Suggestions for low, forground carpeting plant

hey all,

I have a big bare patch, about 2 feet long in the middle of my tank, and Im wanting to get some kinda of carpeting plant thats fairly fast growing but that will stay fairly short. Oh, I have fairly hard water, GH 15 or so.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks guys, Ive been reading up about Glosso Tropica say that it really prefers soft water, is it that picky?

Im leaning towards HC as its tollerences seem to be wider for a harder water. It also looks very like Glosso (from the pics anyway).

My tank is only 12inches wide unfortunatly, so the area I have to cover isnt that wide either, maybe 8 inches or so. Im definatly going to do something with caves though Tom as you suggest, probably with some java moss as I have some of that already (still young to the tank, but its started whooshing now nicely).

 

I took some of Toms advice and made a really nice cave out of rocks right in the middle of that open space.. java moss wedged and tied on it so itll spread.

Your dead right GMF, its totally transformed the look of the whole tank, even without any growth on it as yet. Im so suprised, its created 2 more rooms in the centre and its totally balanced the tank.

My new CO2 should be here in the nxt few days hopefully, although, according to my drop checker, levels are pretty good at the moment anyway and pretty stable, so its not so bad.

Ive ordered some HC, will see how that goes, there are a few other plants taht ive got that were struggling before, if i junk them, then ill get some glosso to replace them and see how that goes to. Thinking that the best idea is to try smallish bits of a few, and pick the strongest, just as you would in your garden.

Thanks for all the help peeps, much appreciated as always.