Are there any tall plants I can't kill?

[michellev512]

I only seem to manage crypts and anubias without killing them! Even jungle val just melts!

Maybe it's my water which is hard ph 7.6 to 8

Been using root tabs, excel at low dose

Too scared to do co2, priority is fish

Feel like giving up ?


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[evil Nick]

I only seem to manage crypts and anubias without killing them! Even jungle val just melts!

Maybe it's my water which is hard ph 7.6 to 8

Been using root tabs, excel at low dose

Too scared to do co2, priority is fish

Feel like giving up ?


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Swords?
Excel melted my val. Switched to diy co2 and love it much more than dosing.
I was scared at first but I'm already realizing how much better it is and saving for a regulator set up

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[michellev512]

How do you do it?


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[evil Nick]

How do you do it?


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I used this method/recipe

http://aquariuminfo.org/diyco2.html

I used 3 1 liter bottles though. Two for mixture and one for bubble counter/overflow.

One thing I ended up having to do upon the advice of one forum goer here was activate the yeast in microwaved water. I needed to heat it up in much hotter water than suggested elsewhere. Also activate it in the hot water with a tiny bit of sugar.

After that I just positioned the output near my filter intake to be distributed throughout the tank.

Im loving it honestly. I have zero desire to mess with excel now. The more I read on glut and the plants it can affect I just decided it wasnt really for me.

 

[BillD]

there are many types of Vals that will grow under moderate light. Jungle Val is a poor choice because of it's size. There are several that grow to only 24", such as V. spiralis or I think V. americana. . I have grown thousands in plain gravel without ferts or CO2.

 

[RadMax8]

Try some stem plants. I've had a lot of luck growing Bacopa carolina (also known as lemon bacopa) in my low tech tank. It's grown so well that I have had to remove a lot from my tank. The great thing about stem plants is you can just snip the tops and replant them.


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[evil Nick]

there are many types of Vals that will grow under moderate light. Jungle Val is a poor choice because of it's size. There are several that grow to only 24", such as V. spiralis or I think V. americana. . I have grown thousands in plain gravel without ferts or CO2.

Mine is jungle val and I don't have issues. What do you mean the size? I love how it could and floats when it gets super long

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[gimmethatfish]

Ludwigia repens grows like a weed for me in all of my tanks. It's pretty too.

 

[TheresaM]

Ludwigia repens grows like a weed for me in all of my tanks. It's pretty too.

Mine too! And moneywort, seems like I'm trimming almost every other day.

 

[Mebbid]

You can kill pretty much any plant if you try hard enough

 

[fish wrangler]

Anacharis grows like a weed in my tank. Thinking about a RAOK in the spring...

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[Coursair]

Crypt balansae is tall ?



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[ScaryFatKidGT]

My Val's do fine in high PH water with Excel? They melt sometimes but they always come back.

 

[pittbully13]

You can try an Aponogeton species. Super hardy, grows very tall, and easy maintenance. Grows from a bulb or tuber. Can be found at Wal-Mart or petsmart in it's bulb state.



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