Groundcover recommendations?

[svneo]

I am looking for recommendations for groundcover for the foreground of a tank.  Short plants or grasses that spread but don't grow too tall.

THanks

 

[DannyDJ]

Echinodorus Tenellus (or Tennellus) or "Narrowleaf Chain Sword" is supposed to be one of the best grasslike foreground plants for larger tanks.

Another one is Sagittaria Subulata.

You can look up information about these and other plants at Tropica's website:

http://www.Tropica.com

 

[arcab4]

if you have enough lighting..and you have c02...i definately say glossostigma.

here's my tank with it growing like crazy...

http://www.myfishtank.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gotcomments&action=display&num=1006478162

 

[svneo]

Anyone try that stuff without C02?  Looks great, but I am not ready for C02.  

 

[BOOMDOG]

I like lilaeopsis, common name is micro sword. it stays short 2"-3". I also accent with dwarf hairgrass, but it is a pain to work with, many small little plantlets. The thing with ground cover is that to achiev the ground cover effect you have to plant heavily and that almost neccesitates that you suppliment CO2 for good growth. Im not sure how large your tank is but 55 or smaller you can make a simple DIY CO2 system using sugar, yeast and water and run the tubing output to a powerhead.

 

[arcab4]

with glosso..u need alot of lighting. otherwise it'll start to naturally grow upwards. but with alot of lighting...you need c02. so everything goes hand-in-hand.