Riccia Fluitans Carpet

Riccia has more than 180 species and mostly not water plants.

Riccia fluitans carpet.

Although it s naturally a floating liverwort it will grow underwater when completely submerged and aquarists can tie it to objects so that it then grows as a mat. Riccia moss ht. It can be kept down by tying it to a stone with a piece of fishing line but new shoots always grow towards the surface so it may be necessary to prune it with scissors. It is a beautiful carpet short term and the pearling is amazing but long term it is a pain.

This plant is an excellent alternative to mosses like java moss. 500 aquarium carpet plant riccia fluitans. Riccia is one of those plants that everyone has to try at least once so go for it. It doesn t ever actually grab onto any thing like moss does.

Extra cost for flat pebbles and riccia line net if needed. Alternatively riccia can also be used as a foreground carpet if the hair nets are weighed down with small stones. Crystalwort riccia fluitans is one of my top favorite plants to add to an enclosure. When grown this way this liverwort will require frequent trimming with a pair of scissors since it grows very rapidly and dead areas could form if not enough light is penetrating the mass which would tend to cause the healthy new growth to detach itself and float.

Most hobbyists like myself use crystalwort either as a floating or carpeting plant. Member since aug 2014. Riccia fluitans also known as floating cystalwort is being used as a carpeting plant more and more frequently in aquariums. This plant became famous because takashi amano showing this moss in his tank.