I have two planted tanks...
one a fish tank...one a shrimp tank
both have ActiveFlora substrate but different colors
the fish tank has coarse floragems (gravel texture)
the shrimp tank has fine black (more sand texture)
my carpet plants seem to grow so much faster and fuller in the coarse substrate...
like Ive had a clover carpet (eventually tired of it and sold it off)...I had a HC carpet (lost patience with it after 6-7months it hadnt completely filled in, not to mention constantly uprooting itself, sold it off) Ive had a hairgrass carpet (and then made the mistake of adding java moss, so it looked like a mess, sold it off) I just had a glosso carpet (just lost interest with it so sold off like 99.97% of it and put the remainder in my shrimp tank) and now Im working on a sagittaria carpet (about a week in and the plants have just now acclimated so...in about 3 months should be good to go)
but when I moved some HC to my shrimp tank with the fine gravel...it never really took off...the hairgrass never moved...the glosso is starting to grow...but it grows different...the roots dont seem to penetrate the substrate and I was wondering if a coarse gravel is just all around better for carpeting plants
your opinions/experiences?
one a fish tank...one a shrimp tank
both have ActiveFlora substrate but different colors
the fish tank has coarse floragems (gravel texture)
the shrimp tank has fine black (more sand texture)
my carpet plants seem to grow so much faster and fuller in the coarse substrate...
like Ive had a clover carpet (eventually tired of it and sold it off)...I had a HC carpet (lost patience with it after 6-7months it hadnt completely filled in, not to mention constantly uprooting itself, sold it off) Ive had a hairgrass carpet (and then made the mistake of adding java moss, so it looked like a mess, sold it off) I just had a glosso carpet (just lost interest with it so sold off like 99.97% of it and put the remainder in my shrimp tank) and now Im working on a sagittaria carpet (about a week in and the plants have just now acclimated so...in about 3 months should be good to go)
but when I moved some HC to my shrimp tank with the fine gravel...it never really took off...the hairgrass never moved...the glosso is starting to grow...but it grows different...the roots dont seem to penetrate the substrate and I was wondering if a coarse gravel is just all around better for carpeting plants
your opinions/experiences?