Riccia Wuill It Die With Easy Carbo ?

[bae1994]

ive read that riccia hates easy carbo in my 10 litre should i stop using easy carbo and begin using something else if so what

please help bae

 

[RadaR]

I'm guessing you don't have the riccia then?
I have heard also that riccia doesn't take too kindly to liquid carbon products. I'd be tempted to try it with a small bit of riccia though.
All liquid carbon prodcuts are almost identical, so changing the brand wouldn't help too much.
There is always CO2 gas.

 

[jonnyf84]

it will be fine, my riccia does great with 2ml per day in my 120L, although i have a pressurised system too, its the gluyteraldehyde in liquid co2 that riccia doesn't like. I heard of a guy dosing 5ml per day in a 100L and he had no ill effects but i wouldn't advise using that much.

 

[lljdma06]

There is always CO2 gas.

Agreed, why not just inject the gas, then grow what you want? You need not go pressurized. With only 10L, you'll be fine with fermentation CO2. It is easy and very cheap. Cheaper than the liquid stuff in the long-run.

That being said, you could always try the liquid stuff. With your small tank, you might not be dosing high enough that riccia would have a problem.

You know, I wonder if someone would be interested in coompiling a list of plants that do not tolerate the gluyteraldehyde in liquid co2 well? Might be a nice pinned topic to go in PARC.

llj