carpet plants

fishstix · 04-09-2008, 06:29 PM

Im looking for a type of carpet plant to put in my aquarium but unfortunatly I have no idea what im looking for because of my substrate. I currently have hundreds of small dime size pebbles about 3'' deep across the bottom of the tank. Do i need to by some kind of dirt before i can do this? I do have and oscar cichlid, will he tear up the plants? Its about a 55 gallon tank and i have good lighting. I just need to get some type of carpet plant to keep the tank from being so bare.

**JustOneMore20** · 04-09-2008, 06:45 PM

I would be hesitant to plant a carpet plant in an oscar tank. He'll most likely uproot anything you plant and carpet plants are the hardest to keep down to begin with.

I would try some grassy foreground plants instead, like Dwarf Sag or Echinodorus tenellus. No guarantee that they aren't uprooted though.

Its hard to put plants in a tank with an Oscar. You might want to save the planted tank for later.

fishstix · 04-09-2008, 07:22 PM

what about a form of moss? those seem pretty hardy

**JustOneMore20** · 04-09-2008, 07:42 PM

I see moss being spread around the tank....but you could try it I guess.

04-09-2008, 06:29 PM	#1
fishstix Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 33	carpet plants Im looking for a type of carpet plant to put in my aquarium but unfortunatly I have no idea what im looking for because of my substrate. I currently have hundreds of small dime size pebbles about 3'' deep across the bottom of the tank. Do i need to by some kind of dirt before i can do this? I do have and oscar cichlid, will he tear up the plants? Its about a 55 gallon tank and i have good lighting. I just need to get some type of carpet plant to keep the tank from being so bare.

04-09-2008, 06:45 PM	#2
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,578	I would be hesitant to plant a carpet plant in an oscar tank. He'll most likely uproot anything you plant and carpet plants are the hardest to keep down to begin with. I would try some grassy foreground plants instead, like Dwarf Sag or Echinodorus tenellus. No guarantee that they aren't uprooted though. Its hard to put plants in a tank with an Oscar. You might want to save the planted tank for later. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

04-09-2008, 07:42 PM	#4
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,578	I see moss being spread around the tank....but you could try it I guess. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

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fishstix Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 33	what about a form of moss? those seem pretty hardy

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