Reply With QuoteHi Ingen. Any update on how the Monte Carlo is thriving in your low-tech set up? My hands are vey itchy to try this out in a similar low energy tank.
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was there on Tuesday and sold out.
Hi Ingen. Any update on how the Monte Carlo is thriving in your low-tech set up? My hands are vey itchy to try this out in a similar low energy tank.
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The plant is still alive in my low tech cherry shrimp tank, growing very very slowly. I think it got denser but minimal spreading. Let me try to take a picture today after work.
While those on my high tech shrimp tank was growing and spreading till the CRS decided to treat it like my HC carpet and started to pull it out.
Conclusion, cherry are not as much as a gardener than CRS... haha.
I tried planting it with mid light (about 1 watt per gallon with LED) and with CO2 (1-2 bps) but the plant seems to melt away already like 1/4 of it. Not sure what I had done wrongly...
in my tank for one week, don't seems to grow at all but turning translucent..
anyone can help to advise what should I do?
how many hours of light you giving it? Cos when you just replant, I believe 4-6 hrs is sufficient, cos the plant is still fragile and needs time to adapt before blasting the lights. I planted mine with 4hrs light, 2hrs break and then another 4hrs after. Within 3 weeks it carpeted nicely. Now I'm only giving it 5hrs of light per day and it seems to be doing fine.Originally Posted by mavryan
Your source of Monte Carlo?
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Omg, I blast it with 12 hours light as my tank has no algae "yet". Will reduce the light time to 8 hours and see how it goes.
I bought the plant from Tropica cup.
Seems like monte Carlo source is increasing now. Saw them in the LFS in sims place.
Hi Hann. Are you referring to Aquatic Connection?
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Yes. Last weekend when I was there, they have a lot. In their display tank and other small tanks
Its an easy plant, much easier than glosso and HC. Soon everyone will start selling it
Yes. C328 is selling MC as well.
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better if you can try for less than 6hours first then slowly adjust the photoperiod by an hour or so after a week. If there's algae, can try reduce an hour from there.
I grew mine with 6 hrs light and CO2. Nice growth
Just to share the growth of MC in my tank
1sr picture is just planted.
2nd picture is after 3weeks.
i use Up Aqua Pro Z Led for 4hrs, siesta 2hrs and 4hrs lighting per day
Fert- Just 2ml of lushgro aqua twice a week, 2 drops of micro twice a week and 2ml seachem phosphorus per week.
I found MC to be very easy to grow compared to the horror stories I heard of HC. It will be better to plant them as small plantlets, what I did was cut a plant into tiny sections consisting of 2 leaves and some roots and plant it. It will be painstaking but will help it carpet better as a plant seems to only grow in 2 directions, front and end. Also filling up bare areas with cuttings will help it cover bare spots.
This is my first planted tank and I was searching for a easy carpet plant to grow at the start and stumbled upon MC. There wasn't much info on MC on the internet but bros like Shadow, UA and Eric shared their experiences with me. I hope to share this, to be able to help other bros out there looking for an easy carpet plant to grow. Good luck and have fun!
Can DSM method be used on MC?
I don't think you will need DSM, cos MC seem to take root pretty fast. Just plant it nicely in the substrate. There might be a few floaters in the next few days after planting but easily fixed. However do avoid amano shrimps and Corys for at least 1 month. They tend to uproot the MC
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