So... I bought some Riccia a few months ago, and its been growing quite well, but I am having a great deal of difficulty getting it to stay anchored. This stuff seems to have a very strong (and undesirable) tendency to float. I love the way it looks when its planted/anchored to the substrate (like the beautiful Amano setups), but I've had a very tough time trying to get it to stay put. I've tried a couple different methods (incuding many, many plant weights and fishing line) and I was just wondering what everybody else does. Any ideas?
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riccia will never attach to anything. you have to tie it to something and give it haircuts on a regular basis to keep it decent looking.
Even once you attach it well, you'll still run into the same problems. It's a floating plant... so tying it down isn't going to be permanent.
If you don't keep it well groomed the bottom dies off and releases from the tie-downs. I saw on another forum a great tank but the owner said he had to start over every couple of months because of this issue. He had some beautiful pearling though before it all would give way.
I can lend you an old puff sponge of mine if you'd like to try that method 
I wish I could say I have the same problem though...mine is just a very sad shade of green that's being very much overshadowed by my crazy ludwigia!
I wish I could say I have the same problem though...mine is just a very sad shade of green that's being very much overshadowed by my crazy ludwigia!
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