Hi Folks,

Thanks to everyone for their advice regarding my 24 in cube Aquarium problem,
you know who you are. I am now trying to find out if anyone has, or knows where
I can buy locally, Hemianthus callitrichoides or Flores de Cuba?

Thanks,

K

forgot to ask for any tips on growing conditions
lighting substrate etc etc
let me know tomorrow

Ta for the reply, I know little about this Genus, it requires decent lighting and a substrate with a good growing medium like Laterite or Flourite but if you are using Flourite make sure it's the fine grade. HC does best with a fine substrate like sand.
Any other info would be appreciated.

K

Hi,

I have been growing Hemiantus 'Cuba' for a good while in my tank (in 2-4mm gravel). It was growing very well and soon formed a beautiful dense carpet. The conditions are : light 1W per Litre, CO2 + tropica fertiliser, pH about 7, kH-4 and dH-8. Unfotuntaly as was mentioned before it likes quite fine substrate. I found it very tricky to clean the gravel around the plant as it did not attach very well to it.
Soon tiny peaces of the plant started floating all over the tank. I tried to attach it to the rocks, it worked only for a while. I am planning to get some fine substrate for my new tank and will try to grow this plant again. It is very beautiful and worth trying!

Best of luck

Anna

HC Cube will stay rooted in soil substrate's and i'm sure it would attach to aquagrit as well.
I just had a 60l tank full die on me. It seemed to die from the roots up. I'm still not sure why.

Hi Anna,

Thanks for the info, shame it didn't work for you, any idea where it can be purchased in an lfs, not off the net?

Thanks

K.

Ta, makes sense using soil substrate, I had great results with plants using pond or aquatic soil without algal bloom or any other problems.

K

Hi again,

Well, I got my 'Cuba' in Wackers pet shop, but it was over 2years ago.
I actually have been working there myself for a month in a fish section and made a great list of plants to order from Tropica but left before they arrived.
Steven, the guy who is working now in the fish section instead of me had actually got all the plants and said they were sold very well, as far as I remember Hemianthus 'Cuba' was on the order list as well.
I told Steven to stick to my plant list since there were a lot of other rare species I would like to have myself. Try to ring them, they might have another batch of plants arriving soon.
If not you can always place your order with them, thats how I got most of my plants.
The shop is on Longmile Road, Dublin.

Anna