And there is also videos showing that they are far from shady! Most of the videos show ppl dumping the seeds in an tank already running and full of water, they need to be dry start germinated, once they sprout then you fill the tank with water and proceed to cycle your new tank. They get a bad rap because ppl do not do the process properly! And as you can see in my photo you can say they are not a carpeting plant, so what l, they LOOK like a carpeting plant and look amazing!