror movie.

Cories like to poke poke in the substrate which is why folks like use sand base.
Riccia in the case no one has mentioned is a fast growing floating plant like hortwort. That's why their on mesh.

Tenellus , glosso, APP are the most common beginner plant. (speaking of tenellus, low light will result it growing long. so high light preferred.)