theotheragentm Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Other than tying it down to wood/rocks, has anyone actually tried to carpet with it? I've seen people mention carpets, but I've been at a loss to try and find a photo or video showing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 It if grows for you, just slowly spread it around the aquarium substrate. It will end up looking like a spongy carpet of sorts. I find that whenever I try to propagate it, it hates me and fails. But if I forget about it for 6 months, it grows wonderfully. [ now... NERM alert 🤓 🌱... ] As a very minor grammar matter... the name of this plant is derived from German spelling: Süßwassertang however, the third letter there is the letter Eszett (ß) which is a lowercase for the sound which in English is "ss." So, the _correct_ English spelling for Lomariopsis lineata is: "Susswassertang." 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 10/19/2023 at 12:24 PM, theotheragentm said: Other than tying it down to wood/rocks, has anyone actually tried to carpet with it? I've seen people mention carpets, but I've been at a loss to try and find a photo or video showing this. If you want to carpet the plant, I would think the best way would be to use something like an UGF plate and use that to anchor it to the substrate. That being said, I think it does a lot better on grids and on the sides of the tank as opposed to other places. I would only tie it, the times when I tried to glue it didn't end well. It grew, but eventually came off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotheragentm Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 I have a very large clump that has been growing in an abandoned aquarium that only gets crummy office light, and I was thinking of a project with a no light setup that would only get natural light. I've seen people speak about carpets, but I've never see a photo of one. I think I'm going to string it to some decorations and go with balls of plant instead of a carpet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 On 10/19/2023 at 3:35 PM, Fish Folk said: It if grows for you, just slowly spread it around the aquarium substrate. It will end up looking like a spongy carpet of sorts. I find that whenever I try to propagate it, it hates me and fails. But if I forget about it for 6 months, it grows wonderfully. [ now... NERM alert 🤓 🌱... ] As a very minor grammar matter... the name of this plant is derived from German spelling: Süßwassertang however, the third letter there is the letter Eszett (ß) which is a lowercase for the sound which in English is "ss." So, the _correct_ English spelling for Lomariopsis lineata is: "Susswassertang." I actually made a post in the ACO FB group about the spelling of the plant too lol. It's always odd to me when people spell the eszett as a b. I understand why they do but it just doesn't compute in my head. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/19/2023 at 2:35 PM, Fish Folk said: It if grows for you, just slowly spread it around the aquarium substrate. It will end up looking like a spongy carpet of sorts. I find that whenever I try to propagate it, it hates me and fails. But if I forget about it for 6 months, it grows wonderfully. [ now... NERM alert 🤓 🌱... ] As a very minor grammar matter... the name of this plant is derived from German spelling: Süßwassertang however, the third letter there is the letter Eszett (ß) which is a lowercase for the sound which in English is "ss." So, the _correct_ English spelling for Lomariopsis lineata is: "Susswassertang." Same! If I leave it be, it looks beautiful. If I try to do anything to it, it gets mad at me and pouts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Somebody posted a video on here a while back where a guy tied Suss to cords that were tied to something at the top of,his tank and anchored to a rock or other weight. He essentially made a nearly solid green wall across the back of,his tank with the “Suss on a string”. I just saw the tank again in the background on another video that was posted. Was that you, @nabokovfan87? I know you’re the king of video links. 😉 Maybe they were MD Fishtanks vids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/24/2023 at 8:08 AM, Odd Duck said: Was that you, @nabokovfan87? I Maybe this? Java Moss Wall: Easy Aquascaping for Your Shrimp Tank" width="200"> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 That’s definitely the guy for the Suss ropes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 After a few months mine attached itself to everything and grew prolifically in large clumps. For me the downside was it attracts debris and if I vac'd and disturbed it, it would break off in bits and establish itself in other places. I was always having to clean the HOB filter tubes. Now that the novelty has grown off, I've of cleaned the tanks of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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