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The aquarium carpet plants are one of the most vital additions to the Aquascape r’s toolbox. Since they are planted and grow near the bottom, carpet plants sometimes need more light than other aquatic plants, as they get less sunlight. Selecting and buying aquarium carpet plants is very necessary and depends on aesthetics and how much light and nutrients you can provide to the aquarium.

Many carpet plants increase, while others are slow growing and need time to establish and grow themselves. They are mainly required to fill the foreground and create lush, verdant growth similar to lawns. When given appropriate amounts of sunlight and carbon dioxide content, many plants often create pearl-like bubbles composed of oxygen that fill the water column with delicate fizz. 

Four Best Types Of Aquarium Carpet Plants

1. Dwarf Sagittaria– When these aquarium carpet plants are provided with high lighting and a fertile substrate Dwarf Sagittaria will have a clumped growth form. If the dwarf sagittaria is kept in low and light environments, Dwarf Sagittaria will grow as much as 12 inches tall and won’t work exceptionally well as a carpeting plant.
2. Christmas Moss– amongst all the carpet plants, Christmas Moss can thickly carpet the foreground, rocks, and driftwood. While Christmas moss does not require much light and nutrients, Christmas Moss grows best in medium to high-lighting environments. Since it attaches itself to hard surfaces rather than using true roots, a rich substrate is not needed.

1. Dwarf Hairgrass– Dwarf Hairgrass is usually found in potted clumps. While the growth of dwarf hair grass is a natural growth form, if removed from the pot and set into the gravel, it will rarely do much other than continue to carry on photosynthesis and grow upwards. The petite-sized small, grained sandy substrates work and grow better than larger grain sizes for this species. While the Dwarf Hairgrass can tolerate low light levels, moderate to high lighting is needed on the carpet. Combined with trimming to keep it under the height of 2 inches and you will have a great aquarium lawn.
2. Dwarf Water Clover– The small fern -Dwarf Water Clover is found in Africa and Tropical Asia. It can be quickly grown both submerged and immersed and underwater takes on a highly variable growing style depending on the lighting.

So as long as you provide the plant with high light levels, Dwarf Water Clover will take on a carpet growth pattern. However, when the light level dims, it will shoot to the top and place leaves like tiny lily pads on the surface.

Aquarium carpet plants make your aquarium tanks look good and provide the fish with some greenery and oxygen. It is indispensable for the fish.