Growing Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC)

[kimchi]

you can try glosso.

Hi Shadow, can let me know where to get glosso in bulk? I need to cover the whole 4-ft tank & will grow submerge with GEX soil. Thanks!

[Shadow]

Glosso is extremely fast growing plants, 8-10 pots probably enough. You can order from C328 aunty. Normally you can pick up your order the next day.

[kimchi]

Glosso is extremely fast growing plants, 8-10 pots probably enough. You can order from C328 aunty. Normally you can pick up your order the next day.

Thanks! One last question. How to plant it so that it can root properly & grow well? I set the chiller to 24 deg with CO2 probably at 2 bubbles per second.

[ralliart12]

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[felix_fx2]

Dsm again mate?

[Neondagger]

I give up on dsm cause more problem than solution for me.

[hencpu]

The HC pattern looks like hieroglyphics at a glance

[felix_fx2]

The HC pattern looks like hieroglyphics at a glance

LOL ! i personally feel he put in alot of work for them.

[hencpu]

LOL ! i personally feel he put in alot of work for them.

Yup, no doubt on that. It looks unique.

[ralliart12]

The HC pattern looks like hieroglyphics at a glance

Basically, this is what I did:

1. Scape the substrate
2. Flood the substrate from beneath it (to ensure the water seeps towards the topsoil instead of the other way round) until "pools" of water appear.
3. Blackout the tank completely & only air the substrate when there's no light (to avoid any opportunity for algae to grow)
By a few nights' time the substrate has almost no visible pools & much dryer
4. Separate the HC into strands
5. Lay the strands in the "grooves" & "non-grooved" area evenly.
6. Introduce new power-type soil into the trenches
7. Scatter power-type soil on the roots of those strands that are not in the trenches as well.
8. Use same approach (from "beneath") to saturate substrate with water; this time round aim for mud-like consistency
9. Tug on the "buried" strands to ensure large portions of their leaves (but not the roots) are just lying on top of the substrate.

[felix_fx2]

Truly Singaporean good job in the pictorial of what you did.
You didn't seem to put alot hc per trench IMO.

[ralliart12]

Dsm again mate?

Yes, my previous tank encountered bad luck on a unprecedented scale. So here's me trying again.

...You didn't seem to put alot hc per trench IMO.

Just 1 strand per trench & 1 strand per "raised" area (except for the "triangular" peak area, where I scatter a few strands much closer together). Basically, really strand-by-strand planting throughout.

[Navanod]

Good grief! Shell scraps!
That's alot of work for planting HC bro. I submit to your diligence

[ralliart12]

...I submit to your diligence

Since I do not have any thing in the "luck" department, I can only compensate in the "effort" department.

[Neondagger]

All the best. For your dsm. Do update us

[felix_fx2]

Yes, my previous tank encountered bad luck on a unprecedented scale. So here's me trying again.
Just 1 strand per trench & 1 strand per "raised" area (except for the "triangular" peak area, where I scatter a few strands much closer together). Basically, really strand-by-strand planting throughout.

if it was me, i will poke a hole put few strands in then cover back. Just doing that i have backache....

Good grief! Shell scraps!
That's alot of work for planting HC bro. I submit to your diligence

ITY stick? actually he is commanding officer of the HC infantry forces. :P

[ralliart12]

if it was me, i will poke a hole put few strands in then cover back. Just doing that i have backache...

Actually, that is what I did, except I only put a single strand per "hole"; as I have "heard" if one is able to plant them strands by strand, the "growing-in" will be better. Unsure about this though. Took me 2.5hrs just to isolate & lay the strands; using new soil to fill up the holes & saturating the substrate again, took some further time.

[felix_fx2]

Actually, that is what I did, except I only put a single strand per "hole"; as I have "heard" if one is able to plant them strands by strand, the "growing-in" will be better. Unsure about this though. Took me 2.5hrs just to isolate & lay the strands; using new soil to fill up the holes & saturating the substrate again, took some further time.

that is quite the effort, the "hole" is XL size. By right is that way, i really do it for glosso.. HC's just too tiny.
If you were to do Hairgrass, your effort will repay you back many times.