Picking out the right carpet plant for your aquarium is certainly tough especially when trying to select the right plants for beginners.
Ground cover plants like carpet.
In fact this plant is about as carpet as it gets and it really does resemble the kind of grass you would have in your.
If you re looking for a beginner friendly carpet plant for your aquarium fish tank that doesn t break the bank you may not need to look any further than this live aquarium plant from substratesource.
The japanese pachysandra pachysandra terminalis is a low growing leafy evergreen plant that is good for ground cover under shrubs or in other shady parts of your garden this type of shade loving perennial ground cover plant produces small flowers in the spring.
Being only 1 to 2 2 3 cm tall this is a perfect plant to give you a green cushion of foliage in large sunny areas.
Additionally your aquarium lighting will affect every plant differently with some plants thriving in low light situations better than others.
Substratesource eleocharis dwarf hairgrass live aquarium plant.
An intense green ground cover that forms a thick carpet and is extremely cold hardy.
The lovely blue green foliage forms a thick mat like cover in sunny and partially sunny spots.
The creeping thyme thymus serpyllum is a low growing low maintenance sun loving ground cover plant that produces stunning flowers every year this hardy tiny plant has tall long creeping stems that provide good evergreen cover in your garden.
Tolerates shade as well.
The perfect ground cover for those living in colder areas.
Depending on the variety plants are smothered with pink red white or lavender flowers.
Carpet plants also offer an alternative to floating or vertically growing plants in their aquarium.
The japanese pachysandra also called the carpet box plant has creeping stems with light green glossy leaves.