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Ozelot Sword
I have a six gallon tank with what I believe is a melon sword, an amazon
sword and two amazon compacta. Also in the tank is a lump of lava moss attached to a small terra cotta pot. I don't add CO2, and the lighting is an eight watt PC. 1.3 WPG about. Every month or so I push a "Jobes' plant spike for ferns and palms" into the gravel under each plant. The plants are all growing quite well, the melon is looking beautiful showing a new deep red leaf every four days or so. Anyways, at a LFS I saw some plants with a red/green mottled coloration, the employee clamed they were volunteers with a shipment and as sutch dosen't know for certain what they exactly are. They have a shape and root structure that looks like most sword plants so I'm suspecting they are ozelots. I really like their coloration/patterning and would like to add one to my tank. Do they have any special needs, or should I expect them to act like my other sword plants? Also, my melon sword has two types of leaves, oval shaped green ones on long stems and a cluster of long red leaves. The green leaves have been dying off; turning yellow then just dissolving. The red leaves at the center of the plant have been growing quickly and look very healthy... Is this normal? Were the green leaves from when the plant was above water? Or is this die off a sesional event? I am very inexperenced with this whole aquarium hobby so parden my ignorance =p. --donovan |
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Ozelot Sword
Iron. They need serious iron supplementation to maintain that colouring,
and some decent light to grow large. I have a gorgeous specimen plant growing under 2.5 watts which fills up nearly a third of my 75-gallon tank. I have some others planted in a row in a shady spot, which keeps them stunted, maybe 3" x 3" each, and hedge-like. If you supplement with trace and CO2 you can expect your outer leaves to hold up better. But, frankly, if you remove them periodically, you will improve the growth and overall appearance of the plant. kush "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" Donovan N wrote in message ... I have a six gallon tank with what I believe is a melon sword, an amazon sword and two amazon compacta. Also in the tank is a lump of lava moss attached to a small terra cotta pot. I don't add CO2, and the lighting is an eight watt PC. 1.3 WPG about. Every month or so I push a "Jobes' plant spike for ferns and palms" into the gravel under each plant. The plants are all growing quite well, the melon is looking beautiful showing a new deep red leaf every four days or so. Anyways, at a LFS I saw some plants with a red/green mottled coloration, the employee clamed they were volunteers with a shipment and as sutch dosen't know for certain what they exactly are. They have a shape and root structure that looks like most sword plants so I'm suspecting they are ozelots. I really like their coloration/patterning and would like to add one to my tank. Do they have any special needs, or should I expect them to act like my other sword plants? Also, my melon sword has two types of leaves, oval shaped green ones on long stems and a cluster of long red leaves. The green leaves have been dying off; turning yellow then just dissolving. The red leaves at the center of the plant have been growing quickly and look very healthy... Is this normal? Were the green leaves from when the plant was above water? Or is this die off a sesional event? I am very inexperenced with this whole aquarium hobby so parden my ignorance =p. --donovan |
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Ozelot Sword
Also, my melon sword has two types of leaves, oval shaped green ones on
long stems and a cluster of long red leaves. The green leaves have been dying off; turning yellow then just dissolving. The red leaves at the center of the plant have been growing quickly and look very healthy... Is this normal? Were the green leaves from when the plant was above water? Possibly. They might also be surface leaves. Many swords put up small, oval leaves on long stems, that float at the surface. These should be pruned. (Cut the stem at the base, or as near the base as you can.) As for the ozelot, or whatever it is.... IME, the care of most swordplants is similar, so the ones you have are thriving, this one likely will, too. However, your tank is very small for swords. I have a melon sword that is busy outgrowing my 75 gallon tank! Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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