Hc Carpet Melting

High lighting and constant temperature of 78 degrees and below are needed as well.

Hc carpet melting.

Melting mats also known as melting carpets is a game on habbo. With the right care this plant will cover the substrate in tank but will be tough to grow it without co2. Please try again later. The former is doing pretty well and the latter is okay but my hc is deckling by the day.

Burnt and or melted spots on the carpet can be unsightly and panic inducing. Dsm plants melting and moulding. Frequent trimming is necessary to prevent the carpet from being coming too thick and detaching from the substrate as the bottom layer deteriorates. Separating the hc into smaller bunches of a few stems each is also better though its alot more tedious as it reduces overcrowding which can result in sections melting before they can take root.

In the same tank i have eleocharis parvula and blyxa. Trimming hc all the way down to the bone substrate line once in a while to remove old growth maintains a healthy carpet long term. Otherwise its just a matter of maintaining good light and moist soil for them to grow. Substrate is ada neo and co2 is 2 bubbles second and i am dosing micro and macro by acti aquael.

But make sure you have sttong flow and stable c02 levels. Don t give up on them hc can be slow growing so it s slow to adapt to change. Dwarf baby tears is elegant carpeting plant. I ve done the same as you and my hc looked worse for ware for a few weeks and now it s taking over.

A native north american plant it can be found in the southern coastal states from virginia southward to central florida and from there west to texas and north as far as tennessee. My monte carlo and hc melted but then exploded in growth afterwards. Hc or hemianthus callitrichoides actually more properly known as micranthemum umbrosum is also called shade mudflower. Monte carlo carpet melting.

My tank dimension is 50x40x40 cms and i am using led white 50 watts on it.