Micranthemum Monte Carlo - In Vitro
Micranthemum Monte Carlo is one of the most popular carpeting plants. Monte Carlo creates dense and beautiful bright green carpet effect. You can create very beautiful scape planting it between rocks. It needs medium to high lighting to maintain a dense, low, and compact growth form. In low lighting it will grow tall and thin. Monte Carlo gathers nutrients from both the substrate and the water column. If grown in gravel or sand, this plant will definitely benefit from the addition of root tabs. Micranthemum Monte Carlo looks similar to Hemianthus Calitrichoides but it is higher and the leaves are slightly bigger, ranging from 5mm-10mm.
Difficulty: Medium
Origin : America
Amount of light needed : Medium - High
CO2 : Medium
Usage: Aquascaping
Growth speed : Medium
Height: 3-5 + cm
Plantation zone : Foreground
Temperature: 22 - 27°C
pH: 6.0- 7.0
Leaf colour: Light green
How to plant in vitro plants?
Please follow the short instructions:
1. Gently wash plant from gel or liquid under cold tap water,
2. Split plants into smaller parts (use scissors - usually used for carpet plants - e.g. Hemianthus, eleocharis etc),
3. Plant the plant in the aquarium (use tweezers).
Any Microsorum , Bolbitis, Bucephalandra , Anubias and moss should be attached to wood or stone or other ornaments with a fishing line. (glue can be used for mosses).
Riccia - you can make a carpet using a mesh, fishing line (check google or youtube).
There are several floating plants at this listing that you only need to wash.
Other plants need to be planted in substrate , it is best to use tweezers.
Laboratories are still working on new nutrients and therefore the color or size may differ from the photos. Therefore, they can do not look like in the pictures. Plants will take their natural look in the aquarium. The picture is only illustrative.
The size of the plant shows how big it can grow in the aquarium. That gives information to the buyers where to position plant in the aquarium.
