Riccia

[ycwoon]

Guys

I have problems of riccia keep coming loose from the mesh and not growing much.

pH=6.9/kH=5
Light = 115W
Tank = 3ft tank, ~150 liter
Fertilisation: Sera Florena 30mL/weekly after 20% water change.

I tied Riccia Fluitans to a stainess steel mesh (about 6mm x 6mm square) with fishing nylon line. The fishing line is also tied across vertically and horizontally at about 6mm x6m iespaced according to the squares of the grill.

I have about 20 neons, 2 small angel fish, 4 guppies, 5 Otos, 1 CAE and many many shrimps.

[mambobo]

normally for riccia i use another(something like fish net)to tie over the wiremesh........one more thing if u want to see bubble make sure there is no strong current in the tank and there must be enough co2

[spikeyjef]

bro...best is tie the riccia down wif a net which u can get from NA.
have successfully harvested riccia in this way..

[liam]

can use those metal mesh from Five Plan? They come in a pack of 3 wire mesh.

[www.Aquatic-Store.com]

i don't see any mention of co2, this will increase growth rate much


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[DEA]

i think the main reasons for riccia not doing well are nutrients (co2, liquid fert) and lighting
to keep it down, yes, use netting
any kind of metal mesh can be used to weight it down, provided the mesh doesn't rust

another problem with riccia growing too well is that it'll start to rot at the bottom and float
you can avoid this by constant trimming
or you can just screw it all and renet it after it floats []

[ycwoon]

I use tank/regulator Co2 to achieve H=6.9/kH=5

I use Sera Florena as described, maybe not enough?

I will try to use the netting. Actually those nettings are "hair netting" used by ladies to create a bun. Over here in Taiwan, each is about 5NT ~ 50cents?

My "anubias" like plant is also yellowing. sorry don't know the name as I still could not find something similar on the plant website- maybe poor eyesight

Thanks