My water change tonight didn't go well, as far as the ambula was concerned.
There were a few stems floating at the top of the water a few days ago. I didn't replant them because I thought that I would just wait for water-change day so I'm not sticking my arms in the tank too much.
Tonight when I did the water change, I realized why the stems were floating -- the root part had turned to "jelly" and the stem floated free.
I took out half of the plants -- they were just mush.
As far as I can tell, the Asian ambula is in the genus Myriophyllum (this was probably the only plant that the hatchery didn't have labelled with a scientific name). This seems to be the same genus of a plant I got last winter called Filligree frill, and it melted in just days. I guess I don't have enough light for this genus.
Now most of the upper level of the tank is empty again. My betta was mad. Can bettas glare at you? I think so!
Travis, would you dose iron in a low-light tank (I guess 1.8 to maybe 2
WPG is still fairly low light) with no
CO2? Especially since you can't really measure the iron level?
greenmagi, my nitrate level stays pretty steady at 10
ppm. I dose 1/4 teaspoon of Flourish Nitrogen twice a week.