Riccia Covered Water Fall - Before /After

[Smashtoad]

I have posted before how awesome this stuff is, as it carpets anything wet. Also, pull a sprig off and throw it somewhere and if it's wet, it grows.

Anyway, wanted to throw up a "before and after" shot of my flow log, so here it is. At the time of posting I only have the before shot...sorry...only planted it a couple weeks ago, but the stuff is already spreading.

The water fall flow essentially covers the whole surface of this piece of Malaysin dw (that's why the thing looks so shiny in the picture), so in a few months the whole thing should be green...stay tuned.

[clwatkins10]

I have used riccia in a viv before. It is great!
This is what I did with it in mine:


It's great stuff. Not too bad in aquariums either
I can't wait for your wood to be nice and green

[jubjub47]

Originally Posted by clwatkins10

I have used riccia in a viv before. It is great!
This is what I did with it in mine:


It's great stuff. Not too bad in aquariums either
I can't wait for your wood to be nice and green

Now that is a bit extreme I don't think I want that much.

[andrew__]

That's amazing. Are those anubias in there too? I'm guessing it'd be wet enough in there for them if riccia's doing that well...

[clwatkins10]

Originally Posted by jubjub47

Now that is a bit extreme I don't think I want that much.

lol

Originally Posted by andrew__

That's amazing. Are those anubias in there too? I'm guessing it'd be wet enough in there for them if riccia's doing that well...

Thanks, Yes and yes There is also a cryptocoryne in there in the back right and some other aquarium plants

[eLisborg]

I like it overgrown like that, so green! This stuff grows so fast, mine has tripled in size in the past month. How long has your tank been set up clwatkins? any "before" shots?

[andrew__]

Originally Posted by clwatkins10

lol


Thanks, Yes and yes There is also a cryptocoryne in there in the back right and some other aquarium plants

Cool... I should start propagating riccia in my emersed crypt tank so I've got spare when I set up my viv I think...

How often do you mist?

This would make a beautiful tank for some sort of blue frog like azureus with all that bright yellow-green.

and oh ya, I think I can see some bacopa too now that you mention it

[jausi]

Really nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Question I see you have a Anubia there, is still alive?? since is out of the water??, I know that anubias will eventualy grow out of the water but i'ts slow process, did you have a water area for that anuabia or did you just planted in there??, I really like how the riccia cover your tank, do you have any frogs there??, I bet they love that green stuff.

[andrew__]

If misted often anubias will go from submersed to terrestrial pretty well, does not like being dry at all though!

[eLisborg]

brians tropicals sells terrestrial anibus, i don't know of anyone else whos selling it currently...