Low Light Carpet Plants Minutae

If you re looking for a beginner friendly carpet plant for your aquarium fish tank that doesn t break the bank you may not need to look any further than this live aquarium plant from substratesource.

Low light carpet plants minutae.

The best advantage of having staurogyne repens as your aquarium carpet plant is the fact that it is very different from other carpet plants in terms of looks. This option also provides a unique aesthetic benefit because it looks different. This is a great option for beginners because all you need to do is provide it with nutrients. Additionally it has the ability to enhance oxygen levels in aquariums as well as balance out tanks that are too nitrate heavy making it an effective tank maintenance plant.

A little co2 and iron will do wonders to this plant. It s light green low bushy nature make it a great foreground plant that carpets thickly. The staurogyne repens is a great low light carpet plant because the light demand and co2 demand are quite low. While low light intensity is just fine this plant will need 10 to 12 hours of exposure each day.

In fact this plant is about as carpet as it gets and it really does resemble the kind of grass you would have in your. It is often compared to hygrophila. Substratesource eleocharis dwarf hairgrass live aquarium plant. In a low light environment you should provide extra co2 and liquid fertilizer.

In lower light it will remain close to the ground and form a trailing carpet.