Is it true glosso grows well without Co2 ?

[arash53]

I did some research about the carpet plants. most of the people preferred glosso over HC , because the believed glosso glows faster , dose not need Co2 , but It has to be under control and takes lot of trimming job.

Could I have glosso with only daily Flourish Excel dosing ?

and what is your favorit carpet plant?

[CRS Fan]

Glosso will grow with EI dosing and Flourish Excel/Metricide14 dosing. It's growth however will be much slower. I'm really liking Downoi as a foreground plant ATM.

Best regards,

Stuart

[jobber604]

I was able to grow glosso with daily dosages of Excel but they grew slow.
Glosso is my favourite carpet plant.

[arash53]

Glosso will grow with EI dosing and Flourish Excel/Metricide14 dosing. It's growth however will be much slower. I'm really liking Downoi as a foreground plant ATM.

Best regards,

Stuart

Thanks Stuart, if it grows slow even beter for smaller tank like mine 7.9 gallon.
What is EI ?

I was able to grow glosso with daily dosages of Excel but they grew slow.
Glosso is my favourite carpet plant.

Thanks

[neven]

With CO2 glosso is almost uncontrollable, i would recommend a batch of diy co2 just to get the carpet roots established

[effox]

What is EI ?

Thanks

"EI" is Estimated Index (Fertlization) if I recall correctly. Check it out on google on what fertilizers you should purchase, and at what fraction of a teaspoon you'd need for your small tank.

Cheers,
Chris

[arash53]

Thanks Chris,

I dose Nurtafin PLANT GRO weekly after water change ,is it considered as Fertilization?

[stonedaquarium]

glosso works well with co2 supplementation (DIY yeast, pressurized or metricide/flourish excel)... its a great carpeting plant... however the only carpeting plant i know that grows well without co2 as long as you have great light is riccia. i know a lot of people dont like riccia... but if you know how to plant riccia properly its fairly easy to manage... JMHO...

Stuart, what does your downoi foreground plant look like?

[neven]

i love the look of riccia, but unfortunately it is a floating plant and is just like duck weed. you need to hair net it to slate to keep it down

[jobber604]

Thanks Chris,

I dose Nurtafin PLANT GRO weekly after water change ,is it considered as Fertilization?

I'll jump in and answer this for Chris....
Nutrafin PLANT GRO is fertilization. It is the liquid fertilizer formula which consists of NPK (nitrogen, phosphate, Potassium). Many people use the methodology of dosing dry fertlizers (putting in the dry form of nitrogen, phosphate, potassium). Why people use the dry form? Well, it's way cheaper than buying the Nutrafin liquid form.