People on here have been trying these for a while now, the problem seems to be not that they don't make a nice, lush carpet, but that they're not actually HC. It'll be interesting to see if yours are.
Actually those are not hc, it's a kind of plant they used as facial mask in China. It require high temperature to germinate and it does form nice carpet. However same as other terrestrial plant after 2/3 months they will die....in Chinese it's called 海藻面膜。 not sure where it originated and what is its scientific name..
Some update.. It's also been used in China for aquascape. Any one who know Chinese can search for it. But of course as I said its only last for few months in water. It is considered by some in China as a scam as very easy "aquatic plant" , however if you not intent to keep your scape long term than its very easy plant that worth a try, it even don't need co2 injection.
According to official website Temperature should be above 25. They will start to germinate in 2 to 4 days. After germination temperature can be lower than 25 after 2 weeks they will form nice carpet. I heard they are marine seaweed but cannot find any proper article regarding their origin and scientific name. Not sure how long it stay alive if grown emersed.
I have tried these in my ADA 60p and these are NOT real hc. They grow to tall stem plants and look nothing like the HC I get from aqua forest here in San Francisco. I wasted a lot of time and money with these and had to pull all the stems out of my tank and restart with real HC I bought from AFA. I still have two bottles of this stuff left.
Yup,
Although it's not hc, but I think maybe we can get some good use for it. Maybe terrarium or some sort. However I feel uncomfortable if someone sell it as something different than itself.
There is another type of seed that grows hair grass but I can't find photos or videos of it. I did get some feedback from a few sellers. One said it grows to about 5cm. Another said it grows so fast, it reaches the surface in about 2 weeks.
But I'm only curious to see how long they can survive under water.
Germinate very quick indicate good energy reserve in seeds for germination. Slow down after exhausted all reserve and forced to capture energy through photosynthesis.
Finally, I found the thread I've been searching for. I joined the forum and asked what these seeds are in another forum on this site. I'll try to link that thread to this one.
I really like the look and just wanted to know what the plants are and its life span along with care. Here's my setup:
If they can survive indefinitely being immersed, they'll bring about a new era in carpeting. Forget all that dry start nonsense. Just sprinkle the seeds into the water and voila!!!! A thick carpet within a month.
Just confirm, one of the species they use is Nicandra Physalodes. Since all the info are in Chinese so I can't show it here.
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