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What's the trick with cabomba?
Wasn't sure, but knew or thought it had something to do with light spectrum,
although Dave P's scenario differed, it could have many variants, dependancies or reasons why some do better.... I tried it, and all the limbs would come off, and I'd have a tassle... All top, no bottom.... then someone/thing decided it tasted good... no more cabomba.. "dam n" wrote in message ... Actually Red, it's the opposite. The blue spectrum encourages short and bushy growth while the red spectrum makes plants grow long and leggy. "RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ... I was told that it's because of too much blue in the spectrum, or something similar... One color makes it grow tall, one color makes it bushy, not tall.... IIRC, blue makes it go tall, red makes it bushy.... Anachris is the same way, if the light has more reds, it'll be bushier leaves, thicker between branches, and more blue will make it reach for the top of the water.... I could be wrong, and I reserve the right to be wrong at anytime without hesitation... haha.... "Dave M. Picklyk" wrote in message . ca... Why does my cabomba grow with big spaces between leafs and straggley? Is the trick lots of light? I only have 2wpg in a 15gal wide. I do PPMD, traces, and have good values of C02 like 35ppm. All my other plants grow extremely fast and lush (I have to prune 2-3 times a week) I used to have a bunch of this stuff but got disgusted with the poor growth that I limited it now to a little part of the brightest spot in my aquarium. The stem seems to grow rapidly but the leaf sections grow wide apart and not condensed and thick like. Thanx for any opinions!!! -- Dave Picklyk www.picklyk.com/aquascape |
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What's the trick with cabomba?
I have 40w on my 29gal. and my Cabomba grows fine.
Dan "Jim Seidman" wrote in message om... LeighMo ) writes: It's almost certainly that you don't have enough light. Cabomba really requires a well-lit tank. That hasn't been my experience. My Cabomba actually grows bushier in my moderate-light tank, probably because it grows slower. The original poster has 30W on a 15g, which sounds like pretty low light to me. I don't know what kind of lighting is on your "moderate-light" tank, but I suspect that it's much better-lit than that. Unfortunately, I don't know of any measurement that's both easy and accurate for describing the light level in a tank. So your moderate-light might be something that I would call a high-light. Someone needs to mass-produce cheap underwater light meters to resolve the problem. :-) - Jim |
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What's the trick with cabomba?
The original poster has 30W on a 15g, which sounds like pretty low
light to me. I don't know what kind of lighting is on your "moderate-light" tank, but I suspect that it's much better-lit than that. Nah. I have 2.4 watts per gallon on a 29 gallon tank. No CO2, and not a speck of algae. A 29 gallon tank is much higher than a 15g, so I bet he's got more light than me, from a plant's POV. Especially since my bulb is really old. However, I do agree that Limnophila is much easier to keep. I particularly like Limnophila indica. It turns a nice red-yellow under high light, a striking lime green under moderate light. Fast grower, that stays attractive and bushy even if you top it. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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What's the trick with cabomba?
Nah. I have 2.4 watts per gallon on a 29 gallon tank
Oops. Typo. I have 2.2 wpg on a 29 gallon tank. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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What's the trick with cabomba?
Jim Seidman wrote:
I'm curious, what variety of cabomba are you growing? I know that, for example, Cabomba furcáta (a.k.a. Red Cabomba) requires more light than Cabomba caroliniana (a.k.a. Green Cabomba). In either case, I would The second one. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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What's the trick with cabomba?
"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote
Why does my cabomba grow with big spaces between leafs and straggley? Is the trick lots of light? I only have 2wpg in a 15gal wide. I've often seen Limnophila for sale labelled as Cabomba, It's a bit less 'fluffy' for want of a better word. The only problem I have with Cabomba is that each time I try to grow it I get BGA. Bummer really as it's a striking plant. 2w/g should be enough but more is better I think. -- Graham Ramsay You might be a Bright: www.the-brights.net |
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