What to do with Riccia?

[Mindcrime121]

Looks like a cool way to go. If that bit I accidently got with my rotala keeps growing I'll prolly try something similar. For now that thumbtip sized bit is just sitting on the substrate with a small piece of a moss weight holding it down.

I though about floating it in my tank too, and as little as there is the light blockage wouldn't cause probs, BUT how do you deal with surface motion from filters? There's no surface agitation, but the current from the output moves the surface around a fair bit, along with the floating plants, then eventually sucks floating plants under and shoots them across the tank.

 

[Jag1980]

You need to tie it down to the end of the tank some how it it will move to the down stream side of the tank like all my floating plants do, very annoying.. I will do that later.

Should I poke threw the webbing holes a little bit to break up the Riccia so it will grow threw more full faster?

 

[Jag1980]

This planted tank thing is really starting to get arritating...:mad2:

 

[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 instead of in there living rooms HATE c02 and die off.

 

[Jag1980]

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 instead of in there living rooms HATE c02 and die off.

Uhhh.. what? :footinmouth:

 

[Veloth]

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 instead of in there living rooms HATE c02 and die off.

I'm confused by this too.

 

[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 instead of in there living rooms HATE c02 and die off.

The way I'm reading this, it's a statement that CO2 and light need ballanced or your tank will crash. Not sure how it applies here. In my own case, the setup cost of CO2 is the killer.

 

[calivivarium1]

Sorry Jag, I had to laugh at your last two pics.... I feel the same way. It sounds so easy "dose this, this and this, add light and CO2, and voila! Beautiful tank!"

 

[Jag1980]

My Riccia looked like this before I put it in the plastic craft canvas, notice a difference?

 

[Bk718]

algae is attacking the plant since its not getting enough light/nutrients/co2. Looks like Rhizoclonium algae. I had it before when i had dead spots. Does the tank get enough flow??

If you can rinse the mat under the faucet and place it back in the tank. Make sure it gets full light and flow.