Growing Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC)

[ralliart12]

...the "hole" is XL size...

You mean the rectangular trenches I dug are far too big?

[felix_fx2]

it's personal view, so don't worry.

[ralliart12]

Just for kicks, here's a shot of them close to 48hours later:







Btw, this is the kind of soil moisture consistency I hope to maintain.

[hencpu]

Anyone can help with this?

I have tried a couple times to replant with new batch of submerged HC, the first 3-4 weeks they will look healthy & spread rapidly.



But at the end they always shrink down to very tiny leaves & die?


Here's what I meant. The ones on the left are about 1 wk old, those in red circles were about 1 mth old. They shrunk & died slowly.

[zonkkie]

From what I see, you never plant deeply enough. Need to use those sharp pincer and plunge the whole thing in, leaving only some leaves peeking out of the soil.

[Shadow]

Need info of your tank. some of the leaf, not the one circled, have holes maybe nutrient deficiency

[hencpu]

From what I see, you never plant deeply enough. Need to use those sharp pincer and plunge the whole thing in, leaving only some leaves peeking out of the soil.

Haha, actually they were planted very deep, I will push the whole clump into soil & leaving only the very top leaves peeking a little. But somehow the thing is they were always uprooted, either by shrimps or lose soil?

Or is it because I need to plant strand by strand?

[hencpu]

Need info of your tank. some of the leaf, not the one circled, have holes maybe nutrient deficiency

Nutrient deficiency?

Lighting: 36W T5HO 6500K over 40x28x25cm tank
Photoperiod: 6 hours
CO2: 2bps
Fert: ADA Step 1 & Brighty K every day
Temp: 28-29c
PH: 7.2
GH: 10

[Shadow]

I hope its a new soil because ADA step 1 only contain Fe and K.

Edit: saw your original post, you are using ADA soil.

[hencpu]

I hope its a new soil because ADA step 1 only contain Fe and K.

Edit: saw your original post, you are using ADA soil.

Oh yeah, forgot the soil. Yeah, I'm using New Amazonia, normal type below & powder type on top layer.

[felix_fx2]

Shrimps will help you uproot HC.

[zonkkie]

Haha, actually they were planted very deep, I will push the whole clump into soil & leaving only the very top leaves peeking a little. But somehow the thing is they were always uprooted, either by shrimps or lose soil?

Or is it because I need to plant strand by strand?

I plant around 3 strands max... if can do strand by strand better. Soil-wise, Amanzonia + K should be ok. But if the roots get pulled out, obviously cannot adsorb the nutrients.

[hencpu]

I plant around 3 strands max... if can do strand by strand better. Soil-wise, Amanzonia + K should be ok. But if the roots get pulled out, obviously cannot adsorb the nutrients.

Thanks. Anyway, some of the HC will grow very tall & leggy. But their roots can't penetrate back into the soil, so they will just shrink & slowly melt away. Is it because still not enough light?

[Peanut8787]

Thanks. Anyway, some of the HC will grow very tall & leggy. But their roots can't penetrate back into the soil, so they will just shrink & slowly melt away. Is it because still not enough light?

Yes, HC is same as glosso. If lighting is not sufficient then they will grow tall trying to reach the light. Given your light spec, maybe can add in another 36watt?

[hencpu]

Yes, HC is same as glosso. If lighting is not sufficient then they will grow tall trying to reach the light. Given your light spec, maybe can add in another 36watt?

Thx, but i thought my tank already high light at 5wpg (36w over 7gal) & i'm already struggling with algae with only 6hr of lighting. Adding another 36w will be 10wpg

[felix_fx2]

Hi, light requirement for different plants are different.
Peanut is stating a general fact that applies to quite a range of carpet plants.

Talk about light required.... your not the only one don't worry, here's ,here's ,my Glosso HC test tank. There's abit of nutrient deficiency too.
Sorry about the reflection, their out in the sun for the whole day.

[zonkkie]

Just sharing some pictures about planting deeply and strand by strand.

Initially saw the Tropica video, cut 1cm by 1cm, trim off the roots and push it into the soil.



Looks nice and neat initially...two days later become like that... having yamatos in the tank didn't help at all... they will dig up the lightly planted HC.



Learn from shifu and a bro here to plant deeply... and strand by strand... pull out all the HC and redid again. Random and backbreaking initially.



2 months later... well rewarded.

[felix_fx2]

That was a chilled setup, think specs will help him.
Did notice hc more mostly do well only in co2 enriched high light tanks (t5ho 4 tube tanks) almost never seen a lawn with low tech.

[Peanut8787]

Thx, but i thought my tank already high light at 5wpg (36w over 7gal) & i'm already struggling with algae with only 6hr of lighting. Adding another 36w will be 10wpg

I didn't know your tank was 7G. In that case you can't add in more lights as what you said was right it will invite algae. Now I think the problem would be your temperature and PH. And why is your GH so high?

Given your tank spec..
Lighting: 36W T5HO 6500K over 40x28x25cm tank
Photoperiod: 6 hours
CO2: 2bps
Fert: ADA Step 1 & Brighty K every day
Temp: 28-29c
PH: 7.2
GH: 10

[Peanut8787]

Hi, light requirement for different plants are different.
Peanut is stating a general fact that applies to quite a range of carpet plants.

Talk about light required.... your not the only one don't worry, here's ,here's ,my Glosso HC test tank. There's abit of nutrient deficiency too.
Sorry about the reflection, their out in the sun for the whole day.

Thanks for explaining bro. But what does it help to mix glosso with HC? Won't they grow out to be same during photography moment?