Lots and lots and lots of light - minimum of 3 watts per gallon, depending
on the depth of your tank, say 20" or so.

Extra CO2 will definitely help it get going and keep it more full if you're
going for the lawn effect but is not, in my opinion, absolutely critical.

NO D*MN BOTIAS! or anything else that digs or picks at leaf tips or you will
find all your gloss floating at the top of the tank every morning.

Pick any big snails out of your tank before you start - by the time the next
generation of snails grows up, the gloss will be well enough established to
handle them.

If your using high lighting and CO2 make sure you have a small, long bladed,
very sharp pair of scissors for all the pruning you'll be doing every week.

Good luck, gloss is a lot of fun and a lot of work.

kush

"You can't have everything - where would you put it?"

johnrowlands wrote in message
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Does anybody have any recommendations or advice on growing glossostigma ?