28 replies to this topic

[Donna]

Awesome, thank you. Now I can look it up and learn how to care for it better.

Regards,

Donna

[sajica]

It's not a fussy plant. I've had it do well under a triple T5LO no issues with and without CO2. Very fast growing and the leaves can get rather long and cover the surface.

[Graeme]

That particular plant is known as Narrow Leaf Hygro- Hygrophila lacustrus, there was some debate in regards to it being a variant/ subspecies of angustifolia.
This particular plant is safe in both emmersed and submerged forms.

Spot on the money Saj
Amazing what a picture can do Donna, I was well off on the wrong track.

Graeme

[Sazabi]

Amazing what a picture can do Donna, I was well off on the wrong track.

Told ya it will work

A picture is worth a thousand words *chuckles*

[sajica]

Spot on the money Saj
Amazing what a picture can do Donna, I was well off on the wrong track.

Graeme

Cheers Graeme

I'm glad I can come in handy sometimes

[Brett]

Seems I am too late to be of assistance
Thats a very sick looking specimem you have there Donna, almost as unhealthy as mine are currently.

This is a bueatiful plant when growing well, my only complaint about it is getting it to branch. Mine have always tended to to grow just a single stem, or at most two, even when pruned back. And the rooted section has a habit of rotting and not reshooting. Probably just not getting enough light in my tanks.

Good luck with it
Brett

[Donna]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for the description of the healthy specimen I thought mine were beautiful, on their one stems looking like palm trees....they have lots of good growth on top and are very green.. I thought that was how they were supposed to look

So, I guess they should be bushier and have growth all the way to the bottom then? It's funny, because this tank is in indirect sun all day and I boost the photoperiod with a T8 plant growth globe of some kind (tank is next to an open window on the south side of the house). If that's not enough light, then I don't know what will be!

The lilaeopsis I have in that tank has gone mad, but is a little "yellow" on the old growth. I have ripped the tank apart this morning and will start again.

Thanks for the replies,

Donna

[Brett]

Hi Donna,

Don't mind me, I am just being rude

I see what you mean by the palm tree effect, I will have to review my decision and declare that as they are growing exactly as you wanted them too, it is a credit to your horticultural skills.
However, I did prefer mine when the leaves were longer and stayed attached to the trunk. If not light, maybe it is some other nutrient. Or maybe it is just that we try to grow plants that really prefer to be out of water ... underneath.

Cheers
Brett

[Donna]

Hi Brett,

No offence taken......I laughed when I read your post


Regards,

Donna