which plant can be used to carpet my 29 gallon aquarium and how?

Question

i want to carpet my aquarium

Answer 1

It depends on how much light you have. If you have a high light tank (more than 3 watts per gallon) you could use riccia.

http://www.aquariaplants.com/plantingtips.htm

Scroll halfway down the article and it will tell you step by step how to grow the riccia. You could try the same method with java moss in a low light tank. I'm also going to try and grow a carpet of clover in my low light tank though I'm not sure how it will turn out.

Answer 2

I don't think there is a plant that will carpet a tank without using CO2... I could be mistaken, but as far as I know all (or at least the vast majority) of ground covering plants require CO2 to survive. Check with http://www.plantgeek.net/forum/index.php to find out for sure. This forum is strictly dedicated to aquarium plants and there are many aquatic plant experts that will help you out much better than I could. Two of my three tanks are aquascaped with a lot of plants, but I chose only plants that were grown easily without the aid of CO2. Seems to me that by the time you set up a tank with the lighting and CO2 requirements for a incredibly aquascaped aquarium like the ones these guys on plantgeek have, you are basically in it for the plants instead of the fish.

Answer 3

You can make a similar "carpet" with Java moss - even have it as a background: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=moss+wall+aquarium&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

There are pros and cons of each species - the Java moss is tougher, so fish won't eat it as much, but it tends to mat and is harder for the fish to move through: http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/plants/McMullen_Riccia_fluitans.html Riccia also needs brighter lighting.