Can Riccia, java moss, and hornworth (sp) be used as floating plants? Or do they need to be rooted? If so how long can they survive as floaters?
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hornworty can for long periods of time, javamoss can as well if you attach it to a piece of styrofoam, but riccia is too delicate and has too many nutrient needs which would come from the substrate.
Riccia is most commonly used as a floating plant, and does not draw nutrients from the substrate.Jory;1934734;1934734 said:
Riccia flutans is fine as a floating plant providing you don't have something like a spraybar from your filter creating a torrent on the surface of your water. It grows in whorls that can be easily broken up by too much surface disturbance.
It will tolerate a fair amount of disturbance providing it has adequate light to make it grow compact, if it grows thin and stringy from lack of light, it will break up quickly and make an horrendous mess in your tank, especially when it looses colour and starts floating around your tank at all water levels.
It will tolerate a fair amount of disturbance providing it has adequate light to make it grow compact, if it grows thin and stringy from lack of light, it will break up quickly and make an horrendous mess in your tank, especially when it looses colour and starts floating around your tank at all water levels.