How long should it take Glosso to fill in?

[scottracy]

I picked up 2 small pots of Glosso saturday night. I planted little bunches all along the foreground. How long should it take to fill in? Also, how long might it take for the roots to take purchase of the substrate? I hope it works. I admire many of the tanks on this forum with Glosso as a ground cover!

Scott

[Mooch28]

I picked up 2 small pots of Glosso saturday night. I planted little bunches all along the foreground. How long should it take to fill in? Also, how long might it take for the roots to take purchase of the substrate? I hope it works. I admire many of the tanks on this forum with Glosso as a ground cover!

Scott

Depends on many facters. What are your water parmaters, how much lighting, and C02 injection, what about fertilazation?

In general, they require high-very high lighting (3-4 watts per gallon), and do much better if they have C02 injection. If you meet those conditions, they grow pretty fast once settled in........

[scottracy]

CO2:
Pressurized injection with PlantGuild Power Reactor
Substrate:
Dusting of peat and 100% eco-complete
Lighting:
CORALIFE 4 X 65W 6700K CF Bulbs (4.7 WPG)

N 5-10ppm
P 1.0ppm
CO2 27-30ppm
pH 7.0

Dose N, P, K after 50% weekly water changes and as needed per testing to maintain above parameters.

Dose traces daily.

Scott

[Mooch28]

CO2:
Pressurized injection with PlantGuild Power Reactor
Substrate:
Dusting of peat and 100% eco-complete
Lighting:
CORALIFE 4 X 65W 6700K CF Bulbs (4.7 WPG)

N 5-10ppm
P 1.0ppm
CO2 27-30ppm
pH 7.0

Dose N, P, K after 50% weekly water changes and as needed per testing to maintain above parameters.

Dose traces daily.

Scott


Should grow fast, if not very fast once settled in!!

Good luck with it.

[scottracy]

Thanks, I look forward to it!

Scott

[scottracy]

The biggest problem I'm having right now is the corydoras. They seem to really love rooting around in the newly planted glosso. I have replanted several small pieces over the week. Oh well, the tank belongs to them anyway!

SCOTT

[Timmain42]

It'll take a week or so to get rooted in, but it shouldn't be a problem for long.

[djlen]

There are two things to be aware of that will make your 'glosso experience' :) a thrill a minute!!!:)
Planting will be a lot more successful and a lot more evenly distributed if you pull those clumps apart. You will find that the glosso grows in long chains and each plant (two leaves with a set of roots) should to be cut apart and planted individually.
This will give you a much more evenly spaced spread and they will fill in much more quickly.
When you plant this way(a set of tweezers is of great help), take each individual plant by the roots and push it so far into the substrate that the leaves almost TOTALLY disappear and just peek out into the light. This will help in the fight against cats or rosys pulling them up and give them a better shot at rooting.
Good luck with your glosso.

Len

[scottracy]

Thanks Len! I just read your reply. Sometimes its hard to know when you have a reply to a thread without email notification. Anyway, I will do just what you said and see what happens.

Scott