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    Aquatic lawn

    Hello,

    Just a quick question as to what people would recommend i plant in my 4X2X2 planted tank to achive a nice "aquatic lawn" effect?

    Any suggestions would be appreciated..

    Thanks!!

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    Glosso or riccia.
    You need high light to achieve a good looking carpet.

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    how can u achive a lawn if u have a bb tank is there a way to do this
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    hair glass is alright aswell

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    how can u achive a lawn if u have a bb tank
    you can't

    the moment you start the lawn by adding a substrate your tank is no longer "bare bottom"
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    I wonder.

    If you attached riccia to some sort of sinking (weighted) mesh, maybe you could achieve a kind of lawn effect since riccia doesn't require a substrate, just something to attach to.

    Then the riccia 'mat' could be removed to facilitate cleaning.

    Fred

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    good idea littlefish
    i thought a peice of slate and attach it that way
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    Glossi IMO is the best option

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    Glosso looks great. Needs a pretty intense light though (or so I've heard, don't really know) so that it doesn't start stretching up to the surface.

    Fred

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    Quote Originally Posted by tank
    good idea littlefish
    i thought a peice of slate and attach it that way
    Then it won't be a BB tank.
    I prefer glosso for carpeting looks excellent, riccia i love for the pearling.

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