Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Any suggestions on very low growing emersed plants? HC looks pretty nice growing on land,but may be too tall for my needs. Dluxeshrimps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 In my palludarium HC is very low growing. I will post a pic later. How low do you want to have it growing? What leaf size do you prefer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 very small. It's for my vivarium with red devil crabs. The crabs avg 1", so would like to see them instead of having them covered up via plants or leaves. The plants would be more for crabs walking on. Think forest moss type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Emersed Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba" in my paludarium. Soothing Shrimp and jem_xxiii 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Emersed Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba" in my paludarium. That is so pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 You could try Elatine hydropiper. Small leaf size but does not overgrow as fast as HC. I only keep it submersed. It forms great carpets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Nice. Does either of these hold up to 75-80F? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 I grow baby tears emersed it's very short would be perfect for crabs I have a lot I could do a trade if your interested. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hold in my 90+ weather in florida. As well as freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Soothing, sorry for posting this question in your topic but... Is baby tears plant that you can buy in plant nurseries same with aquatic baby tears? (I'm embarassed that I don't know this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 I think the land plant is Soleirolia soleirolii, while the aquatic plant is Hemianthus micranthemoides. PlantDude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thank you, Soothing! I thought they must be different plants but wasn't sure. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_OnTheRocks Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 I think the land plant is Soleirolia soleirolii, while the aquatic plant is Hemianthus micranthemoides. Hemianthus micranthemoides aka HM, is a different plant than what Steve R posted. Its also known as Pearl weed. It will carpet but the leaves are a totally different shape than dwarf baby tears (hemianthus callitrichoides) Pictures below Hemianthus micranthemoides (giant baby tears, pearlweed, HM) hemianthus callitrichoides (Dwarf Baby Tears, HC) Hope that helps. Soothing Shrimp and svetilda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thank you very much for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Emersed HC with good light stays REALLY short. I honestly don't know of anything that's going to be smaller. I have some in a tray I grew from seed, and its 1/2" high at most. You might be able to find a terrestrial moss that stays shorter Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks Jynn. I should check further into hc then. How fast does it spread emersed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 How does aquatic moss look emersed, I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This shaggy kind of look is what I'm going for. I just don't see hc or baby tears having this look. Would java grown emersed or some other aquatic moss grown emersed do this? Thoughts? Live sphagnum moss, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This shaggy kind of look is what I'm going for. I just don't see hc or baby tears having this look. Would java grown emersed or some other aquatic moss grown emersed do this? Thoughts? Live sphagnum moss, perhaps? In my search for terrarium plants I've come across a few mosses people use.People have used riccia and Java moss. You have to make sure they stay moist/wet constantly though. Some terrestrial mosses like "sheet moss" may work well. Can't think of the scientific. I think I am going to attempt Java or pellia in my terrarium and see how they do. Mainly since I have a ton of both. I have sheet moss on the way too -Duffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Cool. Yeah, I plan on a monsoon feature on a timer to keep everything wet. Vpier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 This shaggy kind of look is what I'm going for. I just don't see hc or baby tears having this look. Would java grown emersed or some other aquatic moss grown emersed do this? Thoughts? Live sphagnum moss, perhaps? there's plenty of pics out there of emersed mosses; perhaps search for the terms 'emersed moss setup' I think they look awesome Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrymprdan Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Duffy beat me to it. I think riccia will give you the look that you're after. I haven't tried to post pictures here yet, as a matter of fact I never have posted a picture period.... But I have a ripariam setup with water seeping down a rough piece of basalt. I laid several strands around the base and along the sides and it has grown well.. Thing is, it grows upward in this setup. I can't vouch as to whether it would spread horizontally or not. Somewhere I also read about someone putting Java moss in a small food chopper to get very small pieces. The fine pieces were then "painted" it onto the surface of wet rocks or driftwood to get a denser planting coverage. I don't THINK that it gets too bushy when grown emersed, so this could be an option as well. My two cents Duff0712 and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Thanks Jynn. I should check further into hc then. How fast does it spread emersed? It spreads slowly regardless, but if you do it from seed, you can just put a ton of seed. Here is an album from a drystart I did with HC cuba a whiule back, has dates so you can see the speed it spreads, http://imgur.com/a/mXeCw#0 Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 you can also just buy lots and lots of types of live terrestrial moss online (for terrariums) one of those might give you what youre looking for. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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