Glossostigma carpet
Glossostigma elatinoides
PlantsFreshwater
- Care level
- Demanding
- Maximum size
- 4 cm
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7
- Light
- High
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
Care at a glance
Glossostigma forms tiny oval leaves on creeping stems and is the classic carpeting plant of early aquascaping. It grows notably fast for a foreground plant and closes up within weeks under good conditions.
The condition is plenty of light from above: with too little light it grows upwards rather than sideways, and you lose exactly the low carpet you wanted. With CO2 and a nutrient-rich substrate it stays compact; trim a layer that gets too thick in good time so the bottom layer does not die off.
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