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Big plants?
Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo
my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. |
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Bill Stock wrote:
Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. I find Hygrophila rosae australis an attractive plant - the leaves take on a pinkish hue once it reaches the surface. It does grow like wildfire so does need pruning though...great for cuttings though Gill |
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Bill Stock wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message ... Bill Stock wrote: Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. I find Hygrophila rosae australis an attractive plant - the leaves take on a pinkish hue once it reaches the surface. It does grow like wildfire so does need pruning though...great for cuttings though Gill Thanks, it must be rare, I could not find it on PlantGeek or Tropica. How does it compare to something like Ludwigia for growth? My Ludwigia grows like a bad weed. It's pretty common over here - not having any Ludwigia I can't reaaly compare growth rates but once it takes off I end up pulling it out by the bucket load. Try doing a google on the name... Gill |
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Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Aquarium height, sand or gravel (height), water temperature, illumination, fertilisation? Amoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. -- cu Marco |
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In article , Bill Stock wrote:
Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Cryptocoryne wendtii. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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Marco Schwarz wrote: Hi.. Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Aquarium height, sand or gravel (height), water temperature, illumination, fertilisation? Armoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. Tasty too. We call it water cress over here. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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Richard Sexton wrote:
In article , Bill Stock wrote: Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Cryptocoryne wendtii. I'll second the Cryotocorne wendtii suggestion. They're tough, they spread, and they don't grow too large. Actually, their size seems to depend on aquarium conditions. Here, in one smallish goldfish aquarium they're a few inches tall but cover the bottom. In the plant aquarium they're reaching 10 inches in height and fill about 1/6 of the bottom area. They're great plants, all descended from a few specimens I was given in 1991. Steve |
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Armoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. Tasty too. We call it water cress over here. How do you dress (prepare) them? -- cu Marco |
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Marco Schwarz wrote:
Hi.. Armoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. Tasty too. We call it water cress over here. How do you dress (prepare) them? You serve it in a salad these days....great peppery taste...I remember my grandma just washing the bunch and sticking it in a jug...we used to have it for tea...usually with canned mackeral or pilchards... My Mum used to go and harvest it from the local stream from time to time. She tells a story of rinsing it and finding hundreds of little shrimps - she put them in with the goldfish so she could show us them when we got home from school - result very content well fed goldfish :-) |
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"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message ... Hi.. Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Aquarium height, sand or gravel (height), water temperature, illumination, fertilisation? Tank 36L*18W*20D PH 6.8 KH 8 DH Light 192 w 35 ppm CO2 (roughly) Fertilized with Trace Elements, KH2PO4, Excel and sometimes KNO3 Amoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. -- cu Marco |
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... In article , Bill Stock wrote: Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Cryptocoryne wendtii. Thanks, I haven't tried the Crypts yet. I like the Swords, but they just seem to outgrow the tank in no time. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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You serve it in a salad these days....great peppery taste...I remember my grandma just washing the bunch and sticking it in a jug...we used to have it for tea...usually with canned mackeral or pilchards... My Mum used to go and harvest it from the local stream from time to time. She tells a story of rinsing it and finding hundreds of little shrimps - she put them in with the goldfish so she could show us them when we got home from school - result very content well fed goldfish :-) :-) [Water Cress]: Europe: Nasturtium officinale North America: Armoracia aquatica -- cu Marco |
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Tank 36L*18W*20D PH 6.8 KH 8 DH Light 192 w 35 ppm CO2 (roughly) Fertilized with Trace Elements, KH2PO4, Excel and sometimes KNO3 Amoracia aquatica is an extraordinary plant. See no problem. -- cu Marco |
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Steve wrote: Richard Sexton wrote: In article , Bill Stock wrote: Which plants grow big (bushy), but not too tall? I'm going to have to redo my plant tank soon, as my Sword is getting way to tall for the tank. I'm looking for something I can prune back, but that doesn't require too much maintenance. Cryptocoryne wendtii. I'll second the Cryotocorne wendtii suggestion. They're tough, they spread, and they don't grow too large. Actually, their size seems to depend on aquarium conditions. Here, in one smallish goldfish aquarium they're a few inches tall but cover the bottom. In the plant aquarium they're reaching 10 inches in height and fill about 1/6 of the bottom area. They're great plants, all descended from a few specimens I was given in Keep in mind there's different forms. The "red/brown" is the lowest growig as are all the nonstndard cultivars: tropica, green gecko, mi oyo, while the plain green forms range from "a bit bigger" to 2' in soe exceptinal cases. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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