Riccia Fluitans

[Caroleinwv]

I would like any information on keeping Riccia Fluitans. The last that I got, placed in two separate tanks, simply disappeared.  My water is hard. More Gh than Kh. Other parameters fairly normal with lower pH. I was floating it. Lovely plant. Would love to keep it.

Thanks to anyone in advance.

[Caroleinwv]

I'm going to reply to my own topic but I did think of one possibility. Both tanks have HOB. I may try it in sponge filter tanks. Maybe it got beat up?

Thoughts?

[sudofish]

Maybe. From what I gather floating plants like to stay in one place pretty much. Or it could just be one of those plants that isn't going to grow in your water. I know I can't grow water sprite for the life of me. I have like 13 GH and barely any KH.

[Caroleinwv]

I do not do well with Water Sprite either. I have tried floating, planted, etc and it just does not do well. Trying in my Beta tanks now as they are the softest. Some stem plants I no longer even bother with although best results are to float not plant. Crypts, Val, Anubia, Java Fern do great. I think Anubia would grow in battery acid.

Thanks for commenting!

[sudofish]

It may be our water assuming you live in WV. One thing I've done that seems to help my other plants is I dose easy green according to nitrate levels instead of just by the directions on the back. I try to keep nitrates between 20-30ppm. Here's a chart @Mmiller2001posted a while back that I find helpful:

 

[Caroleinwv]

Thank you! Very helpful! Yes, I am in WV. I am finding I need to watch KH like a hawk. I can have a high TDS but 0 KH which can be dangerous.

[sudofish]

23 hours ago, Caroleinwv said:

Thank you! Very helpful! Yes, I am in WV. I am finding I need to watch KH like a hawk. I can have a high TDS but 0 KH which can be dangerous.

I can relate. My water source is the Coal River. It's liquid rock.