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Tall, single stem plant question
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:03:00 -0500, Dick
wrote: I don't know its name, but I have had it in my 75 gallon tank for years. It has a single stem with small, round leaves radiating from the stem. I have often had to trim the tops as they would reach the top and then lay over on the surface. I started with a few cuttings and transfered them to other tanks. They always started easily and multiplied. Not a great looking plant, but I like having them in the back of the tanks. In the last year I removed them from all but the 75 gallon tank. So, what's the problem. In the last few months the leaves fell off stems, leaving them bare while continuing to grow taller. Unsightly! g Also, many of the leaves developed dark edges and a curl. Unsightly! My first effort has been to thin to small bunches leaving open space for light to reach the bottom. Also I used my finger to clear the gravel in the open spaces of roots. The tank is low light, no CO2, no fertilizers (other than from the fish). It is too soon to rate the thining. Can anyone tell me the name, and hazard a guess about the possibility of the thining solving the problem? dick I will post a better picture of the plant in alt.binaries.aquaria for those that can access this group. dick |
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Tall, single stem plant question
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:47:53 -0500, Victor Martinez
wrote: Dick wrote: At the back of the 75 gallon tank you can see some. Do you have a bigger picture? It's hard to see. If you can access alt.binaries.aquaria I have posted a better picture plus one of Bacopa monnieri. I think this is the plant I have. dick |
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Tall, single stem plant question
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:41:42 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Sexton) wrote: It doesn't sound like anything I'm familiar with. There are loads of aquarium plant websites. You may stumble upon it one day, if so let me know what it is as you have me curious. Can you post a pic of this plant somewhere so we can see it? At the back of the 75 gallon tank you can see some. Bacopa. Nice stuff. Fregrent when you cut it. When it reaches the top, cut it 1/3 down and replant around the parent. Keep doing it for a year, then add two sticks of driftwood and enter it in the AGA content. And get those big (and nice) crypts out of the foreground - the one smashing up against the glass. I'll post a pic of bacopa shortly up close. Thanks for noticing the Crypts. Perhaps you will like them better in a more recent picture. I have a really giant one in my 29 gallon tank. I am forever yanking handfulls out of that tank. Check alt.binaries.aquaria for pictures. dick |
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