No cut, just pull the plants apart I know how messy it is, just perhaps seperate into small clumps of about 5 to 8 leaves and plant perhaps 3cm away from each other. This way you get a uniform field much faster.
No cut, just pull the plants apart I know how messy it is, just perhaps seperate into small clumps of about 5 to 8 leaves and plant perhaps 3cm away from each other. This way you get a uniform field much faster.
ditto...tedious. sharp tweezers....
You can if you dare to fail - Stan Chung
One easy way to split up the hair grass is to throw the either clump into a small bucket of water and split from there... The hair grass will automatically "open up" and then u can split already.
You will probably also so some of the plants are the results of runners... Just cut or pull them apart... Quite easy to plant actually... With tweezers, that is...
which is better, hair grass or riccia? Also can riccia be grown as a foreground plant?
Depends on what you like... Riccia tends to float up as it is primary a floating plant... But if you look at Amano's tank, his riccia lawn is super nice... Nice pearling since your new T5 is strong enough...
How should I tie it down? To a rock or to a netting and where can I get this 'riccia netting' ? *A picture of it would be good* :POriginally Posted by valice
oh you like riccia...ha ha so did most of us till it started floating and sticking everywhere...nye nye. i suggest you keep mini riccia instead of the common riccia. [up to you though]
anyway it's an experience not to be missed...haha
for the netting, you may find at some angler's shop...the 'holes' should be no bigger than 0.5cmx 0.5cm stretched. prepare some wire tidy to knot the netting at the bottom. some like to stitch this up but that takes forever when you want to do 20 rocks. [imagine you have to do this every two months... that's why most of us give up on riccia!]
did you check out the poll for plants? i think everybody hates riccia here...hahaha.
You can if you dare to fail - Stan Chung
Doh! haha. Well, mistakes are always best learnt the hard way yah. :P Need to experience it first-hand. Hopefully it won't flow upwards :P Btw can riccia be tied to driftwoods?
you can tie it to anything but it will never stick just remember that.
the whole idea is to hide the string/line/net. so using one which is the same colour as the item you're tying it to is a good idea.
for branches, i like using string. it melts in a few months but you have to retie in two anyway...
happy tying...
You can if you dare to fail - Stan Chung
think i'll use nylon, those lime green ones. Just bought 3 rolls, 0.4mm lines hehe. $2.50. Btw, rough-guage, how much should a driftwood (those fairly bigger ones) cost? There's a LFS near my place (actually 3) and one of them is run by this 'cheater-family'. Wanted to con me once... but they have the nicer driftwoods....
..And yeah, strings will decompose after a while.
haha can't help you there...
typically a 2-3 foot branchy one will cost about RM80 over here. [~35 SGD]
if you're using lime green line, then try to hide the underside of the wood...otherwise it will look 'unnatural'?
Last edited by StanChung; 17th Jan 2006 at 17:22.
You can if you dare to fail - Stan Chung
Ditto on that 2-3 ft is quite large yah..
Tied the riccia from 8 to 9 hahahaha. submerged in bucket to test, looks ok and trimmed all those which was unsightly and sticking out :P Btw, the reel of nylon line I bought was transparent, not lime green. :P It was the reel that was lime green. Working too much already it seems...
What an experience!!!!
got pix to post of WIP?
You can if you dare to fail - Stan Chung
Will take a pic of it.
Oh yah one more question that I have, when do I start dosing liquid ferts? It's been about 1 month plus, should I start now and what sort should I use and in what proportions? Also liquid ferts will/should not kill my fishes right?
Also just to inform, found the 1st casualty in my tank, my biggest malayan prawn died... actually make that 2, another smaller one got munched on by my congo tetra
You can start dosing already... I usually start when the fastest growing plants in the tank start to show signs of growth. Of course they won't kill... otherwise they won't be in business.
As for what kind, you can either go cheap DIY or expensive commercial eay-to-dose.
How to DIY ferts? Also Sera brand ferts are good? What should I basically dose? I don't want to over-do it.
Btw, I can see BBA starting to grow!
If you're interested in the Estimative Index way, lots of us can help you. Commercial ferts are dummies-proof, just follow instructions. I've not used Sera, but it's a reputable brand. Dennerle, ADA, Seachem and Dupla are the products I've used (some) or heard of.
Then get your CO2 up immediately. Those black stuff are a complete pain in the ***, especially on your driftwood and equipment since it's so hard to remove.
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