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Anacharis growth
Similar to another post, my anacharis is growing very very fast but
isn't very leafy. I have to cut the stalks back once a week as they curl over when they hit the surface. The leaves are all very small though. I like the look of thick dense anacharis, not the long stalky look. My tank is a 10g with 15w of light with DIY CO2. I use a multi purpose fert, I think by tetra. Can a different way of pruning help the leaves grow? Also, my micro swords is putting off runners left and right. When can I cut the new plants from the stalk? A few of the nodes (?) have roots shooting off while others seem to be growing relatively larger leaves with no roots. |
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Anacharis growth
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wrote: Similar to another post, my anacharis is growing very very fast but isn't very leafy. I have to cut the stalks back once a week as they curl over when they hit the surface. The leaves are all very small though. I like the look of thick dense anacharis, not the long stalky look. My tank is a 10g with 15w of light with DIY CO2. I use a multi purpose fert, I think by tetra. Can a different way of pruning help the leaves grow? No. Change to a bluer bulb, that should do it. Red - elongate tall plants, with lomng internodes, blue - compacy bushy growth. Also, my micro swords is putting off runners left and right. When can I cut the new plants from the stalk? A few of the nodes (?) have roots shooting off while others seem to be growing relatively larger leaves with no roots. The more you cut those runners the slowe the plants grow. Just leave'em. When you can't see gravel any more remove half the older plants. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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I went down to the LFS to pick up a more blue light. I guess I forgot
how expensive anything that says 'aquarium' is on it compared to similar products for other uses. I tried the home depot but don't know enough about color temperature, lux, lumens etc. to tell what is more blue vs. full spectrum vs. actinic. I did a google but have so far found either to simple of an explanation in regards to aquarium use or technical definitions that I can't relate to the GE (or other bulb brands) labels. Any advice direction reccomendations or ideas are always welcome. |
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Anacharis growth
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wrote: I went down to the LFS to pick up a more blue light. I guess I forgot how expensive anything that says 'aquarium' is on it compared to similar products for other uses. I tried the home depot but don't know enough about color temperature, lux, lumens etc. to tell what is more blue vs. full spectrum vs. actinic. I did a google but have so far found either to simple of an explanation in regards to aquarium use or technical definitions that I can't relate to the GE (or other bulb brands) labels. Any advice direction reccomendations or ideas are always welcome. I never buy tubes at a petshop. The prices have one too many zeros. Here's some commonly available bluish light. First of all "Dayliht" tubes are about the cheapest source of blue. The'll have the suffix "D" as in F12T40D. Ge makes a Chroma-50 (neutral 5000K - white) and a Chroma 75 (7500) they're labeled C50 and C75. The latter are hard to find, the former common although they're merketed as "Super sunshine" or something like that. Off the top of my head, Philips Alto makes a bluish bulb. Basically anything that says sunlight, daylight or super daylight will work. There's actually a few but what you can find may vary. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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