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Help identify plant
I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an
interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? |
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Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on |
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wrote in message ups.com... Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on Thanks, I think it's this one Alternanthera reineckii ''lilacina'' . Figures, I would pick a difficult one, although my tank conditions should be OK. Perhaps my PH is a bit high at 7.2. |
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Bill Stock wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on Thanks, I think it's this one Alternanthera reineckii ''lilacina'' . Figures, I would pick a difficult one, although my tank conditions should be OK. Perhaps my PH is a bit high at 7.2. Don't sweat the pH. I have some growing just fine at 7.6. It's actually pretty hardy for a red plant. -- Elaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com |
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"Elaine T" wrote in message .. . Bill Stock wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on Thanks, I think it's this one Alternanthera reineckii ''lilacina'' . Figures, I would pick a difficult one, although my tank conditions should be OK. Perhaps my PH is a bit high at 7.2. Don't sweat the pH. I have some growing just fine at 7.6. It's actually pretty hardy for a red plant. Thanks, it seems to be doing OK, but has dropped a few leaves. Cabomba is having a bit of a meltdown though. It's lost a lot of needles and is not rooting at all. This might be PH, but I'm wondering about nutrients. Although the Hornwort is pearling. -- Elaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com |
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Bill Stock wrote:
"Elaine T" wrote in message .. . Bill Stock wrote: wrote in message groups.com... Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on Thanks, I think it's this one Alternanthera reineckii ''lilacina'' . Figures, I would pick a difficult one, although my tank conditions should be OK. Perhaps my PH is a bit high at 7.2. Don't sweat the pH. I have some growing just fine at 7.6. It's actually pretty hardy for a red plant. Thanks, it seems to be doing OK, but has dropped a few leaves. Cabomba is having a bit of a meltdown though. It's lost a lot of needles and is not rooting at all. This might be PH, but I'm wondering about nutrients. Although the Hornwort is pearling. Mine dropped leaves off of the lower parts of the stem when I first got it. Once it got good roots going into the substrate, it started doing better. It's a slow grower - it would probably like more light - but I've had it for 6 months now and have even propagated some. Cambomba has always had me stumped. I had the notoriously difficult R. macranda thriving once and the Cambomba next to it died. I even tried C. caroliniana in my pond this spring where it could get all the sunlight it could possibly need and it fell apart. I'm starting to think along the same lines as you - high hardness and/or pH may be the problem. -- Elaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com |
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Elaine T wrote:
Bill Stock wrote: "Elaine T" wrote in message .. . Bill Stock wrote: wrote in message egroups.com... Bill Stock wrote: I stopped at the LFS to pick up some Java Moss for the GF and I saw an interesting red plant for the Tropical tank. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention to the name and I can't make out the invoice. It looks something like Red Strata, but I could not find any plants under this name. It's a red stem plant about 6" tall, with narrow (1/2") leaves about 1.5" long. Any ideas? Red stricta? Red temple? All names for Alternanthera reineckii. Another red plant is Nesaea or Hygrophila polysperma "tropical sunset", Rotala...the list goes on Thanks, I think it's this one Alternanthera reineckii ''lilacina'' . Figures, I would pick a difficult one, although my tank conditions should be OK. Perhaps my PH is a bit high at 7.2. Don't sweat the pH. I have some growing just fine at 7.6. It's actually pretty hardy for a red plant. Thanks, it seems to be doing OK, but has dropped a few leaves. Cabomba is having a bit of a meltdown though. It's lost a lot of needles and is not rooting at all. This might be PH, but I'm wondering about nutrients. Although the Hornwort is pearling. Mine dropped leaves off of the lower parts of the stem when I first got it. Once it got good roots going into the substrate, it started doing better. It's a slow grower - it would probably like more light - but I've had it for 6 months now and have even propagated some. Cambomba has always had me stumped. I had the notoriously difficult R. macranda thriving once and the Cambomba next to it died. I even tried C. caroliniana in my pond this spring where it could get all the sunlight it could possibly need and it fell apart. I'm starting to think along the same lines as you - high hardness and/or pH may be the problem. If its Red it'll need lots of light, as a general rule Take Care Ross T |
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