Aquarium Carpeting Plant Care Guide - Low Tech to High Tech

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One feature of planted aquariums that a lot of people have trouble with is being able to grow carpeting plants. For those of us seeking to fill our tanks with green everywhere, it’s like the final boss. Carpet plants are an essential addition to your aquascaping toolkit that you can use to fill in the foreground and create lush, verdant growth similar to a lawn.

A healthy carpet in a display tank is striking and the benefits of carpeting plants don’t stop with the looks. They make a great habitat for bottom dwellers, shrimp and fry and provide shelter from bigger tank mates. Carpet plants also offer an alternative to floating or vertically growing plants in our planted aquariums.

When given ample light and carbon dioxide, in many cases, some of these plants will even pearl, creating cool looking air bubbles all throughout your tank. Since they grow near the bottom, carpet plants need more light than other aquatic plants to grow to their full potential. Many of these plants grow quickly, but some others are slow growing and need time to establish themselves. Choosing the right aquarium carpet plant depends on both aesthetics and how much light and nutrients you can provide.

When done right, aquarium carpet plants can make any aquarium look amazing. In the end, there are a good variety of plants, grasses, and mosses that will do the trick in low-light aquariums. I go over a handful of them in this quick guide and discuss some of the differences between different types of carpets!

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