Ground cover plants for the aquarium

Groundcovers are small aquarium plants with rhizomes, whiskers, shoots, by which they grow horizontally, and cover themselves with soil or some other substrate (pebbles, stones), which is used in the aquarium as a primer .

It is very difficult to determine the difference between ground cover plants for an aquarium and just small ones - they do not have family ties, they are united only by the fact that both these groups have low growth and are ideal for planting in the foreground of the aquarium.

Some types of ground cover aquarium plants

One of the most unpretentious soil-cover plants for an aquarium is a tiny sytnaga and needle-needle , they look rather peculiar, they do not have leaves. These plants grow well in shallow aquariums at a water temperature of 15 to 25 degrees. The plant grows to 10-15 cm, covering completely the bottom in the aquarium.

Create a spectacular and lush carpet in the aquarium can be done with the help of a very miniature and attractive plant cemanthus cube , but it is not easy to grow it, it requires good lighting and soil, and the presence of various macro- and microelements in the water. The optimum temperature regime for this plant is 22-26 degrees, rapid growth occurs with a large amount of carbon dioxide present in the water.

A ground-cover plant planted in the foreground, the most common, is the glossostigma poyvonichkovaya . This plant has a long stem and, as a rule, grows upwards, but with a large amount of light, nutrient ground and an increased amount of carbon dioxide, it can creep along the bottom of the aquarium in the form of a carpet whose height does not exceed 2-3 cm. This plant is sufficient unpretentious.