I bought a juvenile amazon sword, rougly 4 -6 inches tall, it had long stems, and mostly round/spade shaped leaves. Over the last several months while trying to create a 'balanced' fertilized tank, the sword leaves died off and new leaves slowly grew - these new leaves are short stemmed, and long(like a crypt leaf), the majority of the leaf is from the tip to substrate...
Why do they do this?
I also have a red melon sword, it grows red leaves, but it also, has no stem length. -on comparison to other pics i've seen here.. what did I do to these poor plants
The details
55 gal
80W t10 flourescent
fertilize w potassium/iron every 4 days 10ml solution
30%weekly water change
7.6ph, 10nitrate, 0 ammonia and nitrite
DIY 2L CO2, can't get that above 12ppm yet.
don't remember kh,gh
Greg watson ferts just ordered yesterday for the first time...
have valisneria, crypts, hornwort, java fern... all these plants grow and look great.
Why do they do this?
I also have a red melon sword, it grows red leaves, but it also, has no stem length. -on comparison to other pics i've seen here.. what did I do to these poor plants
The details
55 gal
80W t10 flourescent
fertilize w potassium/iron every 4 days 10ml solution
30%weekly water change
7.6ph, 10nitrate, 0 ammonia and nitrite
DIY 2L CO2, can't get that above 12ppm yet.
don't remember kh,gh
Greg watson ferts just ordered yesterday for the first time...
have valisneria, crypts, hornwort, java fern... all these plants grow and look great.