What to do with Riccia?

[Bk718]

Good idea, I should have not dosed my tank while having this wacky Co2 loaner.

I think I will do a black out tomorrow to help remove some of this algae, then when I get my system setup back for Tuesday, I will start my full schedule from that.

Blackout wont kill all algae types, some are not that sensitive.

 

[DarrylR]

So when people want to anchor riccia on driftwood, they grow it on a mesh than attach the mesh to driftwood?

Cause I cannot imagine people anchoring riccia down without a mesh, or is there a way :S.

 

[Bk718]

So when people want to anchor riccia on driftwood, they grow it on a mesh than attach the mesh to driftwood?

Cause I cannot imagine people anchoring riccia down without a mesh, or is there a way :S.

some use the netting from a bath sponge/bio max netting.. or you can just use a string to tie a chunk down, once it fluffs up the string will not be seen.

 

[Mindcrime121]

Does it ever secure itself to wood by way of any root structure like some plants that you tie down in the beginning, or do you have to used something perminent to keep it in place?

 

[Bk718]

Does it ever secure itself to wood by way of any root structure like some plants that you tie down in the beginning, or do you have to used something perminent to keep it in place?

never roots since riccia is a floater. Though its best to keep it always trimmed so that the lower parts that are close to the wood dont die off/rot causing the whole thing to break loose and make a mess...

 

[Jag1980]

Blackout wont kill all algae types, some are not that sensitive.

I'm mostly trying to kill off the green thread algae, it's over powering my moss..

Which algae types will die off in a black out?

 

[Bk718]

I'm mostly trying to kill off the green thread algae, it's over powering my moss..

Which algae types will die off in a black out?

From what i know cyanobacterium and gw are sensitive to blackout. With the others I think its more of the plants trying to out compete the algae for nutrients, that would decrease algae growth.

 

[Gbbudd]

i don't know why so many people try to succeed at a planted tank yet the two MAJOR ingrediants they want to leave out. Light and C02 . yes with a LITTLE of both some plants will grow slowly but they will grow. but those aren't the plants most choose for there tanks we all like the splash of red with are green plants or yellows And i know of none of the above that will do well without the two primes. C02 is not that hard to use and it's benifits are huge. Many of the common algea that make most people put there fish tanks in the basement and abandoned.Instead of in there living rooms AND A SHOW PIECE THESE ALGEA hate co2 in time hair algea and BB will die off.

WHOOPS= HATE c02 and die offWHAT CAN I SAY it was late and text was not deleted

 

[Mindcrime121]

i don't know why so many people try to succeed at a planted tank yet the two MAJOR ingrediants they want to leave out. Light and C02 . yes with a LITTLE of both some plants will grow slowly but they will grow. but those aren't the plants most choose for there tanks we all like the splash of red with are green plants or yellows And i know of none of the above that will do well without the two primes. C02 is not that hard to use and it's benifits are huge. Many of the common algea that make most people put there fish tanks in the basement and abandoned.Instead of in there living rooms AND A SHOW PIECE THESE ALGEA hate co2 in time hair algea and BB will die off.

WHOOPS= HATE c02 and die offWHAT CAN I SAY it was late and text was not deleted

Ok, so you'r saying you preffer low tech tanks? And that hair algae and BB will die off on their own so don't worry about them? (I'm trying to get the jist of your post)

 

[Jag1980]

From what i know cyanobacterium and gw are sensitive to blackout. With the others I think its more of the plants trying to out compete the algae for nutrients, that would decrease algae growth.

Yeah, the black out did nothing for me as I didn't have any of those in the tank.