Floating Plant ID

[leghair]

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does anyone know what is the name of the floating plant? It has a very unique Y ending n does not have any roots.

[Urban Aquaria]

That's Riccia Fluitans... most people usually tie it to rocks or mesh for their aquascapes, but its actually a floating plant.

As a floating plant, its a very good surface cover for fry and shrimps.

[David]

you may want to change it to Hornworts and not Riccia. Based on what I was told in my other thread its like algae and goes all over the tank.

[leghair]

Thanks a lot people!

[leghair]

One more question. It's starting to turn brown. Can it survive in Singapore normal temperature?

Current dosing Excel daily, on the light for 10 hours. 6w LED.

All my other plants are growing well except this(Just place it on friday night)

Cheers

[Urban Aquaria]

From my experience so far, i haven't encountered any issues with growing riccia at the usual average 28-30°C water temps locally. Though if the water stays unusually hot (ie. >31°C) constantly, that might cause growth issues initially, until it adapts to it. Maybe check that the lights you are using are not heating up the water surface too much.

It might also be due to nutrient deficiency, but since your other plants are doing okay so its probably not the issue.

More often when riccia is tied to mesh or rocks and it grows too thick the bottom layers tend to turn brown if overshadowed by the top layer. But if yours are floating around the water surface then light shouldn't be much of an issue... unless it grows so thick that even the bottom of the floating layer is overshadowed too, then just have to thin the layers regularly.

The other cause could be due to too much Excel being dosed, excess Excel solution might pool into the floating riccia mat and kill it too, but usually it grows back fast enough to recover.

[leghair]

Thanks. I will continue to observe it then.