Thought I'd share

Wow thats a beautiful pic. Very nice Forgive my ignorance but whats "pearling"?

It refers to the bubbles coming off the plants when CO2 is used.

Oh, that is so pretty:P

Caryl wrote:

It refers to the bubbles coming off the plants when CO2 is used

I take it this is something you want to happen?

Yes, I think pearling means your plants are doing very well!

Heres a couple of pics of riccia pearling..

wow, those are awesome pics ktttk! Given we're in a sharing mood...

I take it this is something you want to happen?

I'd say yes 8)

Good indication that all is well in the tank. Plants have plenty of nutrients, CO2 and Light. If your not getting any algae then the balance is good!

Yup it's definitely a good thing, I actually rely on it to give the air to my fish that they need. I don't have a bubbler. An interesting point, with a planted tank and pearling you can actually reach over 100% 02 (oxygen) saturation, I think up to 120%, maybe more. This is lucky so it tides the 02 overnight for the fish. A few mornings they were at the top needing air before the lights kicked in and started the process again, so I've installed a powerhead to create some surface movement for easy 02 injection overnight. Pity I can't use my light timer to turn the powerhead on at night, and then the reverse in the morning

I got my co2 up and running on tuesday and am seeing the results already

8)

Lovin' it! It's a whole 'notha side to plant keeping. Bit like there's fish, then there's fish breeding... there's plants, then there's plants pearling :bounce:

Nice green Lotus, HandS

check out my red one.

the leaf is as big as palm of my hand.

Absolutely beautiful plantman, nice back drop too, like the way it's taken

:bounce:

Wow - they look so cool - I've been trying to get my plants pearling since I read Takashi Armano - Nature Aquarium world - what a drool fest

Pearling is actually bubbles of oxygen produced by the plant when it is photosynthesizing really fast - usually because you have that mix of nutrients, CO2 and lighting juuust right.

I finally saw my riccia pearling the other night:

A lil off topic but how do you get your riccia to grow like a carpet?

Nice pic Magenta, I love the way Riccia pearls and it does it readily when floating at the top of the tank with CO2.

From what I've read Paws it's rather difficult, as you have to tie it down using nylon to hardscape material like slate/rocks etc; it also grows out of the ties and floats to the top as it doesn't develop a root base to cement it naturally in place

I added it to the tank to use up a chunk of nutrient quickly - get rid of an algae problem.

It has grown enough so that it sort of clumps together - wee floating islands of it. I'm thinking of typing it down in a couple of spots soon -

the problem is that now it is starting to block out a little too much light.

I understand that you *really* tie it down - wrap tons of nylon around it, all over the surface where you want it to grow, and it will grow through the nylon. I imagine it looks awful for a while...

I'll jump on the band waggon.

(nice algae. :lol: )

Wow stunning lorenco. What kind of lighting are you running?

I use t5's from Diverjohn.