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Hello, Dorothee,
I have the following plants in my tanks: java fern (Microsorum), fountain moss (Fontinalis), water sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides) and “Süsswassertang” (Lomariopsis, they seem to also use the German word in English). Swimming plants are Salvinia natans, Riccia fluitans and Limnobium.
Limnobium doesn’t like a cover, that’s right. As far as I know many swimming plants do not like to get wet from above – e.g. by condensation.
With Ceratopteris it’s as you’ve been told before in this thread – be patient. It “dies” at first in acidic water – but if you have some “hard pieces of leaves” left, just let them float. They make adventive plants after a while – and these survive!What’s a real success – and nearly not mentioned in context with acidic water – is Lomariopsis. It proliferates even in water with a pH of around 4,5, looks beautiful and provides wonderful hiding places for young fry….
In the middle java fern and some fountain moss, below and on the right is Lomariopsis, and above on the right it’s Riccia:
Lomariopsis again:
I never thought of using the Lomariopsis Stefanie, that’s a great tip. I think we refer to it as Pellia orLiverwort in English.
Regardsby the by (or bye the bye?) here a foto of my a nubia in the paro tank … it lives there since three month …
On the foto before you can also see the seaweed on the root ..
And here
is my swimming plant disaster .. on the first foto you can see a little part of Ceratopteris…
Hi Dorothee,
How many Lumens for you led light? How many liters your tank?
I have 900 lumens light for 20L tank and Ceratopteris grow quickly.To Stefanie: yes I think I meant by the way ;-), since years I use English again, here in this forum 😉
To Davy: here the description of my LEDs :
Daten der SMD LED Power-Lichtleiste:
Ausführung: 18x 5630 SMD LED
Abstrahlwinkel: ca. 100°
Lichtfarbe: weiß (w)
Betriebsspannung: 12V DC
Leistungsaufnahme: ca. 6,5 Watt
Lichtstrom: ca. 1820 Lumen/m
Farbtemperatur: ca. 6200K
geringer UV-Anteil
Betriebstemperatur: -15°C bis +55°C
Maße: L/B/H 275 x 18 x 7 mm / Einbauhöhe inkl. Kunststoff-Clip: 15 mm
Gehäusefarbe: alu / silber
dimmbar
Energieklasse A
Schutzart IP67
CRI ~ 80Ra
mittlere Lebensdauer: ca. 35.000 Std.P.s. And I have two of them, but I dimm them a bit.
In my other tanks the plants grow very well, as yours!
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