devocole Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Its taken 3 months to get this way but it worked. Its immersed grown HC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) :thumbs: very nice, puts my efforts with HC to shame, what fauna are you going to stock it with? Edited July 7, 2009 by Iceturf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 pardon my ignorance....what is this all about? looks beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobies et al Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Looks beautiful! I question if you really mean immersed or emersed. im⋅mersed [i-murst] –adjective 1. plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid. 2. Biology. somewhat or wholly sunk in the surrounding parts, as an organ. 3. Botany. growing under water. e·mersed (-mûrst) adj. Botany Rising above the surface of water: emersed aquatic plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayen Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Emersed. Immersed sounds similar so it gets mistaken often back and forth quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catshanon Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 pardon my ignorance....what is this all about? looks beautiful. That is HC "cuba" or HC = Hemianthus Callitrichoides. Its a carpet forming plant and needs high light and CO2. Devon grew it emmersed (not fully underwater, but the soil was drenched with water). Since the plant wasn't submerged completely in water, it got a lot of CO2 from the air and Devon provided the high lighting as shown in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catshanon Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looks awesome Devon, really really good... Now you need your school of rathbuni tetras to bring it to life..Or have you changed your idea of schooling fish? Raj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looks great! So you grew the HC emmersed and now plan to fill the tank up with water? Will the growth on the HC change? I know a couple other plants(crypts, swords) have a different form when grown emmersed and then when placed under water again the leaves change back to their immersed form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catshanon Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looks great!So you grew the HC emmersed and now plan to fill the tank up with water? Will the growth on the HC change? I know a couple other plants(crypts, swords) have a different form when grown emmersed and then when placed under water again the leaves change back to their immersed form. I also had that question in my mind. I grew HC emmersed (on a small plastic container and had it hanging very close to the aquarium lights). I wrapped up the container using clear plastic to maintain a high humidity and the HC grew well. When I transplanted it back to the tank, growth has become very very slow and the plants are just about surviving. Maybe my lighting is not high enough ( 192 W over 55 G, 3 feet deep), or maybe I have too much light dispersion and scattering. Hopefully Devon will have a lush growth and then I can take some trimmings.. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looks fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayen Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Transitions from emersed to immersed are taken well by HC. I grew the HC in my nano the same way, and it's still growing that way. I'll fill it up and see what happens from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.