Justnotrook Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Just looking for some good carpeting plants for my 5 gallon tank. I do have some Java moss in there but only as a bladder snail egg trap. I’m just looking for an easy, brighter-green carpeting plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Crypt parva? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago If you’re not using co2, dwarf sag or montecarlo could be a good carpet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Depends how long you want to wait, for a full carpet in very little time (with the right care), I’d go dwarf sag. If you want to maybe have a quarter carpet in 2 years, go with the parva. Crypt parva would totally work, but it grows painfully slow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice_Lacer Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Crypt lucens is a little bigger than parva and could fill in nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMartins Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago On 9/28/2024 at 7:49 AM, Solstice_Lacer said: Crypt lucens is a little bigger than parva and could fill in nicely. Also Lucens grows faster then Parva and I have less issues with algae. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justnotrook Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago On 9/27/2024 at 9:25 PM, knee said: If you’re not using co2, dwarf sag or montecarlo could be a good carpet. I was looking at montecarlo, but I hear a lot of mixed opinions about it. Some people say it is a great easy carpeting plant, while others say it is extremely hard to keep alive. I do like the idea of Monte Carlo, so I might as well try it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago On 9/28/2024 at 8:24 AM, Justnotrook said: I was looking at montecarlo, but I hear a lot of mixed opinions about it. Some people say it is a great easy carpeting plant, while others say it is extremely hard to keep alive. I do like the idea of Monte Carlo, so I might as well try it out. I had a pretty good experience with monte carlo in my 10g with sand substrate and co2. I could never get it to establish in my 75g with seachem flourite. Dwarf chain sword is the easiest short carpet to grow in my experience. It's the only short carpet I really recommend if you aren't injecting co2. Dwarf sag is good also if you want something super tall that will reach the top of your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted 25 minutes ago Share Posted 25 minutes ago Yea, dwarf sag in a 10 gallon acts more like Valisneria, reaching the surface pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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