Baby tears

[Printerhands]

What's the best way to keep baby tears?

 

[aqua_chem]

High light, high co2, good fertilization.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

High light, high co2, good fertilization.

And you forgot to add patience to that list

 

[gobluewolverines4]

are you talking about dwarf baby tears (Hemianthus callitrichoides) or non dwarf or full size baby tears (micranthemum umbrosom)?

I've been doing a bunch of research on the subject of non dwarf baby tears (i just purchased some) and forming a carpet with them.

From everything I've read, the higher the light, the faster the growth. Both grow like weeds with high light and co2 injection.

However, Dwarf Baby Tears will quickly form a carpet with sufficient light and co2, whereas Baby Tears are more likely to grow vertically.

If anybody has any info on a Full sized baby tears carpet, please let me know!

Hope this info helped.

 

[Printerhands]

Sounds great. The lady at my locally owned pet store said not to bother with them because they are so hard to keep going. But I'm stubborn and want a nice little carpet of them. And I was talking about dwarf baby tears.

I was thinking of getting the CO2 Natural System by Hagen Nutrafin.

 

[jacpr233]

This is my carpet of baby tears. It takes a long time to carpet regular baby tears. The good thing is that you could replant the stems that are trimmed to make it denser. I grew them in low light and pressurized co2.

 

[MMantelli]

I'm not tryin to jack the thread but I recently also got some not sure if there dwarf or not but would a par rating of ~80 -90 be sufficent. Here's mine.

 

[MMantelli]

Sorry pic didn't post .

 

[Printerhands]

What do mean -80 to -90?

 

[MMantelli]

What do mean -80 to -90?

The par rating of my light. It's 70 at 24" and almost 250 at 6"

 

[aqua_chem]

Where are you getting those numbers from?

 

[MMantelli]

From the manufacturer it is a current USA 24" freshwater nova extreme I contacted them asking what the par rating is for my light they said ~70@24" and ~250@6"

 

[aqua_chem]

Is this a 4x fixture? If not, those seem pretty optimistic.

 

[MMantelli]

Is this a 4x fixture? If not, those seem pretty optimistic.

2x24w t5ho true lumen bulbs 1-12,00k and 1-freshwater bulb it has a pinkish hue I contacted them via e-mail and that's what they told me