Anyone growing lush green Riccia with Florecent /PC lights? - Aquascaping

Santosh · 08-04-2005, 03:48 AM

I would like to know of anyone growing and lush green carpets of Riccia with fulorecents/PC lamps. I have always seen Riccia grown with Mh lamps since the plant is a high light demanding plant. It would be grat if you could attach a few pics. of the same.
If you have Riccia growing under florecnts then I would also like to know the height of your tank and the light specifications.
Thanks a lot in advance.

Santosh

alexperez · 08-04-2005, 06:16 AM

I put a little bunch of Algae (hair) covered Riccia in my Cherry Shrimp tank so the shrimp can clean it up. It is a 6 Gallon tank with 14W of CF (AH Kit) lighting and it grew great with no problem. In a few weeks that small bunch got over 5X bigger.

**turtlehead** · 08-04-2005, 08:24 AM

I did,

, no algae problems here.

JeffB · 08-04-2005, 09:52 AM

TurtleHead

That is a great looking tank! What are your tank specs?

vishy_100 · 08-09-2005, 01:06 AM

hey,
i don't have any pics but i grew a huge thick carpet(a few cms before it floated away) in a 4x2x2 under 7 standard 4ft flouros,~250w(with co2)
Matt

FazTeAoMar · 08-09-2005, 09:10 AM

Hello.

In my first setup I had a big driftwood covered with riccia, using PC lights.

Here are the pics:

Tank height: 30cm

2 X PL- 36W 6500K

Regards,
André

FAAO · 10-19-2005, 04:50 AM

One more...

2X18w 6500k PC

Regards,

Filipe Oliveira

stcyrwm · 10-19-2005, 05:19 AM

Sorry I have no pics but 2 tanks with beautiful riccia - 2 wpg cf, no CO2. It is an easy plant to grow........

stcyrwm · 10-19-2005, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAAO

One more...2X18w 6500k PC Regards,Filipe Oliveira

Nice tank. How many liters/gallons is that? I like the way the riccia is just slightly separated into 3 groups.

snowball2020 · 10-19-2005, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stcyrwm

Sorry I have no pics but 2 tanks with beautiful riccia - 2 wpg cf, no CO2. It is an easy plant to grow........

really? i thought riccia was one of the most demanding carpetting plant. anyone can spare a 1x1" for a starter? =)