Is glosso more maintenance demanding compared to riccia?

[ah tong]

HI all!
Just wanna know whether the two require the same amount of maintenance as i am currently thinking of rescaping my riccia foreground since it floated up yesterday!
Feel free to share your experiences!
thanks in advance.

[joe]

IMO, both are more or less demanding in terms of maintenance. Glosso in not maintained will grow tall tall whereas riccia will float up [:0]

[limsteel]

Between the 2 there are + & -... both are light & CO2 demanding, "Among the TWO" I would say Glosso is easir to maintain. "TAKE NOTE: AMONG THE TWO"

Glosso:
- Back Pain to plant in the first place.
- Runner will spread if given enough light.
- In Shaded or low light area, Glosso will either grow tall or new plants will not grow there at all.

Riccia:
- no way to plant, can only be tied to object.
- Fast growth and will float if not trim
- Loose riccia always can be found on water surface.
- Sometimes Riccia will turned Darkgreen and will not form bubble anymore.

Overall, I would choose Glosso for foreground and Riccia to cover up object (Rock, wood). Maybe you can try Moss as your foreground, like what Nature Aquarium does, very nice!

[ah tong]

Thanks guys!! ya.. glosso headache is the planting part, as for CO2 and lights should not be a problem cos my riccia at the front portion of tank has been bubbling like crazy! Just that i am too tired of trimming them, cos they grow so fast. Will be converting to glosso foreground liao..

[Plantbie]

I had planted glosso at my foreground a month back and now the spreaded and covered fully.

Point to note is : 1) Direct Sufficient LIGHT and CO2 2) No overhead plants blocking them. 3)Patience

[chua]

I personally feel that both types of plants need high maintenance.

Maybe you can consider other easier plants as your foreground if you find it too much of a problem.

[CT]

i only have glosso in my tank. It is quite a fast growing plants and if they grow over each other, the below glosso will have algae very easily.

[PohSan]

Both glosso and riccia require lot of maintenance and care. My glosso all disappeared after i planted them but my riccia managed to glow and bubble. Saw in some site that they grows only hairgrass. looks very nice also. What about Echinodorus tenellus? I will slowing "phase out" riccia and replace it with E. tenellus since I have lose patience with riccia. Think E.Tenellus will propagate by runner after some time.

[naturetan]

If you're asking which requires more fertilisation, I would say it's glosso. Glosso is more K demanding plant compare to riccia.

[ah tong]

Thanks for the input guys!!
Kinda tired catching up with the trimmings of riccia, growing superfast.
That's why considering to try glosso, don't mind the planting part, only thing i am worried is the layering growth of glosso causing the bottom leaves to rot. Anyway, decide to give it a try la..
Does petmart (Serangoon North) sells glosso?

[PohSan]

Petmart selling glosso in a sealed plastic bag. However when I saw it yesterday, the glosso was not so "fresh", a lot of yellow leaf. The salesman said the new batch of shipment will be there today.