riccia carpet , am i mad ?

[plantnoob]

evr since seeing t step by step guide , ive really wanted to try out a riccia carpet . just love the way they look .well i couldnt resist it after seeing such a good deal on ebay . looking more likely that im going to win the big old tub of riccia im bidding on at the moment . its a 7 inch by 4 inch tub an inch deep jam packed with the stuff . should be plenty for a good sized carpet no ?

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Go for it. I Just threw a load of the sinking type into my shrimp tank and it just does what it wants. Texture it adds is amazing.

 

[sa80mark]

I really fancy a riccia carpet but am put of due to it not doing well with liquid carbon

 

[plantnoob]

Go for it. I Just threw a load of the sinking type into my shrimp tank and it just does what it wants. Texture it adds is amazing.

sinking riccia ? didnt realise you could get a sinking variety

 

[Yo-han]

A sinking version? Nobody told me!

 

[LondonDragon]

Have a look at my old journal, first post you will see a riccia carpet! My First Planted Tank (The End) Juwel Rio 125 | UK Aquatic Plant Society

 

[plantnoob]

love that 1st pic , such lush dense growth ! i guess thats acheived by regular trimming ?

 

[BigTom]

Recently got some sinking Riccia for my nano, it's brilliant. Grows just like the normal stuff but doesn't float and you don't even need to attach it to anything if the flow isn't too strong. This is just wedged into nooks and crannies -

 

[plantnoob]

looks great

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Recently got some sinking Riccia for my nano, it's brilliant. Grows just like the normal stuff but doesn't float and you don't even need to attach it to anything if the flow isn't too strong. This is just wedged into nooks and crannies -

Did you notice a drastic colour change on new growth tom? I preferred it darker.

 

[BigTom]

Did you notice a drastic colour change on new growth tom? I preferred it darker.

Yeah I find the new growth is very light coloured but it seems to darken with age. Quite like the contrast to be honest.

 

[Mick.Dk]

Just to clarify, what you may know allready; the sinking and floating Riccia is the very same.........just sometimes changes into that " heavy" type. I've had it happen a couple of times now.
I read somewhere, what happens, but can't remember exactly. Think it was something, that changed in the cells - and thereafter it's the "heavy" type.
Mick.

 

[Claire]

Where did you specifically get the sinking type? All of mine floats and I don't fancy having to pick floaters out of the tank for the rest of its life...

 

[Martin in Holland]

I really like my Riccia carpet, I tried a UG carpet before but that didn't work out the way I planned it. I tight the Riccia on a wire mash with some fishing line and after 2 weeks it already became a full carpet, now I have to trim it about every other week.