[DragonFish71]

I bought 2 handfulls of Riccia and 2 pots of mini baby tears for our 40g. I split the baby tears into 4's and put 3 on logs then 1 on a slate rock wall. The one on the wall died and the batch on a far back log is looking bad. The Riccia I have in bags I made out of an old clean pair of fishnet stockings just to keep it together until I figure out what to do with it.

I think the 1 batch of baby tears died because that is a darker front corner, the other I think is dying because it is a darker back corner. So I'm thinking about moving it to the middle where it should get better lighting. From what I've read it's a medium light plant, so I'm thinking this should revive it. The other 2 that are in the middle are doing well. Any other thoughts?

My other question is about the Riccia. My idea is to lash handfulls of it to the logs using fishing line. What I want to know is will it eventually grow on the log, taking it over? That is actually what I want. I choose it over java moss because I wanted the bright green in the tank.

I don't run CO2 in the tank. Maybe eventually once I do more research. But I do use liquid ferts. For this tank I got Seachem's Flourish and I went with a mix of black sand and Activ-Flora black substrate. I do plan to get root tabs. Lighting is 2 24 inch plant/aquarium bulbs from the lighting section at Walmart. I use those same bulbs in our other tanks and the plants do great. (Except for the java ferns that thought they were going to die until I put them in the cichlid tank. Now they look great. Go firgure!)

Anyways, any thoughts on the Riccia and it growing on logs?
And does anyone think that moving the baby tears will help?