Marsilea Carpet Plant

It s a shame that marsilea hirsuta is so overlooked in creating aquascapes as it is not only easy to look after but it carpets really well too.

Marsilea carpet plant. 3 10 average height cm of the plant after two months in. But one tank has fine black gravel other tank is half gravel about i d say abit under 1 4in in diameter and half amazonia aquasoil. Its basic requirements are as follows. Pictures of the tank will come later.

But how can an aquarist grow carpet plants with no injected co2. Growth rate of the plant compared to other aquatic plants. In need of some easy to grow carpet plants to help bring your fish tank to life. Marsilea hirsuta in vitro tissue culture live aquarium plant great for foreground zones.

Synonyms of marsilea minuta are marsilea crenulata desv marsilea diffusa a braun and marsilea rotundata wild. I m not sure if we have all that here in singapore and i m pretty new to all these plant things hahaha. So with that said if a bushy thick carpet is what you re after you may have to make adjustments in your aquarium depending on the plant. Creates a 1 3cm high and close carpet well anchored in the bottom layer.

Read out to find out the challenges and how to overcome growing carpet plants without co2 in your planted tank. Having a nutrient filled substrate is another important factor. Hemianthus callitrichoides hemianthus callitrichoides or hc for short is probably the smallest aquarium plant that is currently available commercially. Marsilea minuta is considered as least concern in the iucn red data book.

Country or continent where a plant is the most common. Grown through clean tissue culture process no pests. Whichever form the plant adopts it forms runners and spreads rapidly round the aquarium.