Experimenting Riccia as carpet plant

[dr_enigma411]

Hi sharing my 2ft set-up to experiment using riccia as a carpet plant. I specifically chose Riccia because of it's beautiful pearling effect when condition is right.

The tank is 60cm(L)*23cm(W)*27cm(H). CO2 introduced at 1bps. Eheim 2233. 2ft T5HO 2 tubes on 8hrs a day.

Tank is started on the 1st of July, the following pictures (pardon me for the poor quality pics taken on my lousy phone camera) shows the weekly development:

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01 July 2012
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07 July 2012
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16 July 2012
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21 July 2012
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Riccia Pearling 21 July 2012

[unpluggedmusic]

Nice. Time to trim before all floats up.

[felix_fx2]

So many floated up. Time to sell hehe

[Shadow]

riccia carpet is nice, especially when pearling

[paradox]

Wow this is beautiful. And they grow so quickly! Thanks for the weekly pictures. Didn't know that they would grow so nicely such that the mesh is totally covered. Will definitely do riccia next if my Glosso fails.

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[dr_enigma411]

Yes I'm very surprised at their growth rate and I didn't expect them to pearl so beautifully. In fact the whole mesh floated up and i had to secure them down with slates! Do let me know if you need any riccia, I have healthy harvest every week or two. Thanks for all your comments!

[Saiberg]

Nice... Pearling riccia..


To Fish & Beyond....

[AhVy]

Awesomeeeeeee loooking!! I tried some riccia before..but maybe too little light and no C02..so it browned... Sad
Can i buy some riccia frm your beautiful harvest?



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[tonyneo]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing...

[dr_enigma411]

Awesomeeeeeee loooking!! I tried some riccia before..but maybe too little light and no C02..so it browned... Sad
Can i buy some riccia frm your beautiful harvest?



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Sure AhVy, you can contact me at 8383three99six as and when you r ready to give riccia another good try, I'll save some healthy riccia for u

[Navanod]

Nicely done bro, although IMHO its only suitable if riccia is the primary plant in the tank.
The pearling effect reminds me of morning dews, definitely very appealing!

[dr_enigma411]

Nicely done bro, although IMHO its only suitable if riccia is the primary plant in the tank.
The pearling effect reminds me of morning dews, definitely very appealing!

Bro Navanod, why do you mean by primary plant?

[felix_fx2]

Bro Navanod, why do you mean by primary plant?

Example: Darker moss with small bits of riccia growing in them.

Riccia was among the 1st plants I had. Really pretty pearling I must admit.

If you going to keep something of another tone, you might find it having small bits of riccia growing on them pretty often.

[dhmy2kgto]

Wow, the pearling looks really impressive!! Love it!

[dr_enigma411]

Example: Darker moss with small bits of riccia growing in them.

Riccia was among the 1st plants I had. Really pretty pearling I must admit.

If you going to keep something of another tone, you might find it having small bits of riccia growing on them pretty often.

I see, thanks for sharing!

[ggyy11]

Thanks for sharing these awesome pictures!

[Mossi]

Thanks for sharing!, lovely pictures!