Apongeton turning purple... - Aquarium Advice

blazeyreef · 12-18-2006, 09:53 PM

well my aponegeton is turning purple on the underside of it...im just making sure that this is a good thing right? because all the aponegeton I have ever had has been gree/brown/yellow but that was when my lighting was crap...so just making sure...tia

dapellegrini · 12-18-2006, 09:58 PM

What kind of apon is it? I have not seen mine go purple. Do you have a pic?

** EDIT **

Saw it in your other post... Not sure, but it doesn't look unhappy...

** EDIT AGAIN **

Just looked at some of mine and one of them seems to have purplish leaves kinda like that. Only new leaves though, that aren't fully developed.

blazeyreef · 12-18-2006, 10:09 PM

well mine are fully developed...I have no clue what kind as its just the kind from walmart bulbs ( I would love to have some "real" apong...but have never been able to find any...)

Thanks for the reply!

zenkatydid · 12-19-2006, 01:21 AM

that looks like the same one i have - A. elongatus, or possibly A. crispus, though it doesn't seem to be rippled enough. mine is a bright green, though it is still young. that said, i can't imagine it would be a deficiency. i think if any of my plants turned purple i would be pleased

Apocalypse_Gold · 12-22-2006, 06:51 PM

I think it may be a symptom of age. I have the same bulbs. It was all green when it was younger but is almost all purplish/brown now (after 3+ years). The leaves are very thin, almost translucent. It is growing well and is doing better than my much younger one.

Ant0ni081 · 12-25-2006, 12:30 PM

oooo

nice, deficiency of some kind? if not, whatever, still looks gorgeous

thanks for the show n pics

Ant

BillD · 12-27-2006, 04:50 PM

If it produces shoots with little plantlets instead of floweres, it is A. undulatus, which tends to be browny purple/green.

12-18-2006, 09:53 PM	#1
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,592 Images: 1	Apongeton turning purple... well my aponegeton is turning purple on the underside of it...im just making sure that this is a good thing right? because all the aponegeton I have ever had has been gree/brown/yellow but that was when my lighting was crap...so just making sure...tia __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-5gall snowball shrimp, 20long-awaiting setup,29gall planted* "We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing" CTR**

12-18-2006, 09:58 PM	#2
dapellegrini Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 870	What kind of apon is it? I have not seen mine go purple. Do you have a pic? EDIT Saw it in your other post... Not sure, but it doesn't look unhappy... EDIT AGAIN Just looked at some of mine and one of them seems to have purplish leaves kinda like that. Only new leaves though, that aren't fully developed. __________________ LIVE IN ARIZONA? COME CHECK US OUT!

12-18-2006, 10:09 PM	#3
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,592 Images: 1	well mine are fully developed...I have no clue what kind as its just the kind from walmart bulbs ( I would love to have some "real" apong...but have never been able to find any...) Thanks for the reply! __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-5gall snowball shrimp, 20long-awaiting setup,29gall planted* "We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing" CTR**

12-22-2006, 06:51 PM	#5
Apocalypse_Gold Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Utah USA Posts: 803	I think it may be a symptom of age. I have the same bulbs. It was all green when it was younger but is almost all purplish/brown now (after 3+ years). The leaves are very thin, almost translucent. It is growing well and is doing better than my much younger one. __________________ Long live the UGF!

12-27-2006, 04:50 PM	#7
BillD Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Whitby, Ont,Canada Posts: 920	If it produces shoots with little plantlets instead of floweres, it is A. undulatus, which tends to be browny purple/green. __________________ Join a fish club. Don't have one in your area? Start one.

12-19-2006, 01:21 AM	#4
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	that looks like the same one i have - A. elongatus, or possibly A. crispus, though it doesn't seem to be rippled enough. mine is a bright green, though it is still young. that said, i can't imagine it would be a deficiency. i think if any of my plants turned purple i would be pleased

12-25-2006, 12:30 PM	#6
Ant0ni081 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 32 Images: 2	oooo nice, deficiency of some kind? if not, whatever, still looks gorgeous thanks for the show n pics Ant

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