Emersed Glosso Carpet

Glosso glossostigma elatinoides glossostigma elatinoides commonly known as glosso.

Emersed glosso carpet.

Most of the time increasing light intensity and increasing co2 are enough to keep glosso low. Many people have asked me how to start an emersed set up so i thought it d be best to go ahead and do this write up. Ph 8 2 i brought the ph back up to hard water as i was keeping the glosso with other hard water plants lights on for 12 hours a day results after successfully growing the first carpet of glossostigma under the 3000k bulbs and different water parameters i wanted to start over and now try this experiment with the right bulbs. Glossostigma elatinoides is best placed in the foreground as a carpet plant.

Glossostigma elatinoides also called glosso is one of the most popular fast growing aquarium plants used in the forefront of a tank. It can grow emersed or submersed in muddy and flooded areas on lakeshores and river banks in its natural habitat. Please keep in mind i m in the process of clearing out many of my plants and tanks since i ll be moving to australia in early 2015. Failure to illuminate glosso properly will cause this plant to grow taller instead of sideways and eventually the plant will disintegrate.

Some aquascapers also use this plant all over the aquarium in iwagumi style aquascapes. The only issue that most aquascapers has with glosso is how to keep it growing low. Posts about emersed glossostigma written by torontoplantman. This is a small green trailing plant with curly branches that form a very good looking green carpet on the tank bottom.

Glosso is a versatile ground cover plant for forming dense mats over the foreground of tanks. It has creeping runners and each of the green leaves is like a shape of a spatula.