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Old 11-24-2004, 07:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default How To: Riccia attachment in Oliver Knott aquarium

A "How To.." question for the seasoned professionals.

How does Oliver Knott 'attach' Riccia in the following photograph? As far as I can see, it is not attached to a rock (from looking at other of his photos). Could it be attached to a 'plate' of some type? How easy is it to maintain Riccia in this form?


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Old 11-24-2004, 08:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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perhaps small rocks....sure looks like it to me.
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I read something somewhere where the person took 2 plastic needlepoint grids, cut them in circles, spread riccia over one and covered it with the other. Sort of a riccia sandwich. Then the edges were stapled together. Small stones or gravel were then used to hold the edges down.

I have no idea if that is what Oliver Knott is doing here but, I'll bet that works good!

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Andrew,

Check this out

http://www.nature-aquarium.com/riccia.htm
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Sorry to go off-topic, but does anyone else's monitor hum when they view that nature-aquarium aquarium website? Everytime I look at that site it does that and I never figured it out.
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Picture isn't showing.? Can someone give me a detail of who this guy Oliver knott is? Is he another Amano? Thanks
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Jay, Thanks for the link. I suppose it must be that method used or perhaps attachment to slate.

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