Diggin the Flora - HC and moss wall

ucantimagine · 05-25-2012, 08:46 PM

No CO2, just a bit of Excel every 2-3 days. The HC is really starting to take off. There are a lot of tiny plantlets just under the pebbles. The shrimp like to nibble on it too so now I feed them every day instead of every other, or else I see tiny bits of HC floating around.

The moss wall started as a 2X2 inch square. It's tripled in size. The shrimp dig it.

**Geniusdudekiran** · 05-25-2012, 09:48 PM

Love it! How did you originally plant the HC and how much did you start with?

**h4n** · 05-25-2012, 09:52 PM

Wow! !!!

That moss i sent ya grow like crazy!!!

Ya how much HC was it originally?

-Sent from my Samsung Note, a "Phablet"

ucantimagine · 05-25-2012, 09:53 PM

I started with 2 pots packed in rock wool. I broke it apart into smaller sections and pressed it into the substrate with tongs. It took a little while for it to take hold, the shrimp kept uprooting it. It's at least doubled now. It's been just a few days past 2 months since I planted it. There is some on the other side that's not in the pic.

ucantimagine · 05-25-2012, 09:55 PM

Yes Han, it's growin like crazy. I'm tempted to thin it out and spread it out more but I don't wanna mess it up. lol

**h4n** · 05-25-2012, 10:41 PM

well the more you trim moss the quicker it will grow to! And more bushier!

**Geniusdudekiran** · 05-25-2012, 11:01 PM

Do you have a journal for this tank?

ucantimagine · 05-25-2012, 11:05 PM

Hmmmm...well when I'm in the mood for a project, I'll have to take a big sewing needle and fishing line and spread it out. There's enough to cover the entire mat filter I'm sure. Plus the other side of the tank has a massive moss bush. lol

05-25-2012, 08:46 PM	#1
ucantimagine Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/90%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 847	Diggin the Flora - HC and moss wall No CO2, just a bit of Excel every 2-3 days. The HC is really starting to take off. There are a lot of tiny plantlets just under the pebbles. The shrimp like to nibble on it too so now I feed them every day instead of every other, or else I see tiny bits of HC floating around. The moss wall started as a 2X2 inch square. It's tripled in size. The shrimp dig it. __________________ My First Shrimp Tank http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...has-begun.html

05-25-2012, 09:48 PM	#2
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,349	Love it! How did you originally plant the HC and how much did you start with? __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

05-25-2012, 09:52 PM	#3
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (465/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,108	Wow! !!! That moss i sent ya grow like crazy!!! Ya how much HC was it originally? -Sent from my Samsung Note, a "Phablet" __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

05-25-2012, 09:53 PM	#4
ucantimagine Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/90%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 847	I started with 2 pots packed in rock wool. I broke it apart into smaller sections and pressed it into the substrate with tongs. It took a little while for it to take hold, the shrimp kept uprooting it. It's at least doubled now. It's been just a few days past 2 months since I planted it. There is some on the other side that's not in the pic. __________________ My First Shrimp Tank http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...has-begun.html

05-25-2012, 09:55 PM	#5
ucantimagine Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/90%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 847	Yes Han, it's growin like crazy. I'm tempted to thin it out and spread it out more but I don't wanna mess it up. lol __________________ My First Shrimp Tank http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...has-begun.html

05-25-2012, 10:41 PM	#6
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (465/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,108	well the more you trim moss the quicker it will grow to! And more bushier! __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

05-25-2012, 11:01 PM	#7
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,349	Do you have a journal for this tank? __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

05-25-2012, 11:05 PM	#8
ucantimagine Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/90%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 847	Hmmmm...well when I'm in the mood for a project, I'll have to take a big sewing needle and fishing line and spread it out. There's enough to cover the entire mat filter I'm sure. Plus the other side of the tank has a massive moss bush. lol __________________ My First Shrimp Tank http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...has-begun.html

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