The 10 Best Carpet Plants for a Planted Aquarium and What They Actually Need
# The Ultimate Aquarium Carpet Plant Ranking: Our Crew Settles the Debate Once and For All Right, so after six months of arguing about this in the group chat and…
Glossostigma and the Carpet That Made Amano Famous but Makes Beginners Cry
# Glossostigma and the Carpet That Made Amano Famous but Makes Beginners Cry I still remember the first time I saw a proper Glossostigma carpet. It was in a photo…
Eleocharis Mini vs Regular Hairgrass and Which One You Actually Want
# Eleocharis Mini vs Regular Hairgrass and Which One You Actually Want I planted my first hairgrass about eight months after I started keeping tanks properly. Regular Eleocharis acicularis from…
Micro Sword and the Grass That Actually Looks Like a Lawn
# Micro Sword and the Grass That Actually Looks Like a Lawn I’ve spent years trying to get carpet plants to behave like actual grass. Most of them either grow…
Marsilea Hirsuta and the Clover Carpet That Thrives Without CO2
# Marsilea Hirsuta and the Clover Carpet That Thrives Without CO2 I bought my first batch of Marsilea hirsuta because I was tired of watching Monte Carlo melt in my…
Monte Carlo vs Dwarf Baby Tears and the Carpet Debate That Never Ends
# Monte Carlo vs Dwarf Baby Tears and the Carpet Debate That Never Ends I’ve watched this argument play out in aquascaping forums for years now, and honestly, it’s becoming…
Dwarf Sagittaria and the Grasslike Carpet That Spreads by Runners
# Dwarf Sagittaria and the Grasslike Carpet That Spreads by Runners I started with six small plugs of dwarf sagittaria in a 40-litre cube, thinking I’d have a nice patch…
Cuba Pearl and the Tiniest Carpet Plant That Demands Perfect Conditions
# Cuba Pearl and the Tiniest Carpet Plant That Demands Perfect Conditions I spent £40 on what looked like a handful of grass clippings and promptly watched them dissolve over…
Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater
# Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater I discovered Riccia fluitans the way most people do: I was looking for something completely different and ended…
Dwarf Hairgrass and the Classic Carpet That Still Looks Better Than Everything Else
# Dwarf Hairgrass and the Classic Carpet That Still Looks Better Than Everything Else I planted my first dwarf hairgrass about six months after I started keeping fish, back when…
Monte Carlo and the Carpet Plant That Made CO2 Optional for Beginners
# Monte Carlo and the Carpet Plant That Made CO2 Optional for Beginners I’ve watched more students kill Java moss than I care to count, but when I introduced Monte…
Pearl Weed and the Carpet Nobody Talks About That Grows Faster Than All of Them
# Pearl Weed and the Carpet Nobody Talks About That Grows Faster Than All of Them I’ve been keeping planted tanks for eight years now, and I still remember the…
Monte Carlo and the Carpet Plant That Changed What Beginners Think Is Possible
# Monte Carlo and the Carpet Plant That Changed What Beginners Think Is Possible I’ve been keeping planted tanks for over two years now, and I still remember the first…