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Perhaps your tank too!
Subject: Hemianthus callitrichoides
I recently requested the dude at my LFS to bring in a pot of HC for me. He gave me a phonecall once it was in and i went down to collect it. This was the first time i had ever gazed upon HC in my own hands up close. Did not expect it to be so small. Sure i've seen it before in C328 but i had never picked it up. All the pictures online made it look like it had bigger leaves. Still i was astonished.
Gathering what knowledge i could from AQ on planting this plant, i set about doing so. it was suggested to me that i should just plant the whole lot with the soil wrapped in a mass of roots. i did so and planted the remaining bits that overgrow the pot around it.
Now since i'm super new to this plant. i've decided to record its progress and moniter the success/failure of this attempt
it's in the foreground of a small 18 inch by 11 inch tank.
with a whole lot of hairgrass and DIY CO2
Light is 3 inches from the surface and
the Temperature is between 27 to 29 celcius
here are the pictures of Day 2 and Day 3
If I were a fish, I'd BREED all Day!
Keep us update on the plant progress.
Perhaps your tank too!
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sure.. i'll update it evey 2 days if possible..
as for the tank... the hairgrass is just becoming a wild pest!
Hi CacaManiac, the hairgrass looks good.
when i started out this tank... i layed the bottom with alot or peat, root monsters and fertilizer sticks. i occasionally add a few drops of pottasium
Day 4
HC is a very slow growing plant submersed. It would take a signficant amount of patience to keep up with the daily updates
Cheers,
Andrew
Bro ... I had long gave up on this plant cos it never get rooted in all my 3 attempts.i will be looking forward to your journal and maybe that might motivate me to try for the forth time.
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Mine was uprooted by yamatoes. An expensive lesson.
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pls spare us and update us every 2 weeks. not 2 days.
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How about doing a time-lapse video? See link.
Time Lapse video on youtube
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Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Seems like it is growing upwards.
The Happiest of people don't neccessary have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way
When will there be 25 letters in the alphabets?
i second thatOriginally Posted by richietay
any ideas on how to remedy that guys?
whats your setup like?
more light would be my guess since no idea of your tank specs
i never managed to get hc to creep properly with anything less than 3W/gallon on my old 1.5 footer hc setup
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