Jason Baliban / projectaquarium.com's sweet floating emersed setup

[czcz]

Ran into this today. Really neat and interesting project: using a huge mass of floating Dwarf Riccia to grow emersed HC and Hairgrass.

Planted Aquarium Tank Articles - Emersed Hemianthus Callitrichoides (HC) and Hairgrass - Project Aquarium

Awesome.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Looks cool.

 

[Zagz]

Very interesting. Kinda neat how accidental things happen. Hope he doesn't have any plants below LOL, there would be no light that would reach them.

 

[czcz]

Yeah. I especially like how thick he's gotten it and that it appers to act as a self humidifying soil: I mean, those sure look like pond snails and they sure look well above the water line. I am guessing it is not strong enough to keep stems above water very well, though. (For example, even the relatively solid stem Polygonum sp. / "Purple Bamboo" needs to send roots down when going emergent within 6" of the substrate, else it leans a little with only a couple inches emergent growth). I have too many tiny species in my medium sized aquarium, but I'm totally going to try the floating plant substrate thing in a pot or controlled low flow area

 

[Peyton]

Very cool. I've had a patch of riccia floating around in a tank for a while just in case I want to use it in a rescape or something. I find HC and xmas moss growing in it every once in a while.

 

[czcz]

Another cool one from bharada growing HC in his backyard with Walmart seedling trays and drip sprinklers! You have to scroll to the end. It's a great scroll...

Aqauria Photos: Flora and Fauna