[John P.]

Trade--Cherry Shrimp for HC?

Preferably in Southern CA.

I have Cherry Shrimp & need more HC!

 

[chiahead]

call me stupid but whats HC???

 

[gnome]

call me stupid but whats HC???

Won't call you stupid.

HC = Hemianthus callitrichoides

 

[chiahead]

are u still looking for HC?

 

[John P.]

Sure! Have some good HC?

Are you located in SoCal by chance?

 

[chiahead]

I live in Arizona, I was just wondering as I just bought some should have it soon. I wonder how long it take to grow. How much are you looking for?

 

[John P.]

I have some HC that came as an "extra" a few months ago from a fellow member. It was a scant amount. Now I have probably a 4"x4" patch of it. It isn't growing all that fast for me, but it is growing.

I figured more would be good. I wouldn't mind getting rid of all my Glosso in liue of HC, but at the rate I'm going it wouldn't happen for another year!

 

[chiahead]

whats the diff between it and the glosso? I am going to repl my glosso with the HC as well.

 

[fishfry]

make sure to divide your 4" x 4" mat as that will help it to spread faster when it is not just in one big clump spreding from the edges

if you have a solid mat that is 4" x 4" then you actually can grow a decent amount in a few months

 

[John P.]

fishfry--Good idea about splitting it apart. I'm hesitant to do this only because it is so well rooted, but alas it's the right thing to do.

Chiahead--Glosso just tends to grow over itself until it chokes to death. I guess HC does this, too, but the slower growth means it looks better, longer.

 

[chiahead]

is the planting of the HC similar to glosso, meaning I would need to seperate each rooted plant and use tweezers to plant them? Or would I be safe sectioning off say 1/2 inch squares and planting them as small bunches?

 

[John P.]

Yes, small clumps.

 

[Zapins]

got any extra HC to trade? i have quite alot of shrimp to trade...