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Hi,
Sorry to hijack this thread.. I am considering between Ah Pek plant Monte Carlo for my 1ft high tech tank. Which would be a better fit? How tall does Ah Pek plant grow to?
thank you
Hi,
Sorry to hijack this thread.. I am considering between Ah Pek plant Monte Carlo for my 1ft high tech tank. Which would be a better fit? How tall does Ah Pek plant grow to?
thank you
Last edited by fookie; 20th Jan 2015 at 11:40.
Both are suitable and wouldn't grow tall (at least initially), as they have a natural creeping growth pattern... though if you don't trim them regularly they will still eventually grow over each other in layers and result in the bottom layers getting shaded and melting.Originally Posted by fookie
Layout-wise, monte carlo would probably look more "in scale" in smaller tanks as its leaves are smaller, compared to ah pek plant (elatine tiandra) which have larger leaves.
It's a great carpet plant
You can get it cheap on local LFS for 3$ per pot or from bros occasionally selling trimmings in AQ marketplace.
My experience with it:
1. grows fast
2. requires a lot of CO2. If not enough CO2, you will start to see some leaves turning black and eventually grow BBA so just need to push more CO2.
3. can grow at higher temp, mine still grows well at 32C or probably even higher without a problem.
4. still do well when it creeps under taller plants so as shadow said, it's fine when not getting a lot of light.
5. probably just like HC, best to use powder type soil to plant it. otherwise you will see a lot of uprooting until they are able to stabilize their roots.
Thank you everyone
i cannot seem to plant my monte carlo on my sand now its floating around
Separate the MC into individual longer strands (at least 4-5 leaf nodes), then plant it 3-4 leaf nodes deep into the sand, leave only the top 1-2 leaf nodes above the substrate. That will keep them securely planted.
Hope everyone is still enjoying their MC, I finally rescaped my tank after a year haha the MC was neglected and had BBA. But it was still a joy and an easy carpet plant.
woohoo MC
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Very nice n dense!
Just started my 3ft tank using MC as foreground carpet 4 days ago. .still cycling my tank..hopefully it will turn out great
First attempt with mc
Good luck!! Simple and nice
i'm contemplating to try out too!!
MC here i come
Same here. Just discovered mc and was amazed by the results as I was a newbie and was expecting issues.
First Day when I just planted, it looked very bare but it was really back breaking work and I was just too tired to plant anymore.
To my pleasant surprise, the ground started filling up slowly by itself and by week 2, the foreground looked like this.
Today (3 weeks and a few days later) it's much denser. I'll try upload if I have a chance.
Very nice tank, HBK16! The MC is coming along nicely.Same here. Just discovered mc and was amazed by the results as I was a newbie and was expecting issues.
First Day when I just planted, it looked very bare but it was really back breaking work and I was just too tired to plant anymore.
To my pleasant surprise, the ground started filling up slowly by itself and by week 2, the foreground looked like this.
Today (3 weeks and a few days later) it's much denser. I'll try upload if I have a chance.
Thanks Bro. It grew an inch thick and I've since trimmed it only to be presented with a brownish carpet now instead of the previous lush green carpet I had. I guess this is the brownish undergrowth that didn't get enough light exposure. Now waiting for new growth. Hope it'll become green again.
Mine still look like your initial pic after 3mths. Considering uprooting them to plant hairgrass instead haiz
If until 3 months still not growing much, there might be something wrong with your setup.
Mine is low tech setup, while my japanese hairgrass grow until sibei messy, the MC still not much difference, still the one patch here and there
The Hairgrass even sprouting runners to half my tank length (intiially planted on one side)
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