Floyd R Turbo
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I have a couple of plants that I'm considering splitting and wanted some advice. I have a FW 55g with 1 tsp salt/gal, which the fish like but the plants don't, so I'm backing that down via water changes to find a balance.
I have 2 Vallisneria which grow great in my salty freshwater. the smaller plant grew out a feeler (I know that's not what it's called but can't think of the term) right away, and that one is about the same size as the parent height wise with 1/2 the leaves. Now the other plant one growing off of it, the parent is 12" and it's duplicate is only a couple inches. Here's a few pics:
It's hard to see, but in the 1st pic, there is a little shoot between the sword and the tall Val. In the second pic bottom right, you can see both equal sized Vals.
I think I can just cut the link between the 2 on the right (same size ones) and that's fine, but how big should the little guy in the back left (off the larger plant) get before cutting?
Second one: I got this Amazon Sword at Petco along with 2 Echinodorus for $10:
This is the same sword you can see in the other pics. When I unpotted it, it looked like there were 2 main sections of the plant that were tied together with a set of dark purple roots, and each side had plenty of white roots. Is this actually 2 plants and can I cut them apart?
I have 2 Vallisneria which grow great in my salty freshwater. the smaller plant grew out a feeler (I know that's not what it's called but can't think of the term) right away, and that one is about the same size as the parent height wise with 1/2 the leaves. Now the other plant one growing off of it, the parent is 12" and it's duplicate is only a couple inches. Here's a few pics:
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It's hard to see, but in the 1st pic, there is a little shoot between the sword and the tall Val. In the second pic bottom right, you can see both equal sized Vals.
I think I can just cut the link between the 2 on the right (same size ones) and that's fine, but how big should the little guy in the back left (off the larger plant) get before cutting?
Second one: I got this Amazon Sword at Petco along with 2 Echinodorus for $10:
![21227-albums414-picture2786.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aquariumadvice.com%2Fforums%2Fmembers%2F21227-albums414-picture2786.jpg&hash=78259606087e12beb17247dc839fdb79)
This is the same sword you can see in the other pics. When I unpotted it, it looked like there were 2 main sections of the plant that were tied together with a set of dark purple roots, and each side had plenty of white roots. Is this actually 2 plants and can I cut them apart?